Best Sayings Poems
There’s many famous sayings I’ve heard
I’m sure you’ve heard them to,
So see if you remember
As I mention just a few.
There’s “Home is where the heart is”
Or “Little pictures have big ears”
And “It’s not how many years you spend
It’s how you spend your years”.
“God helps them that helps themselves”
“You can do it if you try”.
“Many hands make light work”
“There’s more to this than meets the eye”
“A mans home is his castle“
“You can‘t make a crab walk straight“
“A word to the wise is sufficient“
“It‘s always hurry-up and wait“.
“Birds of a feather flock together“
And another I recall
“It‘s better to have loved and lost
Than to never have loved at all“.
Well that‘ll do it for a while
I know there‘s many more
It‘s true it‘s me that brought them up
But I sure don‘t know what for!.
A list of names this contest needs
But what to pick to serve this deed?
I'll use the census - names top ten
And express my wisdom - pseudo zen
Surprised by sudden traffic jam
Essential for your brakes to slam
Shake up nitro just a taj
Oh no earned my Darwin badge
When let down by dear heartthrob
'erts a lot, so have a sob
Reported UFO not cosmic
Ha! Elastic frisbee con trick
Punctuation, spelling, grammar
Your language wood and nails and hammer
I know what's best - I break your will
I am your boss - now take your pill
Beware of other's dark agenda
Video the truth offender
Here's a scheme to make you rich
'ard resist my conman's pitch
When drinking up a mug of char
Less is more and near is far
A flute, two drums and three banjos
Ephemeral - pluck, bang and blow
My names are split, word sin definitive
Yet just as sound as split infinitive
My English slang and lingua pidgin
Yet sage enough for fake religion!
Entry for "what's in a name" contest
Uses top ten names from US census: James, John, Robert, Michael, Mary, William, David, Richard, Charles, Joseph
They claim the grass
Is always greener on the other side
But there is no grass just a beach and the tide
They say you never know whats around the corner
I do big Ada she's rough I have to warn ye
They say I've lost my mind but i don't mind.
They say don't put all your eggs in the same basket
I dont I keep them in a casket
They say there's plenty more fish in the sea
That maybe ok for fishermen but not for me
They say lightening never strikes twice
They have never wore a suit of Armour on a motorbike
If you go out in the cold dressed like that
You'll catch a cold
Who threw it to catch to hold
You've got too many fingers in too many pies
I haven't got no pies something wrong with their eyes
Carrots are good for your eyes
Not if they are stuck in them
A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush
i would have never thought as much
You always hurt the one you love
Not me I hit them with feather gloves
Time is a great healer
I've had a clock on my head
But I'm still ill in bed
You cant turn back time
I can with mine
No room to swing a cat
Well swing a rat that'll take care of that
Diamonds area girls best friend
Well I must be a diamond
Eat your greens or you'll never grow up
What about your reds browns yellows tea in your cup
Laughter is the best medicine
Not if your dying
Wast of time trying
Every star has a silver lining
But no ones been to a star so forget that finding
Money doesn't grow on trees
Of course not they just grow leaves
They say to fall asleep
Count sheep
Bit what do sheep count humans
Bobs your uncle
I haven't got an uncle Bob
I;d sped my lady penny on you
Is that all that wont do
They'll stab you in the back
Not if your facing them
The customers always right
Do you let them win
In a fight.
Peter Dome.Copyright 2016. May.
Ever notice that people generally dislike being rude,
Saying someone is fat or stupid, now that’s crude,
I’ve collected and developed some sayings to stop tears,
That I’ve used to describe myself in situations over years.
Such as I am not fat, just really, really short for my weight,
Or when I’m tardy, I am really late for the starting gate,
Forgetful - I’m a straw short of a bale; a pickle short of a jar,
And the one I favour to whisper of others, always from afar
Is that “they are really not the sharpest tool in the shed”
Because I like to be kind in all things done and said.
Written August 5, 2012
Won 3rd place in Craig Cornish's contest
Stupid Things People Say.
.
Stupid things people say
I hear them every day
.
Is it the weather or me?
How do you want your tea
In or out
Well it make more sense to have it in a cup
To me
.
Is that a guitar on your shoulder?
No it’s an ironing board
And a boulder
Can you play?
No I just carry it about all day
.
Is that a camera are you filming?
No I’ve got something stuck in my eye
Goodbye
.
Are they your dogs?
No I’m taking them back for the ransom money
Are you trying to be funny honey?
.
It always rains but never pours
So you've been to this planet before?
.
I’m going shopping for a bargain
Not if you didn’t want it in the first place
Not another frying pan and cardigan
.
Money makes the world go round
Well if it does
Here’s half a crown
.
I bet you were a beautiful baby
I still am beautiful
Lady
.
The wheels on the bus go around and around
Of course they do
Or we’d never get around
.
The grass is always greener on the other side
Not if you have a mudslide
.
You never know what’s around the corner
I do
Big Ada I have to warn you
.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush?
.
Peter Dome©2020.
There are no guarantees in life
save one…and none of us
certainly not me and possibly not you
no one can outrun the call of their own destiny
once upon a time is a saying
created only by the lawyers
Don’t rely on fortune cookies
as the reason to quit your job
Eat spicy Chinese food
out of a carton …with chopsticks…at least once
sit on a park bench and talk with a lonely stranger
say these words daily
as if they actually mattered to you
thank you……..please….and I love you
Draw your own lines carefully in the sand
then defend them with all that you are
Drink hot coffee from a bowl
hold onto the one you love with both hands
whatever you do in life do it with intense passion
never do what your enemy
expects you to do…ever
live well …love better
When you feel you are in the least danger
be truly aware for it is at that second danger draws near to you
dance and sing your heart out every single day
live….just live as large as you can
remember the Alamo
Irish
There are no guarantees in life
save one…and none of us
certainly not me and possibly not you
no one can outrun the call of their destiny
once upon a time is a saying
created only by the lawyers
Don’t rely on fortune cookies
as the reason to quit your job
Eat spicy Chinese food
out of a carton ……with chopsticks...more often
sitting on a park bench talking with a stranger
say these words daily
thank you……..please….and I love you
as if they actually mattered to you
Draw your own lines carefully in the sand
and defend them with all that you are
Drink hot coffee from a bowl
hold onto the one you love with both hands
whatever you do in life do it with intense passion
never do what your enemy
expects you to do...ever
live well …love better
Dance and sing your heart out every single day
Live….just live as large as you can
Remember the Alamo
Irish
“Hair today, gone tomorrow is an old expression”
Another is “Never too late to make a first impression”
Old sayings you hear
While having a beer
With some buddies and acting like a bunch of adolescents
© Jack Ellison 2015
You've heard the saying I'm sure "Home is where you hang your hat."
There are very many other sayings, some greater than that.
"Save a penny for a rainy day." also many others.
One saying I like personally is, "Love for your sisters and brothers."
Our Holy Bible has sayings also, written by scholars.
Some put these sayings on cards, to earn the almighty dollar.
Intentions and sayings are good but one comes to mind.
Jesus said," Fear our Father, and be loving and kind".
Our Bible explains many sayings by either Prophets or the "Word" the truth.
One thing for certain is all books of the Holy Bible deal with many sayings. Like love in the book of Ruth.
Sayings in your life do count; they can uplift and praise God, or can be hurtful.
When you say something trying to be funny, it may be the truth or it may not be faithful.
Considering ones feelings is the utmost important lesson, whether wrong or right why say something that hurts someone?
Does it make you smarter? Does it help the other human? Was it fun?
Our Lord loves all of us, and to say something to bring hurt, or emotional trials, did it help that someone?
I think not. God gives wisdom to whoever he chooses, by saying a nice saying.
You will find love and become one of God's sons.
Why do they say
you can't take money with you when you go?
So what do you do if you go out shopping?
The grass is 'always greener on the other side?
Not if you have a sandy beach on the other side
You can't always get everything you want?
Have the shops closed down?
A Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Don't they mean tree?
Is it cold outside or is it me?
Go out and find out
Money can't buy you love?
But it can pay for a hooker
For a bit of love
Why do they say I dipped my toes in water?
What's the point unless you have dirty toes?
If laughter is the best medicine?
So do Doctors give you pills?
And not a clown?
Love comes to those who least expect it?
Does that mean when I'm in jail?
I get four square meals a day?
When do they come around?
There's always some 'ONE' out there for everyone?
What a lucky 'ONE' ?
Paint the world like a rainbow?
Have they enough paint?
You only get one chance in life?
I've blown it then?
Money doesn't grow on trees
Tell that to a fruit farmer?
There is more joy in giving than taking.?
Not if you are a thief it's not?
Man revolutionized the world?
What about the women?
You can't be hanged twice?
What if you're a twin?
Why do birds In winter always fly south
Don't have a map?
I'm not the person I was yesterday?
None of us are?
Where do babies come from?
Father 'ask you're mum'?
To be honest?
Does that mean they have been lying?
Women are stronger than men?
Well let them do the heavy lifting then?
It takes one to know one?
Are they talking about themselves?
Cheer up things will get better?
Not when you're about to be executed it's not?
If courting couples are too busy watching the sunrise
And the sun goes down
When do the eat and wash the dishes back home?
You can always tell what someone is like by a mile?
What about a foot?
Time takes it's time?
Where to?
Their feet may fit your shoes one day?
Do they have a size eleven?
You are better off on your own?
Not if you're lonely and need someone to hold?
The sun always shines on the right side?
How would I know I'm blind?
Crazy world crazy people?.
“A good beginning is half the battle”
and
“All’s well that ends well”
Are sayings from long ago.
The part that is sandwiched
in between is why
I’m not sure if this is so.
Human being, stretched tension
between the divine and animal realms,
distant balance suspended
between the exiguous and the abysmal!
The body only acts
with what eyes see
and the spirit grasps...
Only in my solitude,
I absorb the complete calm
and the serene sound of silence.
Gentle gestures generate kindness,
tender manners generate tenderness...
attention generates desires,
care generates love...
If you have love,
love without restrictions...
if you have more than love,
let me love even more...
I like much more
what my soul wants,
than just what the body desires,
having both feelings,
life will be full of beauty...!
In life we must avidly,
seek full knowledge
like someone searching for a precious stone...!
Bow to the partner in the corner
Hey, this dance ain't nothin' but torture!
Heads lean left and circle to a line
Guzzle down that old moonshine!
Roll away to a half sashay
Get down on your knees and pray.
Circle round and round with the dear little thing
but for God's sakes don't let her sing!
Meet your partner and promenade
Slip a little 'shine in the lemonade!
Allemande left with your left hand
Drop him in a big box of quicksand!
I'll have
the beauty platter
with ugly on the side.
Mmm!
I ate a Cracker!
Crackers taste good!
Now I'm a cannibal.