#power-of-words

"Dangerous Food [10w] The world's most fattening foods are the ones you swallow."

"One Poet, 20 Months, 6000 Poems [10w] Let me take this breath... to celebrate my 6000th poem."

"Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a bad marriage."He laughs and says, "Drive carefully."The officer lets me go.Beyond the practical lesson thatmaking a policeman laugh may get you off the hook,there's a certain poetry here in the unexpected connection ~for what is a poemif not a moment of surpriseworth retelling."

"Upgrading [10w] Promise them the worldto get the universe in return."

"Mercy vs. Revenge "May God have mercy on my unfaithful, back-stabbing, adulterous husband because I sure as hell won't."

"Preparation [10w] Hope for the best, but prepare for your insufferable wife."

"Why Utopias Fail When you tie several horses together and one takes the lead, they all fall."

"Dammit Goddammit' Defined [10w] Damned if you do and damned if you don't double-bind."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?"

"Embalming [10w] Injecting baking soda whitens, freshens, and softens the dearly departed."

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

"Say No to Drugs Commercials The image of an egg sizzling in a frying pan is not your brain on drugs.It's just a fucking omelet."

"Reconstruction of Japan After World War II [10w] 'I am what I plan'became the motto of modern-Japan."

"Voodoo I'm phobic about pins and needles.Can I just stick a voodoo doll in the microwave?"

"Amputees Smart phones and the internet are the prosthetics our century cannot live without.Until we can put them down to take a quiet walk in the woods,we are all amputees."

"Poetry as Conspiracy [10w] A poem is unspoken conspiracy between the reader and poet."

"What is God? [17] [10w] God has a fondness for cosmology and carbon-based life forms."

"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."

"Gradually Then Instantly [10w] We fall in love the way we lose our minds."