Diogenes Poems - Poems about Diogenes

..."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......

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...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 ......

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..."philosophizing" agog a god a dog taking a piss as if Diogenes......

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...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......

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...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 ......

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...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......

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...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. ......

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...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 ......

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...… 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......

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...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......

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...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......

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...Walking in curiosity's footprints, I wander through life like a beachcomber. But I place wit above trinkets and chintz, seeking thinkers and poets like Homer. Many see me as a shiftless r......

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

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..."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......

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...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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