#positive-motivation

"Shadows are only Neutral at Noon [10w] + {Couplet} Whose side shadows fall upon,tis' ordained by reigning sun."

"Jesus Christ Hiaku Jesus Christget a job already.You're killing your mother!"

"What is God? (60) [10w] God's always the correct answer once you rephrase the question."

"Do Me No Favors Haiku 'Do me no favors ~I can take care of myself.So, pay the check and drive me home."

"Goose Neck [10w] Whenever a goose has a car accident, the traffic sucks."

"Brewing Poetry Comma sips between the lines,insights percolate into a 10w,a latte sonnet here, a cappuccino couplet there.A few smartass epiphanies,and something new in every brew.One final fix,voilà, the poem is fixed!I adore this caffeine,that alchemises the extraordinary into the routine,and vice versa with the unforseen.It turns blue aquamarine,and words into Mexican jumping beans."

"Charity [10w] Contentment over your life is the best aphrodisiac for charity."

"♀ Travelers vs. ♀ Tourists [10w] + [10w] Female travelers wear no makeup, stringy jewelry and Jesus sandals.Female travelers wear overcaked makeup, diamond jewelry and Gucci Booties."

"Lost vs. Lost We get lost twice in life.The first stems from uncertainty,when we try to find what our dreams truly are.The more profound feeling of being lost is existential, and comes unforeseen, after we finally fulfill our dreams.To survive the latter, we must create an entirely new set of dreams."

"Show Up [10w] I've waited for you all my life ~show up already!"

"Battered Women [5w] Battered womenare more crispy."

"Poetry and Ostrich Feathers A poet should leave his poem covered with a faint film of fairy dust,inviting the reader to bring his faint heartand an ostrich feather duster to the reading."

"Fame [10w] Fame has a funny way of rewriting your entire past."

"Second Opinions My doctor told me I have pancreatic cancer and have 2 months to live.I asked him about getting a second opinion.The Doc said, 'No problem.'He thought for a second and said,'I think the Boston Red Sox are going to win the series again this year."

"Control [10w] Don't lose control by imagining you can control your lover."

"Who Isn't [10w] Psychotherapy's powerless once you assume you're smarter than the therapist."

"Pacifism There's nothing like seeing action in war to turn a soldier into an instant pacifist or an instant killer."

"ᏰέƦẙḽԃṏሁ Լέῳ [10w] II ᏰέƦẙḽԃṏሁ Լέῳ accounts for 15.7% of all Hello Poetry's pageviews."

"Campbell's Soup: M'm! M'm! Good!... ...even though our products have more sodium than the Dead Sea."

"Hope for the Heartbroken A broken heartremains in piecesbut learns to love againwith every fragment."