Short Foolhardiness Poems
Short Foolhardiness Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Foolhardiness by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Foolhardiness by length and keyword.
Leonidas of Tarentum Translation
Blame not the gale, or the inhospitable sea-gulf, or friends’ tardiness,
mariner! Just man’s foolhardiness.
—Leonidas of Tarentum, translation by Michael R. Burch...
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Categories:
foolhardiness, eulogy,
Form:
Epitaph
Ascend
Memories of days splashed with rue,
Misgivings accumulate
Penalties accrue
For when thine judgements of foolhardiness come due
Tis then that you realize that your days here are but few
After touching the bottom rock with the sole of your shoe
Only then
Can you ascend
And set your compass
To true...
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Categories:
foolhardiness, angst, hope, introspection,
Form:
I do not know?
Deja Vu
Deja Vu
Alas, we compose poetry to impress others with our brilliant
brains, hapless wit, sexy bodies, or holy sanctimony.
All foolhardiness if you think of it, and an exercise in utter, grandiose
egotistical folly!
Just be you, never hurt another poet here.
Because when you do, Deja Vu is coming for you next, my dear!
December 8, 2019...
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Categories:
foolhardiness, happiness, poetry, poets,
Form:
Couplet