The Facts of Life

1. Respect Doesn’t Grow On Trees (brevity)

Respect doesn't grow on trees

You have to earn it

With your behaviour.

You work to get respect

It can't be picked off

A tree branch.

2. Don’t Let Your Feelings Prevail (free-verse)

Take charge

use the remote control

to press

any buttons you want

Feelings and thoughts

are like TV channels

Pick which channels

you watch on TV

Pick which feelings and thoughts

you have each day

3. Bucket (tanka)

I carry one large

bucket that's as heavy as

a massive golden trophy.

It reminds me to recall

every person that loves me.

4. How Full Is My Cup? (free-verse)

It may or may not

be filled to the top.

It doesn't matter

how full my cup is.

I'm satisfied with

the amount of hot cocoa

I have in my cup

at the moment.

I drink whatever

is in my cocoa cup.

I'm happy as

a kid playing in the playground.

5. Footsteps (cinquain)

Walking

on my own lane

with my own legs and feet

finding the directions I want

to take.

6. Paths (cinquain)

Roads

to follow

with your own car

and determination to change

your life.

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