Wisdom

WISDOM


Wisdom cannot be taught  but can be learned
As rewards cannot be bought but are earned.
Listening to a wise man will not make you wise
But at least he’ll help the blind to open eyes.
The wise have burned their fingers and now don’t,
And  have spread the knowledge so others  won’t.

When you can predict  what will be the outcome,
Where the basis for knowing is slender and then some;
When your advice is the reason why disaster wasn't met,
And success was what you managed to abet,
It is likely that you have a quality called wisdom,
Incidentally,  always found in every child’s  mum.

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Written by Sydney Peck
Entered in  Cyndi MacMillan's  Contest 	
THE GREAT SOUP POETRY RELEASE EXTRAVAGANZA 


I will post photocopies of the poem on each classroom wall of my school
where there are 60 teachers and 400-plus   kids.

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