Poems about Wisdom
#wisdom
Poems about wisdom, knowledge, experience and being wise. Poetry about wisdom learned, and developed by society during periods of time. Also poems about wise people and teachings, and about personal wisdom gained through life experiences.
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
Today 6:49am
Today 6:49am
Colleagues
My humble verse may be construed as cold
When future people read my lines,
Long contaminated with dust and mold
Or obfuscated by thick ivy vines.
Where lay my heart amid such ordered verse?
Most see truth only in initial blurts
Manifesting in some emotive curse
And motivated by internal hurts...
Well camouflaged by old masters of Zen
Or stoics claiming the hurt wasn't there
Or fluming through the urbane poet's pen
To change pain into something debonair,
Whereby he may inspire his peers
With memento mori to mask the tears!
When future people read my lines,
Long contaminated with dust and mold
Or obfuscated by thick ivy vines.
Where lay my heart amid such ordered verse?
Most see truth only in initial blurts
Manifesting in some emotive curse
And motivated by internal hurts...
Well camouflaged by old masters of Zen
Or stoics claiming the hurt wasn't there
Or fluming through the urbane poet's pen
To change pain into something debonair,
Whereby he may inspire his peers
With memento mori to mask the tears!
#inspirational
#wisdom
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peninnah
Poem Published
6th Aug 2022 4:44pm
6th Aug 2022 4:44pm
THE CARELESSNESS OF IT ALL
Youth is wasted on the young." Said George B Shaw
And many of us bear the scars and the testimony!
So much energy spent chasing illusions
Seldom giving mind to moderation or caution
Oh!The fire in the blood was too hot to be contained!
We climaxed on every new song*
Loosed sails and let power of the thrill take us wherever!
"The flesh profit nothing." They told us
What do 'em old folks know anyway?!
All day everyday was as good as a Summer of love!
Oh!The carelessness of it all !
Taps running on broken jars
Drivers...
And many of us bear the scars and the testimony!
So much energy spent chasing illusions
Seldom giving mind to moderation or caution
Oh!The fire in the blood was too hot to be contained!
We climaxed on every new song*
Loosed sails and let power of the thrill take us wherever!
"The flesh profit nothing." They told us
What do 'em old folks know anyway?!
All day everyday was as good as a Summer of love!
Oh!The carelessness of it all !
Taps running on broken jars
Drivers...
#memories
#LifeCycle
#nostalgia
#SelfDiscovery
#wisdom
64 reads
15 Comments
abetterstart
Poem Published
31st Jul 2022 00:39am
31st Jul 2022 00:39am
southern night
such a night
whenever shown,
grace and charm
attired,
glance
lovely beacon
once possessed,
floating
like driftwood,
dotting the fields
in haze,
gently placed
that spirit
further
across midnight
hedges,
in flower
and flames,
in the footsteps
of youth,
cordial
and bearing
free,
solitary
befits you still.
whenever shown,
grace and charm
attired,
glance
lovely beacon
once possessed,
floating
like driftwood,
dotting the fields
in haze,
gently placed
that spirit
further
across midnight
hedges,
in flower
and flames,
in the footsteps
of youth,
cordial
and bearing
free,
solitary
befits you still.
#strength
#childhood
#dreams
#learning
#wisdom
47 reads
4 Comments
AndyJHale
Poem Published
30th Jul 2022 8:40pm
30th Jul 2022 8:40pm
I am
I was worried about you
What the hell happened?
I'm sorry I couldn't go with you to the Highlands
I hope you are alright
Did you not see me crying?
I have no advice, besides live your best life
from the mouths of our teachers
we all learn our lessons
The purpose of life
even eludes the masters
I am, I am
a master of nothing
I am, I am
I’ve been working a lot, lately
Sorry, I’ve been busy
I hope in time you’ll find a way to forgive me
I know it’s been awhile since we’ve...
What the hell happened?
I'm sorry I couldn't go with you to the Highlands
I hope you are alright
Did you not see me crying?
I have no advice, besides live your best life
from the mouths of our teachers
we all learn our lessons
The purpose of life
even eludes the masters
I am, I am
a master of nothing
I am, I am
I’ve been working a lot, lately
Sorry, I’ve been busy
I hope in time you’ll find a way to forgive me
I know it’s been awhile since we’ve...
#meditation
#separation
#healing #wisdom
#healing #wisdom
42 reads
1 Comment
Wired6
Poem Published
29th Jul 2022 4:32pm
29th Jul 2022 4:32pm
Don't Go!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
HERE COMES
THE SIREN!-----
MAN--WITH STRONG RIGHT HAND.
WOMAN---WITH STRONG RIGHT HAND 2 HELP MAN,
OVERBOARD!
©Wired6. 20/7/2022.
HERE COMES
THE SIREN!-----
MAN--WITH STRONG RIGHT HAND.
WOMAN---WITH STRONG RIGHT HAND 2 HELP MAN,
OVERBOARD!
©Wired6. 20/7/2022.
#wisdom
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Deathkitty_134
Khach0
Khach0
Poem Published
28th Jul 2022 11:36am
28th Jul 2022 11:36am
Climate Change Is Comin'!
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/eft/eft21.htm
Climate change is comin'
and the sky is falling down
I must make way to warn the king
our great and noble crown
My head was struck a mighty blow
my gut fell into fear
I never saw the raindrop fall
I ran from what appeared
I told the birds, the cock and duck
and warned our future's taken
but fox, he knew my tale was tall
just terror I'd mistaken
When fox tore through the feathered crowd
a pile of birds lay dead
beware the stories...
Climate change is comin'
and the sky is falling down
I must make way to warn the king
our great and noble crown
My head was struck a mighty blow
my gut fell into fear
I never saw the raindrop fall
I ran from what appeared
I told the birds, the cock and duck
and warned our future's taken
but fox, he knew my tale was tall
just terror I'd mistaken
When fox tore through the feathered crowd
a pile of birds lay dead
beware the stories...
#death
#animals
#sky
#nature
#wisdom
54 reads
8 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
28th Jul 2022 3:49am
28th Jul 2022 3:49am
Thoughts,
What is the purpose of a word
Unless to bring a sound to bear
Which may by another be heard
Who might give at least half a care?
And with some care...analysis,
To tease out all our wretched faults
And defuse fear's paralysis
Or old emotional somersaults
Which have us all at our wit's end
At one time or another,
Before we learn to let thought blend
Into some good we may discover
Be it real...or be it fake
Before the golden beams of daybreak!
Unless to bring a sound to bear
Which may by another be heard
Who might give at least half a care?
And with some care...analysis,
To tease out all our wretched faults
And defuse fear's paralysis
Or old emotional somersaults
Which have us all at our wit's end
At one time or another,
Before we learn to let thought blend
Into some good we may discover
Be it real...or be it fake
Before the golden beams of daybreak!
#MentalHealth
#wisdom
32 reads
0 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
26th Jul 2022 5:07pm
26th Jul 2022 5:07pm
they say it's the small things
Sunday
afternoon
sitting at the center
market,
smoking,
taking it all
in
looking at the buildings
standing faithfully in their
Victorian pride
the storefronts closed,
napping,
resting up for Monday's
frenzy
birds flying from tree
to tree,
the trees indifferent to
all but the sun above
and there are no wars
to be fought on the
inside or outside of
my head
peace guilds languidly,
easily through these
streets like the breath ...
afternoon
sitting at the center
market,
smoking,
taking it all
in
looking at the buildings
standing faithfully in their
Victorian pride
the storefronts closed,
napping,
resting up for Monday's
frenzy
birds flying from tree
to tree,
the trees indifferent to
all but the sun above
and there are no wars
to be fought on the
inside or outside of
my head
peace guilds languidly,
easily through these
streets like the breath ...
#learning
#escape
#wisdom
70 reads
7 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
26th Jul 2022 4:09pm
26th Jul 2022 4:09pm
Poetry
There the internet lay before us
To give the wisdom of the ancient ones
Like Sappho, Pindar, Plutarch, and Horace
And, god help us, barmy theologians
Who no longer give a pulpit pounding
Quite like they did in medieval times
When science was so much more confounding
And not as pretty as cathedral chimes.
But who now aims our moral sextant?
What skill set now makes us qualified
Or has us getting justly expectant
Now that morality has gone and died?
I place my faith in proto-psychology
And recent findings in neurology!
To give the wisdom of the ancient ones
Like Sappho, Pindar, Plutarch, and Horace
And, god help us, barmy theologians
Who no longer give a pulpit pounding
Quite like they did in medieval times
When science was so much more confounding
And not as pretty as cathedral chimes.
But who now aims our moral sextant?
What skill set now makes us qualified
Or has us getting justly expectant
Now that morality has gone and died?
I place my faith in proto-psychology
And recent findings in neurology!
#learning
#MovingOn
#healing #wisdom
#healing #wisdom
36 reads
2 Comments
Her
Poem Published
23rd Jul 2022 2:51pm
23rd Jul 2022 2:51pm
Lessons
Ahhh, my friend
An easy life knows no lessons
A life with no lessons
Knows no knowledge
A life without knowledge is shitty
An easy life knows no lessons
A life with no lessons
Knows no knowledge
A life without knowledge is shitty
#hope
#inspirational
#TruthOfLife #wisdom
#TruthOfLife #wisdom
71 reads
5 Comments
abetterstart
Poem Published
16th Jul 2022 6:22am
16th Jul 2022 6:22am
invisible
my page,
blank
as the thoughts
in my mind,
ideas have
escaped,
leaving my ink
invisible.
blank
as the thoughts
in my mind,
ideas have
escaped,
leaving my ink
invisible.
#inspirational
#learning
#wisdom
#determination
#success
94 reads
4 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
14th Jul 2022 1:54am
14th Jul 2022 1:54am
The Amorist
Men, think tonight...as you are getting laid,
"Are there any riches better than this?"
Better than anything else you are paid
Which will not support your next wooing kiss?
Well obviously the answer is no.
So why do some men value more their truck
Or polish hogs to be the best in show
Rather than making effort for a fuck
Which they'll remember to their dying day
As the finest of all possible luck?
Why not prioritize a different way
To see her more by Cupid's arrow struck
After launching from all your deepest wishes?
Cupid...
"Are there any riches better than this?"
Better than anything else you are paid
Which will not support your next wooing kiss?
Well obviously the answer is no.
So why do some men value more their truck
Or polish hogs to be the best in show
Rather than making effort for a fuck
Which they'll remember to their dying day
As the finest of all possible luck?
Why not prioritize a different way
To see her more by Cupid's arrow struck
After launching from all your deepest wishes?
Cupid...
#patience
#heroic
#wisdom #masculinity
#wisdom #masculinity
47 reads
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