Learning From Living

Poet's Notes

(Show)

Become a Premium Member and post notes and photos about your poem like Bill Baker.

Mike Tyson Quote: "Things can change. Life is all a learning process."

The ultimate process is living life. We can learn everything through love and strife. It’s not just the content that fills each day, Living in the moment teaches the way. Find your true self and learn secrets untold, Inside is wisdom and truth to behold. Overcoming struggles helps us to grow. Learning to love helps us go with the flow. Created uniquely one of each kind, How we’re created, not known to man’s mind. Likely created from pure intellect, Known only through perfection, I suspect. A perfect design became creation, Without a hint of an explanation.

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

Silent One

Date: 12/24/2023 10:03:00 AM

We learn everyday.. its important in our development as humans..you have written another excellent sonnet that rhymes and flows really well...you excel at these my friend

Bill Baker
Date: 12/24/2023 6:02:00 PM

Thanks, they're my favorite form. I stick to 14 lines and usually write them with 8 or 10 syllables per line, but I don't concern myself with iambic or other accents. I usually rhyme AABB etc ... instead of ABAB etc... Thanks for the compliment, Silent One.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 12/23/2023 7:25:00 PM

I really like the last couplet, Bill. No instructions, no explanations --- it's on us to figure it out by trial and error, as we draw ever closer to 'getting it.'

Bill Baker
Date: 12/23/2023 8:54:00 PM

Yep, that about it, my friend. Bill

Tom Cunningham

Date: 12/23/2023 6:15:00 PM

An enjoyable read Bill that makes you question deeply about everything in life, Will we ever fully understand lifes mysteries? We can only but try, starting within ourselves. Tom

Bill Baker
Date: 12/23/2023 8:56:00 PM

That the biggest challenge for me, Tom. If I could understand myself, I'd be halfway home. :-) Thanks for the comments, my friend. Enjoy your Christmas weekend. Bill

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 12/23/2023 4:08:00 PM

I cherish the wisdom, insight, and inspiration in your poem, Bill. I especially liked Living in the moment teaches the way. Find your true self and learn secrets untold, Inside is wisdom and truth to behold. Those words spoke to my soul. Thanks for sharing your creativity and insights with us, hugs, me.

Bill Baker
Date: 12/23/2023 4:59:00 PM

I glad some of the lines resonated with you Sara. On many things, we tend to think alike. Hugs, Bill

Lin Lane

Date: 12/23/2023 11:28:00 AM

There are times when the truth inside us prevents us from facing it. But only when we do, are we free to be who we truly are. Great philosophical lines you've written, Bill.

Bill Baker
Date: 12/23/2023 1:34:00 PM

Thanks, my friend. There's just more to life than I'll ever know. Have a pleasant day! Bill