Diogenes Poems - Poems about Diogenes

Death for Dummies by a Dummy

..."We come into the world alone and we die alone." ~ Diogenes

What was that, Diogenes?
Speak a bit louder if you please.
I'm old and hard of hearing,
and I fear my death is nearing.

Well, anyw...

When It Comes To the Travails

...when it comes to the travails
of the human heart
logic is a poor study
as Diogenes' wisdom gathers a lantern
searching in vain
there is a deeper reasoning
among the bats gathered in the belfry
...

Philosophizing

..."philosophizing"


agog
a god
a dog

taking 
a piss
as if 

Diogenes...

Eternity Just Fell

...Why don’t you rage Siddhartha.
Rage.  Ah.  I suffer.
Jesus of Galilee, why don’t you fight back.
I. trust
Prince of the sands, prophets of the Sun
Peace is offered to this gem
Flowers are sprun...

Diogenes and Alexander

...Diogenes, philosopher in Greece,
was said to be a dawdler. "Devil finds
some seedy work for idle hands, don´t fleece
our youth!" He saw the walls in people´s minds

who all declined his odd and ...

Acknowledgements

...1.    John Desmond Patrick Keegan
2.    Alfred, Lord Tennyson 
3.    Sally Aline Mae Beller
4.    Charles Edward A. Berry
5.    Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce 
6.    Béla Ferenc Dezso Blaskó
7.    Joh...

Best Poem Ever

...Sitting outside with loose papers on my lap,
a gust blew the top two pages away.
It was a poem that contained some creatures
and the usual clouds and mists
and how fossils feel about mountains.
...

Cynikos

...Cynikos
        
                  for Diogenes of Sinope, 4th century B.C. philosopher.  
There are all sorts of stories about him, 
that he counterfeited coins in Sinope and had to flee,
that ...

Virtue

...… as I child I heard these words by Immanuel Kant from my late Dad

over and over again …’you must act in a way that if everybody did it

your thinking and deeds could be the foundations of a Uni...

No - I Am Not Prince Hamlet, Nor Was Meant To Be

...Pray, my lord, says the priest. ‘Tis sweet balm for the soul,
and he, he sees yours-
Lord, I hope not- you think.
‘O! there are spirits of the air!’
a poet will write centuries after they give yo...

Athenian Epitaphs Ii

...Athenian Epitaphs II

These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...

Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night: 
his owne...

Curiosity's Footprints

...Walking in curiosity's footprints,
I wander through life like a beachcomber.
Placing wit above life's trinkets and chintz,
I seek thinkers and poets like Homer.
Many peg me as a shiftless...

What If

...Archimedes slipped in the shower
          Diogenes drowned in a barrel 
                    Thor shook in his thunder
		              Ariadne lost her thread

Pinocchio had a broken nose
     ...

Diogenes

..."Blushing is the color of virtue."



You're done.
You melt like a sigh
 on the lips of angels.
You've drained
  the paleness of injustice,
your own hands tangled up,
aw, the squar...

A Tortoise

...A  Tortoise
By Stina Lu 


You keep silent,
In all seasons.
Like the Buddist, 
Meditating 

Even your breath
seems redundant.
You reject everything
 Food or water.

Your are blind
Smel...

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