#unconditional-acceptance

"Love vs. Honeymoon [10w] Love is what truly begins when the honeymoon is over."

"Atheism [10w] Atheism is the tragic triumph of cold contemptuousness over gratitude."

"Alaska State Motto North to the Future.We got highest rape and STD-rate in the nation."

"The Road to Hell The road to hell is paved with 16 in. x 16 in. Red Brickface Concrete Step Stones.Only $2.97 each.Always in Stock atThe Home Depot."

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

"The Tigger Journals [10w] "Honestly, I'd rather be alone than with that unbearable Winnie-the-Pooh."

"Endless Childhood [10w] + {Couplet} Put off summer's endAnd adulthood's vexingburdens shall suspend."

"Bruges Belgium Haiku Behind a stack of grey Lego bricksyou wheeze up Belfry's 366 stepsand don't see a single bat."

"Hemidemisemiquaver [10w] The composer evened the score by ending in a hemidemisemiquaver."

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

"Love Haiku Sumerian whoregrabs my wedge, says: 'I love aman in cuneiform."

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

"Vices [10w] Cultivate vices;to be without them is not to be."

"The Universe Begins and Ends in Us If a telescope could see beyond the edges of the universe,we would see ourselves looking into a telescope trying to see beyond the edges of universe."

"*"Maybe the whole point of my life is to make you feel more alive."

"Wedding Veil [10w] + {Couplet} A wedding veil's of no availbecause virginity's a fairy-tale."

"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."

"Why We Need Smart People [10w] We need smart people to call other smart people morons."

"Poetry is a Ladder {C☰O☰U☰P☰L☰E☰T} {The poet's job is to create a ladder} {for the reader to enter his imagination}and☰once☰they've☰climbed☰u­p☰to☰the ☰top☰remove☰each☰rung☰by☰grad­ation"

"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..."