Best Maxims Poems
Apollo's MaximsApollo,
God of prophecy, music and eloquence
Had advised Man two things he had to do
In order the truth of things to discover
And as a result to see the world anew:
"Know Thyself" and " Nothing in Excess"
The son of Zeus emphatically declared
In that way the path...
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Categories:
maxims, god, men, truth,
Form:
Quatrain
MaximsThere are some who say that marriage is old-school and out of style…
Yet single-parent families still devastate the child.
Some claim that the old writers are problematic, their works should burn…
But human nature doesn’t change and the old lessons we must learn.
Others would disown history if...
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Categories:
maxims, culture, philosophy, political, repetition,
Form:
Rhyme
Family MaximsLove one and all: "Live, love and laugh" --
Bear with life's gall; health bears all stuff.
"I love you" works to sculpt pure scope,
Boost joy's pure jerk; keep faith's kind hope.
Learn to say "Please", "Thank you" is good,
Pay your own lease; control your moods.
Focus your plans,...
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Categories:
maxims, blessing,
Form:
Couplet
Maxims 3Live well each day
Prize thus fond play
Love all you meet
Greet with smiles sweet
Words sometimes fail
To blaze true trail
Be of good cheer
Faith scares harsh fear
Look out and see
Love helps you be
Eye to eye then
You know not when
In a swift turn
The pyre now burns
Seek yo know truth
Then...
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Categories:
maxims, blessing,
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
maxims, life,
Form:
Free verse
MaximsDare to live well:
Watch how time tells.
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Live without fear:
Love holds you dear.
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The way you see:
Choice comes to be.
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Love moves all things:
Watch moments fling.
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Focus and see:
Set clear thought free.
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Feel peace of mind:
Keep sync in kind.
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A maxim clear:
Live zesty cheer.
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Leon Enriquez
05 October 2016
Singapore...
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Categories:
maxims, allusion,
Form:
Couplet
Maxims 2Speak your plain truth
Let act sign proof
Dare then to be
Love now set free
Pleasure knows pain
Yet not in vain
Beauty says much
In poignant touch
Come ink fine draft
As words move craft
Let will find thrill
The way you feel
Heart knows fine start
Ink stains move art
Leon Enriquez
30 October 2016
Singapore...
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Categories:
maxims, change,
Form:
Couplet
More MaximsMan cannot be woman,
woman cannot be man,
if man thinks he is woman,
he is already damned.
We all have opinions,
estimations and thoughts,
but if God says otherwise,
our feelings matter naught.
Trying to live by feeling
is a failing of youth,
the world cares not for your likes,
a grown mind lives with...
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Categories:
maxims, how i feel, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
maxims, bible, deep, emotions, faith,
Form:
Sonnet
MaximsWit shapes funny fit
Jigsaw puzzle bits
As you freely leap
Don't you fall asleep
Tell the plain truth well
Watch gaudy lies dwell
Watch wild wonder well
Timely treasure tells
Destiny moves fate
Glimpse that open gate
Can less be more here
Craft lines that string cheer
Leon Enriquez
05 October 2018
Singapore...
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Categories:
maxims, allegory,
Form:
Couplet
AphorismsDoes your conniption fit?
If it's not a laughing matter, then it's not important.
Did you ever notice that when you stir a glass of something, the spoon says, "Jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy"?
Worst first name of anyone I ever met: Schmedroy....
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Categories:
maxims, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Prose
Medieval Poetry Translations VI by Michael R BurchThese are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and Middle English.
Exeter Book Gnomic Verses or Maxims
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The dragon dwells under the dolmen,
wizened-wise, hoarding his treasure;
the fishes bring forth their finned kind;
the king in his halls distributes rings;
the bear...
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Categories:
maxims, fish, husband, love, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Haiku Maxim for Everyday LifeHAIKU MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY TRANSACTIONS
To deal with someone
Don’t volunteer the problem
Let them ask for it
When you want to get
All the results in one time
Get the checklist once
If you want trouble
Create enemies, but if
Not, create friendships
...
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Categories:
maxims, business, wisdom, work,
Form:
Haiku
Strength Does Not Always RoarFragility is quite a strength
just as the crucial bumblebees’ breath
Perhaps not only titularly
gentleness is stronger than severity . . .
Channeling Emily Dickinson : To be a feather in a holocaust
– hope, sewn in the soul, sings the song needed most
A minor thought on regeneration :...
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Categories:
maxims, art, beauty, hope, mountains,
Form:
Alliteration