Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.
Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.
A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.
Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.
I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.
You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.