Depending on who I am talking about or who's talking through me - if the person is a kind of hip-hop, or rhythm and blues person, or if the person is a kind of old-fashion gothic, meaning gothic attitude, then that will determine what form the poem will take.

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.

Life loves the person who dares to live it.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard to read. It doesn't give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.