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Short Aphorism Poems

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Aphorism
a single flame seldom takes blame.
- an aphorism...

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© S. Grace  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aphorism, betrayal, courage, deep, growth, life, poetry, sorry,
Form: Free verse



An Aphorhyme
An aphorism that rhymes
falls into aphorhymes.

Volodymyr Knyr 2014...

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Categories: aphorism, poetry, wisdom, word play, words,
Form: Couplet
Salty Aphorism 2
The eye is a terribly hungry thing.

The only terribly hungry thing....

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© Chris Con  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aphorism, poetry,
Form: Epigram
Salty Aphorism
When the stomach 

Is empty

The mind  is open

To all sorts

Of fat promises....

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© Chris Con  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aphorism, poetry,
Form: Epigram
Aphorism
if everything was equal
Even so, nothing would be the same
only the one different could be......

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Categories: aphorism, allusion, analogy,
Form: Light Verse



Sometimes We Are Too Wise
I don't want to advise,
I do not make conclusions,
Sometimes we are too wise
for obvious solutions....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Untitled
Everyone has an intrinsic curious interest in the climactic topic of pornography;  Whether you like it, or not....

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© Chris Con  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aphorism, perspective, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sometimes Our Goodness Goes Too Far
Sometimes our goodness goes too far,
you know how does it smell,
Alas, but best intentions ARE
the shortest way to hell....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
An Aphorism About Slavery
A person value is always at least an another with everything that he possesses 
therefore no one never have a such value for buy him....

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Categories: aphorism, freedom,
Form: Haiku
The Butterflies Run Ballet Flight
The butterflies run ballet flight,
They're fluttering around anew,
As brighter your inviting light
as thicker spider's next to you....

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Categories: aphorism, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
I'D Like Be Flying With the Wind
I'd like be flying with the wind 
to find new shores, I'd like to flee, 
But there is contradiction fiend:
I always take myself with me....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Aphorism
If a man is foolish enough to ask it,
a woman will take that as a privilege,
encourage it, and lastly, make it a pleasure;
And vice versa....

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© Chris Con  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: aphorism, giggle, humorous,
Form: Other
There Is a Cross, There Is a Porch
There is a cross, there is a porch,
There are the eyes that full of care,
I say there is no God in church,
I say that people bring Him there....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
There Were Woes, There Will Be Troubles
There were woes, there will be troubles,
Sunset's mean, there's poor sunrise,
You can't see the stars in puddles 
if they are not in the skies....

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Categories: aphorism, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Oh, I Guess That Something Here Is Wrong
Oh, I guess that something here is wrong, 
good beginnings die or sleep at least,
I have never met someone before
more ferocious than a pacifist....

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Categories: aphorism, angst, irony, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
I'D Like To Catch the Rainbow Tail
I'd like to catch the rainbow tail,
But hope is nothing for the reason
And graveyard's full of dreams (they fail)
And wonders are there like in prison....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Last Night You Were Riding the Wave
You choose: to be drowned to be burnt to be cut, 
Last night you were riding the wave, 
But rover from nowhere is taking her heart 
despite you are loyal and safe....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
An Aphorism Amplified
When young we yearn to break the rules,
But when the songs all sung are,
The young may think the old are fools--
The old know that the young are....

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Categories: aphorism, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Quatrain
Oh, Everybody Should In Spite of Past
Oh, everybody should in spite of past 
mistakes and woes and tears and lonesome screaming 
discover once again Pandora's chest 
to free the Hope for our gloomy being....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, hope, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Oh, I Am Child of the Age of Violence
Oh, I am child of the age of violence,
Where’s truth where’s lie no one will tell you, pal,
I see a pig in human what the hell
Or pig’s so humane in its noble silence....

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Categories: aphorism, metaphor, philosophy, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
So Where Does Freedom Sleep
So where does freedom sleep in dirty shoes 
spoiling the sheets and drooling on the pillow, 
Procrustean bed that silly people choose 
and breast of its I notice doesn't billow....

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
We'Re Losing Weight Because of Love
We're losing weight because of love
due of the loss of our heads
We fly and we fall from above,
alas, when frail feeling ends.

P.S. This is my translation of poem by Igor Guberman...

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Categories: aphorism, emotions, feelings, irony, metaphor, philosophy, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Hinterlassenschaften/ Heritages/ Patrimonios (Aphorismus/ Aphorism/ Aforismo)
Die Hinterlassenschaften des Seins sind unsere Spiegelbilder der Ewigkeit


The heritages of being are our reflections of eternity


Los patrimonios del ser son nuestros reflejos de eternidad...

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Categories: aphorism, philosophy
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Life Aphorism
Chase good things and leave behind disappointments that drag like quicksand













For Give Me Your Best One Liner Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Silent One
Second Place
7-9-2016...

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Categories: aphorism, confidence,
Form: Monoku
Caveat Spender
Caveat Spender
by Michael R. Burch

It’s better not to speculate
"continually" on who is great.
Though relentless awe’s
a Célèbre Cause,
please reserve some time for the contemplation
of the perils of
EXAGGERATION....

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Categories: aphorism, wisdom,
Form: Epigram

Book: Reflection on the Important Things