On One Leg

"A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree,
one is not part of a plot of land.
Mankind has legs so it can wander."

-Roman Payne, The Wanderess 

Skull

"Holding onto anger

is like drinking poison

and expecting the other person

to die."

-Buddha

Turning Point

“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year.
The morning of the first September was
crisp and golden as an apple.” 

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Elephant Pattern

"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs
and he's trying to run away,
it's best to let him run."

-Abraham Lincoln 

Heart Is Where The Home Is

Mama cut out pictures of houses for years
From 'Better Homes And Gardens' magazines.
Plans were drawn, concrete poured,
And nail by nail and board by board
Daddy gave life to Mama's dream.

-Miranda Lambert
"The House That Built Me"

Sailing

"Flying might not be all plain sailing,
but the fun of it is worth the price."
-Amelia Earhart

Feather

"All those who see me
and all who believe in me,
share in the freedom
I feel when I fly."

-John Denver 

Surf

Salt air
Cool breeze
Adventure in my soul

-Anonymous 

Peer Through

trust,
is a luxury.

r.m. drake

On A Perch

"I'd rather be the weird kid that everybody
remembers ten years from now than
that popular chick that nobody
remembers ten years from now."

-Avalon Kirkland Jones 

Marbles

"My greatest achievement?
I was the neighborhood marbles
champion in the third grade."

-Frank X. Sutton 

Tree Frog

 "It it's your job to eat a frog,
it's best to do it first thing in the morning.
And if it's your job to eat two frogs,
it's best to eat the biggest one first."

-Mark Twain

Toucan

The Toucan by Shel Silverstein

Tell me who can
Catch a toucan?
Lou can.

Just how few
Can ride the toucan?
Two can.

What kind of goo can
Stick you to the toucan?
Glue can.

Who can write some
More about the toucan?
You can!

Skull

"To succeed in life you need three things-
a wishbone,
a backbone
and a funny bone."

-Reba McEntire

Bubble Fish

"If you judge a fish on its ability to climb,
that fish is going to live its whole life
thinking it is stupid."

-Albert Einstein 

Circus Circus

"Damn everything but the circus?…
 The average 'painter' 'sculptor' 'poet' 'composer' 'playwright'
is a person who cannot leap through a hoop
from the back of a galloping horse,
make people laugh with a clown's mouth,
orchestrate twenty lions."
-E.E. Cummings

The Monster Mash

"Man as an individual is genius.
But men in the mass form the headless monster,
a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded."

-Charlie Chaplin

Balloons

Who knows if the moon's
A balloon coming out of a keen city
In the sky - filled with pretty people?

-E.E. Cummings 

Anatomical Heart

"Her heart was a secret garden
and the walls were very high."

-William Goldman, The Princess Bride 

Electrolytes

"I've miss more than 9000 shots in my career.
I've lost almost 300 games.
Twenty-six times,
I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.
I've failed over
and over
and over again in my life,
and that is why I succeed."

-Michael Jordan