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Proverb Poems - Poems about Proverb

Premium Member Wise words from Laozi, Chinese philospher
"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, while others build windmills."...

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Categories: proverb, change,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Practical Proverb
He who’s head is up his rear, let him speak his mind, but, please, let it not be near for your sake and mine. ...

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Categories: proverb, humor,
Form: Didactic



African Proverb
unlike human brain, stomach alerts when empty African proverb....

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Categories: proverb, africa, wisdom,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member enjoying a Jamaican Proverb
Jamaican proverb “when you see an old lady run, don’t ask what’s the matter you run too” I read this and laughed I am old lady I get it. If I am running there is a bear, a bull or an alligator chasing me or maybe an enemy with a machete great advice and marvelous proverb...

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Categories: proverb, age,
Form: Free verse
ITALIAN PROVERB INCREASED
between speaking and doing there is a long road to walk and a great desert to march an immense sea to cross...

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Categories: proverb, allusion, creation, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Irish Proverb
Irish Proverb A long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A good girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one. By Josehf Lloyd Murchison...

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Categories: proverb, analogy, angel, beautiful, cute,
Form: Other
Proverb
Wise Eden retold Come, pay homage to old age To recompense gold....

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Categories: proverb, gospel, history, philosophy, religion,
Form: Haiku
Trust Him Proverb 3, 5 THRU 7
One day my life took a turn. That took me on a path to learn. If there was someone I couldn’t see. Someone with unlimited possibilities. This road I had to walk alone. My life once good, had now gone wrong. That began my search to find. My son was lost inside his mind. Was...

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Categories: proverb, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member THANKFUL FOR THIS OLD BIRD PROVERB
Today I’m thankful for the birds and this old bird proverb with all the wisdom to us it brings: A bird sitting on the branch of a tree is never in fear of the branch breaking because her trust is not in the branch her trust is in her wings....

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Categories: proverb, bird, thanks, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Proverb 1
A vended injurious tongue begets a curse But one who strives to live a clean life is blessed in many ways November 7, 2023 APC ...

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Categories: proverb, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It Never Rains
It never rains But it pours, Is an old proverb That still endures. For: When you’ve a leak in your roof And your buckets for drips are ready, Why do the heavens always open And the rain never fall steady? A breakdown always happens At the very worst place and time, Nature and the elements...

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Categories: proverb, irony, life, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Russian Proverb
We go to heaven, for the good weather, We’re going to hell for the company....

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Categories: proverb, 9th grade, appreciation, good
Form: Monoku
A Beginnings End
Eat bitter, taste sweet Do this, rewards you will reap. Fight, savour, repeat....

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Categories: proverb, allegory, courage, growing up,
Form: Haiku
Bantu Poem, Shahiri Mussabwa 3
A man is  sick And she tells him" If you eat this middle sugar cane, _________________________________ You will encrease energy And go to work Tomorrow." April 26/ 2023 By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe Mussabwa Chris Message: Beside pure honey, There is no a tree or fruit Which is so sweet...

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Categories: proverb, 12th grade, africa, beauty,
Form: Other
Bantu Poem , Shahiri Mussabwa 1
When you see A crocodile swallowing a tortoise, __________________________________ It will be the end Of the  World. April 25/2023 By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe        Mussabwa Chris Message: By forcing something , you can call your own death...." in general" In relationship: When a mowan " man " rejects you , don't force that relationship...

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Categories: proverb, 12th grade, culture, death,
Form: Other

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