#powerful-story

"To Trend or Not to Trend I've had a thousand trending poems,they were rarely my best.Evoking empathy and shared feelingis the poet's only true test."

"Genesis {Couplet} God spoke the world into existence, reifying an abstraction.Now the Creator's had second thoughts and wishes to utter a retraction."

"Liberating Dreams [10w] God was with Joseph in prison.They escaped through dreams."

"Boundaries [10w] Receiving bribes blurs the clear boundaries between friends and enemies."

"Objective Journalism Foreign journalists will always compromise objectivity to preserve relationships that give them better access."

"A Real Passionate Kiss Should Feel Like Dying [10w] Like ice melting into water coming to a rolling boil."

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

"Goat Fucking for Dummies You gently fuck a female goat ~you got to ram the malesto make any progress."

"Predestination [10w] 'Twas predestined that I'd call predestination a crock of shit."

"Vapers I bought a vape pen from a vaporium.The vapologist advised meto get the model with the refillable vape tank.When the fuck did smoking become so vapid?"

"Grave Dancing for Dummies {Couplet} They danced at my grave when I was buried at sea;with my haters drowned, I'm now totally free."

"What Ever Happened to Stupid? [10w] ‘I’m only human’,has become everybody’s license to fuck up."

"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."

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"Prevailing Wins [10w] Truth prevails in private, bullshit in public, integrity in spirit."

"Children and Food [10w] Once children order like grown-upsfood's lost its sweet innocence."

"Mind's Eye What vain man is not a hero in his mind's eye;What egoist not the protagonist upon which the world revolves?"

"One Philosophical Question, Two Faces [10w] 'Is life wort living?' is tantamount to'Does God exist?"

"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."

"Is Prayer Only for Man? I [10w] Does God pray for His creation's in Heaven and Earth?"