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Best Wisest Poems

Below are the all-time best Wisest poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of wisest poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member The Relativity of Beyond
Bacteria, too small for human eyes
engage their fight for life within our midst,
so unaware of Earth's gigantic spies
with microscopes and slides, who co-exist.

And tiny fish,...

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Categories: wisest, life, relationship, space, universe,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Blind Rage
Into blind rage he flew again
  His neck veins bulged, his fists he closed
His wife could not remember when
  She'd seen her man...

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Categories: wisest, anger, husband, success, thanks,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Old Bear
The Old grizzled Bear... was now keenly aware
    as he lay in his Cave all alone.
Where his time as King... was a...

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Categories: wisest, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member King Arthur the Great
It’s all about me!
It’s all about me
I am the King sitting in the tree

It’s all about me
It’s all about me
I am clapping my hands with...

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Categories: wisest, art, children, hero,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Reflections On My Seventieth Birthday
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Categories: wisest, birthday, emotions, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Downfall of King Solomon
Great King Solomon, wisest of the rulers of Israel,
The favored son of King David, who was beloved of our God,
Did fall from grace in his...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wisest, political, power,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Attitude can be nurtured and changed
By you in spite of what has happened in your day
Confident people master it quickly
Despite what they are enduring
Enthusiasm is...

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Categories: wisest, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Love Is a Gift
Love is a gift, but also it is learned.

The wisest have learned to give it away,

As a gift, it does not even have to be...

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Categories: wisest, love,
Form: Rhyme
A Child Again In Love
On a river bank and holding a flower,
Plucking the petals one by one,
There I am 
Standing amiss behind a tree, 
Staring at me as if...

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Categories: wisest, childhood, love,
Form: Free verse
This Year
Many splendored visions dancing through my head.
Wishes caught up in the stars and moon struck sky.
Roads to travel near and far where I am led.
Past...

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© Deb Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wisest, hope, new year,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member The Dove Won'T Rest Until Peace Comes Home
The wings beat against the cage 
in an urgent frenzy tormented never defeated 
within this half twilight zone of slow crawling time held victim 

The...

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Categories: wisest, bereavement, conflict, emotions, feelings,
Form: Terza Rima
The Dove Won'T Rest Until Peace Comes Home
The wings beat against the cage 
in an urgent frenzy tormented never defeated 
within this half twilight zone of slow crawling time held victim 

The...

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Categories: wisest, courage, emotions, endurance, relationship,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member One Step Closer To the Edge
Beset by doubts before I rise from bed
Problems prey on my worrisome mind 
My ability to reason has been maligned
Cockamamie notions fill me with dread

I...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wisest, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Taste of a Wish
Tonight I felt the deep inner desire to conform, to feel at right with the crowd for fear of being scorned. But don't be fooled...

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Categories: wisest, confusion, imagination, introspection, world,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Wish Upon a Star
WISH UPON A STAR

eyes drawn upward —
   like a candle on a cake
first birthday or too old

the lottery is billions upon billions
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Categories: wisest, money,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things