#powerful-story

"Busch Beer: Head for the mountains... [10w] ...and fall off the precipice shitfaced."

"Infinite Promise The carrot of infinite promise always dangles just inches beyond our noses.The trick is to surreptitiously switch that carrot for a zucchini."

"Finding Fault [10w] + {Couplet} We find in others faultWhenever our wounds perceives salt."

"No Planning for Death [10w] People put more planning into a weekend vacation than death."

"Kansas Haiku "Ya' know Superman'sfrom here and Jor-El could'vesent him to New York."

"Old People [10w] At the mere mention of death they gasp for breath."

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"The Wonder of Wandering [10w] When you wander without destination,the world becomes your teacher."

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

"Jonesing [10w] Is it odd of me that I'm Jonsesing for strange?"

"Seeing vs. Envision {Couplet} We see nothing more than we bring to it;heavenly orchards lie in an apple's pit!"

"First Day at Harvard [10w] Smartest kid in the roomwalks into room of competitors."

"The ‘New House, New Luck’ Fallacy [10w] Switching external environment doesn't cure depression;change must occur internally."

"Divine Write [10w] To write is to divinely dabblein infinite alternate realities."

"Overheard at Ashtanga Yoga Class *"I don't know my he left me. I even had a rabbit's food hanging from my dreamcatcher.""Maybe you should've used a little more suction and a few less amulets."

"Wine [10w] American wines tasting as good as French wines are presumptuous."

"Out-of-the-Box [10w] I march to my own drummerin a drum circle."

"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."

"Heartbreak [10w] Heartbreak’s like a heart attack but without the hospital bills."

"Unconditional Love [10w] If you're not giving unconditional love,you're offering conditional hate."