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Best Socratic Poems


Self-Identity As a Self-Made Predicament, Or, More Fun With Socratic Irony
An insane System by any other name
Should still be considered simply insane

A prison by any other name
Could well be the throne 
Of a primitivist's brain

A lifestyle by any other name
Would prefer to be called a "subculture"

A truth by any other name
May well be an early...

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Categories: socratic, angst, dark, hilarious, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Winner, No Loser, Only Iterative Cooperation In a Socratic Method
At 1st, Words On Words ... 
  Engage Exceptions,
  Uncertainty Opened, 
  Tension,   Thought,
  Comprehension,   Insights Discovered,
  Fresh Paradigm Apprehension !
 And All Started,   
 With the Ramchal's Call for Dialectic Investigation...

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Categories: socratic, education, freedom, humanity, i
Form: Verse
A Sluggish Socratic Reservoir
In your restless slumbers you feel me,
I know you feel me.    
Always by your side like an iron rusted sword
Dull to the touch and stranded to the length of your back.
Your sudden sighs will be the ocean churning and
The waves that collapse...

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Categories: socratic, angst, introspection, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Socratic Platoisms
he taught simple terms.
simple word usage. he also taught
what was referred to as controversial.
words that had double meaning, and
 words that spelled backward
were precursors to debate.
They called this session of teaching
Word Artricle or References to Wrong
These were the teachings of Platonic Order
a reference to Socrates
not...

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Categories: socratic, confusion, leadership, music, myth,
Form: Classicism
Declaring the Socratic Philosophy
I'm one of the most devout
Catholics who practice humility; 
others still try to figure me out.
My character can be axiomatic...
when it declares the Socratic
philosophy, which is rejected today
and standing up I begin to shout:
" World, become more altruistic! "

 Politicians speak eloquently from the podium;...

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Categories: socratic, faith, fear, humanity, lust,
Form: Rhyme
Socratic Aphorisms
Write compelling aphorisms poetically,
is convinced and resolute posture in poem,
On a treadmill of wisdom with a Socratic mantle!...

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Categories: socratic, allusion, analogy, appreciation, growth,
Form: Free verse



is the love enough?
Is love enough,
When there is rain and snow?
The sky is falling, the climate is rough,
Well, I may never know.

So, I asked Eros, hoping he'd know,
He smiled with a prudent glow,
Knowing the answer, ready to show,
He answered in a Socratic flow.

Through the tempest, as snowflakes dance,
Love's...

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Categories: socratic, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry