Letter I recently received regarding ONE CHILD SOLD http://post.ly/1CJeE

New Poem: Application for Peace AKA the Peace APP http://post.ly/1Ay8e

A house laughs free of / its wooden bondage aha / a soul finally wakes haiku

I am still writing poetry every day and it looks like another poem is about to emerge. Writing poetry every day is wondrous.

RT @lissnup: Have you seen the new One Million Voices for Iran Human Rights campaign? Could use your support http://bit.ly/aE7eED

RT @lissnup: Have you seen the new One Million Voices for Iran Human Rights campaign? Could use your support http://bit.ly/aE7eED

I will fall in love with my wife all over again.

My friend Christopher Quinn has a new creation called the wHiTe HoRsEs project. All I can say is these guys ARE Rock and Roll! http://ow.ly/2XNeX

RT @onestoppoetry: One Stop Poetry Spotlight: Larry Jaffe, Poet Laureate Youth for Human Rights http://t.co/qfmm5Jj poetry 4cause MUST READ

Changing my original thought on writing a poem everyday. Best for me is to write poetry every day and cheer when I get a poem out of it.

I have done this before and have decided once again to start each morning writing a poem. It just seems like the right (write) thing to do. Even poets need more poetry in their lives.

Life is a series of decisions,some good,some not so good-some just too stupid to contemplate. The idea is the good ones out weight the rest.

Antipsychotic Drugs: Side Effects May Include Lawsuits - http://nyti.ms/99hzC7

If you think slavery was abolished, ask the 27 million men, women, and children slaves if they agree!

I rather b depressed than get the side effects announced in drug ads. If depressed I take a walk b thankful for what I got-& not a zombie!

I am guilty of committing random acts of poetry.

Contrary to drug company ads, pills do not make your life better. You make your life better. Pills drug you into oblivion. You imbue life!

When I grow up I want to be a Poet Warrior, take out the bad guys one by one with words of truth and splendor.

Human rights are rights not privilege.

Love is not gossamer. It is titanium.

Sometimes when I hold the words carefully in my hands, I think them fragile but then when I get them down on paper they are invincible.

Sharing a pizza (cheese) at Tony's is always good but when you can get Mr. Peace and Mr. War together that is an accomplishment.

Yesterday was very significant as Mr. Peace & Mr. War actually sat down together and had pizza at Tony's Pizza in downtown Clearwater.

Performing random acts of poetry

he wished to taste/her fragrance rooted/in her deepest desire/he will never forget poetry

he slips under your skin, lays his head on your pillow, you smile together poetry

At her most/susceptible moment/she took his words/deep inside/drinking & swallowing/his aesthetic elixir/begging for more. poetry

I rather provide empathy than sympathy.

There is an undercut to war & peace - that is human rights, dignity and integrity. With those in place you don't worry about war or peace.

Jaffe's Law-Anything that can go right will go right! The heck with Murphy he was too negative.

Poetry a verbal cocktail/intoxicating reader/stimulating listeners/lying open to verbal pleasure/without inhibition/he is smooth. poetry

Poetry is said to be/the accidental congress/of incidental words/meeting at an apex of hearts/ transforming mediocrity to brilliance. poetry

Mr. Peace and Mr. War are not at peace and I cannot say they are quite at war after all they did have coffee and tea together.

So I finally got together with Mr. Peace & Mr. War this morning. They agreed to have coffee together (a first) although Mr. Peace had tea.

It has been a couple of day & I had not heard from Mr. Peace or Mr. War. Had they reached a stasis or were they just ignoring each other me?

You many not realized it but as tough as Mr. War is to deal with, Mr. Peace is just as much a hard *ss. Perhaps that is why they fight.

So I says to Mr. Peace, "1 day you're just going to have to confront Mr. War & have it out with him." Mr. Peace replied, "Leave me alone."

My saga with Mr. War & Mr. Peace continues. Had breakfast with Mr. Peace this morning. Am not sure about the outcome hard to pin him down.

I am willing to put up with a lot and am very patient. But these two guys Mr. War and Mr. Peace are just too over the top with their demands.

This saga of Mr. Peace & Mr. War has been going on for a long time. I decided to document it. Think they have been getting away with a lot.

So Mr. Peace and Mr. War tell me that they are at a stalemate. I tell them let's get coffee if lunch is too much of a commitment.

I wake up not understanding what is going on between Mr. War & Mr. Peace. Now they will not let me set up the luncheon they both agreed to.

So I was ready to set up the luncheon between Mr. War and Mr. Peace, but it seems one of them has some kind of hidden agenda...what?

So Mr. War peers at me over rim of his coffee cup as he takes a long sip. He mutters. Speak up I say. 'Will meet with Mr. Peace" he says.

So Mr. War, I says, Why are you so danged antagonistic. He still has not answered me. Trust me this was one log cup of coffee.

I had coffee with Mr. War last night. He's not funny jokes are all about destruction. I wish he & Mr. Peace could get together on anything.

Poets are the doctors of the soul...

It is raining like the dickens... And my wife just brought me a plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies. Yum! http://ow.ly/2dacA

GoodNews!My publisher told me if you order my book One Child Sold you will get free shipping. This is for a limited time http://ow.ly/21Z9U

There is such beauty in being totally in present time without remnants of the past pulling you down.

A little paraphrase of an old adage: Those who can - do. Those who can't - criticize!

He loved and for the moment/That was more than enough. jaffe

He asked this in one/drawn out question/Was he then a happy man/loving those around him/as if they were newly born. jaffe

He looked into the mirror/saw eyes stuck in yonder/and wondered/was he a happy man/Did he stand contented with all he had done? jaffe

Peace is not a tourniquet/ Peace is a new Earth. jaffe

We want to love/But our hugs are broken/We speak clichés fluently/While hearts lay barren/I speak your name in my sleep jaffe

I have come up with a new word Greating, that is creating greatness. Something artists do every day - wht do you think? jaffe

Again I want to thank you guys for the incredible birthday wishes yesterday. Shelley got me tickets to the Yankee game today and off we go!

To all my wonderful friends, thank you for the wondrous birthday wishes. Am answering each messages so be patient. Love You Muchly

Artists can succumb to b.s. of current society or rise above it thru power of their own aesthetic force creating a brighter future.#jaffe

It is up to us as artists to shape/transform this culture & create a new civilization. As artists we put life/spirit into the culture jaffe

When asked why he wanted a new civilization, the poet simply said the old one sucks, we need a new one.

If every artist linked their aesthetics into creating a new civilization. We would have one.

Time to stop protesting the past and create a new civilization. jaffe

Got a nice mention in the Tampa Bay Informer. http://ow.ly/1kq72

Over 100,000 kids are carrying machine guns in the armies of SE Asia. Instead of walking to school, they march to war. http://ow.ly/1efGd

Over 100,000 kids are carrying machine guns in the armies of SE Asia. Instead of walking to school, they march to war. http://ow.ly/1efGd

Talking with Malik (published all 30 poems in his India law journal) I said: Hopefully we stirred a few hearts and mended some minds. jaffe

My eyes wander the horizon searching for Godot or windmills neither appear, nevertheless I shall not falter. http://ping.fm/Ho0Gq

The beach is beautiful on a day that wishes for rain, the Atlantic majestic as Mozartic waves tend the shore.

Thinking about words: a collision of letters that evoke tears, joy and smiles. Amazing! jaffe

a moment/between the notes/between the keys/you hold your breath/this ragged sharpness/digs into diaphragm and heart/the jazz hurts jaffe

Behind the facade of rich and famous lies this empty rice bowl soul http://ow.ly/1aD9F jaffe

My folks came down from Long Island to visit. We drove to Palm Beach yesterday where we are staying for a couple of days. Nice to get away.

Twas so weird to wake up this morning & not write a HumanRights poem after 30 weeks of writing 1 each week. HR must continue in a new form.

One of the definitions of Grace is elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action.I think we need more of this in the world. jaffe

HumanRight Pjct 30:Signed/pledged/In blood of ancestors/Human Rights/Promises of respect/But who guarantees them-YOU do! http://ow.ly/17Hdi

HumanRight Pjct 30:Signed/pledged/In blood of ancestors/Human Rights/Promises of respect/But who guarantees them-YOU do! http://ow.ly/17Hdi

HumanRight Pjct 30:Signed/pledged/In blood of ancestors/Human Rights/Promises of respect/But who guarantees them-YOU do! http://ow.ly/17Hdi

HumanRight Pjct 30:Signed/pledged/In blood of ancestors/Human Rights/Promises of respect/But who guarantees them-YOU do! http://ow.ly/17Hdi

For 30 weeks I have written a twitter length poem each week for each of the UN's Declaration of Human Rights articles. http://ow.ly/17NiY

HumanRight Pjct 30:Signed/pledged/In blood of ancestors/Human Rights/Promises of respect/But who guarantees them-YOU do! http://ow.ly/17Hdi

The final week of my HumanRights project-30 poems twittered inspired by Universal Declaration of Human Rights. No one can take them away!

HumanRight Pjct 29: We salute/Ancestors and friends/We realize community/And feel fulfilled/With each breath http://ow.ly/15fAL

HumanRight Pjct 29: We salute/Ancestors and friends/We realize community/And feel fulfilled/With each breath http://ow.ly/15fAL

HumanRight Pjct 29: We salute/Ancestors and friends/We realize community/And feel fulfilled/With each breath http://ow.ly/15fAL

HumanRight Pjct 29: We salute/Ancestors and friends/We realize community/And feel fulfilled/With each breath http://ow.ly/15fAL

HumanRight Pjct 29: We salute/Ancestors and friends/We realize community/And feel fulfilled/With each breath http://ow.ly/15fAL

Week 29 of my HumanRights Project - Wow! This week - deals with the free and full development of your personality.

HumanRights Prjct28: Utopia reached/Out to us/Lady Liberty/Blesses us/We pledge/Human rights/To each other http://ow.ly/12FVK

Week 28 of my HumanRights Project.This week is about creating a society in which human rights are fully realized! http://ow.ly/12yDS

In the Cause of Love: A Romantic Drags Love into the 21st Century! http://ow.ly/12p50

Romantic interludes @Warehaus http://post.ly/LKzA

HumanRights Prjct27:Admiration/Of creation /Appreciation/Of one’s joys/& of friends//Protected/By universal /Acclimation http://ow.ly/10jdm

HumanRights Prjct27:Admiration/Of creation /Appreciation/Of one’s joys/& of friends//Protected/By universal /Acclimation http://ow.ly/10jdm

HumanRights Prjct27:Admiration/Of creation /Appreciation/Of one’s joys/& of friends//Protected/By universal /Acclimation http://ow.ly/10jdm

@warehaus I do my Valentines Day shopping here-Fantastic.Everyone that goes to Warehaus mention my name-get a special poem.Shop online too!

@warehaus I did my Valentines Day shopping here-Fantastic.Everyone that goes there and mentions my name gets a special poem.Shop online too!

HumanRights Prjct27:Admiration/Of creation /Appreciation/Of one’s joys/& of friends//Protected/By universal /Acclimation http://ow.ly/10jdm

HumanRights Prjct27:Admiration/Of creation /Appreciation/Of one’s joys/& of friends//Protected/By universal /Acclimation http://ow.ly/10jdm

Week 27 of my HumanRights Project-enjoying culture of your community and protecting your work as an artist,writer, poet, etc with copyright

HumanRight Pjct 26: She pressed the book/Into my hands/Inspiring me to read/I hungered to learn/Forevermore http://lnk.ms/5Qx7M

HumanRight Pjct 26: She pressed the book/Into my hands/Inspiring me to read/I hungered to learn/Forevermore http://ow.ly/XPcf

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, this weeks poem and article are dedicated to Dr. King.

Week 26 of my HumanRights campaign/26 poems of Twitter length. This week is the right to education. Right & poem 2 follow http://ow.ly/XM3e

HumanRights Project # 25: Work brings me pleasure/And my life is in exchange/With the universe http://ow.ly/Vac6

HumanRights ARTICLE 25... (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living... http://post.ly/I7xb

We must, each of us, change the world we live in. It is not ok to stand by & let hate mongers rule.Change comes by how you treat others DRA

We connect through this ether of cyberspace individual spirits no race/no gender/no barriers. It is a beautiful thing. Our Soular System.

HumanRights Project # 25: Work brings me pleasure/And my life is in exchange/With the universe http://ow.ly/Vac6

HumanRights ARTICLE 25... (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living... http://post.ly/I7xb

HumanRights Project # 25: Work brings me pleasure/And my life is in exchange/With the universe http://ow.ly/Vac6

HumanRights ARTICLE 25... (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living... http://post.ly/I7xb

HumanRights ARTICLE 25... (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living... http://post.ly/I7xb

HumanRights Project # 25: Work brings me pleasure/And my life is in exchange/With the universe http://ow.ly/Vac6

@RAgainstSlavery Actor Peter Gadiot is rowing the Atlantic Ocean to raise awareness of the problem of modern-day slavery. http://ow.ly/VAy2

HumanRights Project # 25: Work brings me pleasure/And my life is in exchange/With the universe http://ow.ly/Vac6

HumanRights ARTICLE 25... (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living... http://post.ly/I7xb

Life is long don't be bored! jaffe

HumanRights Project # 25: Work brings me pleasure/And my life is in exchange/With the universe http://ow.ly/Vac6

Week 25 (can you believe it?) of my HumanRights Project - adequate standard of living. Will post the article and poem will follow.

The strings break free the closer you approach immortality. jaffe

Am on the cover of the new issue of the Tampa Bay Informer! :) http://ow.ly/UzuY

The strings of the puppet are gone, he can now go free.

I tweet therefore I am.

Good morning world! Am poetizing spontaneously without combusting today!

HumanRights ARTICLE 24... Everyone has the right to rest and leisure... http://post.ly/HC1d

HumanRights Prjct 24: The right to rest/My weary bones/Appreciate my labor/Reward my efforts/A moment to myself http://ow.ly/SHxd

HumanRights ARTICLE 24... Everyone has the right to rest and leisure... http://post.ly/HC1d

HumanRights Prjct 24: The right to rest/My weary bones/Appreciate my labor/Reward my efforts/A moment to myself http://ow.ly/SHxd

HumanRights ARTICLE 24... Everyone has the right to rest and leisure... http://post.ly/HC1d

HumanRights Prjct 24: The right to rest/My weary bones/Appreciate my labor/Reward my efforts/A moment to myself http://ow.ly/SHxd

@RAgainstSlavery raising public awareness of modern-day slavery in all its forms through arts/ endurance sports such as rowing the Atlantic.

HumanRights Prjct 24: The right to rest/My weary bones/Appreciate my labor/Reward my efforts/A moment to myself http://ow.ly/SHxd

HumanRights ARTICLE 24... Everyone has the right to rest and leisure... http://post.ly/HC1d

HumanRights Prjct 24: The right to rest/My weary bones/Appreciate my labor/Reward my efforts/A moment to myself http://ow.ly/SHxd

HumanRights Prjct 24: The right to rest/My weary bones/Appreciate my labor/Reward my efforts/A moment to myself http://ow.ly/SHxd

Week 24 of my HumanRights Project. This week we cover the right to rest & working reasonable hours (must not count poets) http://ow.ly/SB7x