#powerful-story

"Love's War [10w] In love's war there aren't winners and losers ~just casualties."

"Origami Master If you're the greatest origami master in the worldmaybe I can find you a job folding napkins at a restaurant.I'm not making any promises."

"Ars Poetica: Write Poetry on a Black Slate Poetry should be written on a black slate of imagination,the poet artfully allowing images to emerge from the dark."

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

"Rhyme vs. Reason {Couplet} Do not try to make rhyme of reason,nor reason of rhyme;For the former's too systematic,the latter's too sublime."

"What's in it for me?' A selfish person doesn't become compassionate as the result of some words of wisdom or epiphany. The selfish need selfish reasons to act unselfish."

"Beyond the Place of Turning Back ↺ "Sometimes I wish to fly so far sou⇟hit's stars beyond the place of turning back↺"

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."

"Imaginary Friends [10w] My imaginary friend insulted me by calling me real."

"Bridges [10w] Bridges are overpasses for commuters and roofs for the homeless."

"The Fate of Prodigies [10w] Early to peak, early to deal with obsolescence and obscurity."

"Hello Poetry Needs Y'allz How empty the oceans would be were it only filled with orcas."

"Stratospherical Poems [10w] Poets circle the earth in a higher orbit than readers."

"Poetry Calling [10w] Poetry's not a calling.It's a whispering in your ear."

"That Jesus Kinda' Love [20w] What people do for the loveof their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,I wouldn't do for my fucking mother."

"Don't Quit ❣ Don't quit on love and it won't bail on you."

"Ruminating Poetry A poem should be eaten in one sittingbut regurgitated often like a ruminant's food."

"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."

"The Poet's Mind In so many ways I walk ablaze in a maze,my eyes in a glaze, my mind in a daze,this poem's just a phrase in the latency phase,rephrase, rephrase, rephrase..."

"Evil Thoughts [10w] Believing 'You're either with us or against us' is evil."