Gnomic Poems | Examples


List of Member Poems

Premium Member Darkness

Darkness

Without the darkness, we would not know the light.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Premium Member See No Evil

See No Evil


You cannot change any mind,
of those that choose to be blind.


By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Premium Member Yeah Right

Yeah Right

If poetry is so easy to write,
drop a Choka, tercet, or a quatrain slight.
So remember the rules and keep things tight,
let’s see how easy it is to get right.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison


Premium Member Question

Question



Better to be a fool for a moment,
than one to remain a fool forever.



By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Premium Member fatuous bugs

fate
crushes us
like
fatuous bugs
in
fatal rugs

Gnomic World

gnomic world
                                              disdains truth's offer
                                                      so suffers


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