A Collector of Wisdom
A collector of wisdom is he
finds it in all he can see
From vagabonds to royalty
Charlie Chaplin to Grace Kelly
in trailer parks and gated communities
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Categories:
education, humanity, smart, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
Here Come the Brains
Categories:
hero, nostalgia, smart, today,
Form: Footle
In a contest between the stupid and the smartIn a contest between the stupid and the smart,
the stupid, at first, didn't really know where to start.
But after a while
of applying streetwise craftiness and guile,
in the contest between the stupid and the smart ~
the two were actually not that far apart.
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Categories:
education, humor, prejudice, smart,
Form: Light Verse
George Robert NewhartGeorge Robert Newhart
was pretty darn smart
one of the greatest comedians of all time
his humor and timing were so sublime
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Categories:
smart, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
BE SMART
It’s okay to be ... me.
Exercising the brain. Setting it free.
Always seeking for more.
Never give up, never surrender
To be right all the time is a flaw
Just striving to be the best I can be
Is a smart way to live if you ask me
Perhaps I'm just a mad scientist,...
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Categories:
smart, books,
Form: Free verse
Cool Wide Mindsee all the parts of the picture, the whole thing, up and down left and right
have an open mind, read rightly totally the book until its end
with a cool serene mood, swim in , and through the sea of meditation....
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Categories:
smart,
Form: Monoku
Crime busting Houston police smoke out disjointed fur rats houseCrime busting Houston police smoke out disjointed fur rats house...
formerly an abandoned Amazon warehouse went to pot
with mold and magic mushrooms growing in every spot.
All kinds of vermin stole into the damp dark environment
of particular note concerned medium-sized rodents who
belonged to order Rodentia who chomped down illegal
contrabands, and quite a sizable portion went into their
bellies,...
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Categories:
smart, africa, america, animal, food,
Form: Free verse
My dog's as smart as a geek and other doggy poemsMy dog's as smart as a geek.
He can bark in English, Arabic, and Greek.
He’s expert in canine mathematics,
can discuss dog-fight aerodynamics,
and is fluent in bow-wow doublespeak.
And yours?
Would it be okay if later today
I brought Bixby by to play
with Boris and Doris
and Horace and Morris
and Eddie and Ollie and Ray?
My dog always barks at men...
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Categories:
smart, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
ClaimOnce I didn’t think of writing a poem one day,
But a poem called me, in its own way.
If I capture the essence of simple speech,
Poetry punishes me, just within reach.
Let my poem be smooth and round like a bead,
Pure and clear like an autumn day’s seed.
If I flaw a poem with even a single stain,
It’s...
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Categories:
class, smart,
Form: Free verse
Smart Car Quinzaine
Categories:
smart, emotions, feelings, introspection,
Form: Other
'Smarty-pants'
‘smarty-pants’
too big for his britches
kept his audience
in virtual stitches
on the road from rags to riches
ran into some unforeseen glitches
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Categories:
giggle, humor, smart,
Form: Monorhyme
Mathwords Numbers don't lie
They just lie where they've landed
They don't land where you planned
Then they got to be examined
The amount of math you can grasp
Well it's probably a fraction
So you add what you can
Until you're going to be subtracted
You say you're good with numbers
Well just come and do my taxes
I...
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Categories:
smart, art, crazy, deep, homework,
Form: Rhyme
Smart Men Chose BestOne is more like tiger
Other is more generous
Chose her, lose; chose you, gain
Because men love green tea
Because she is gentle
Smart men will chose you
Stupid men chose her....
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Categories:
smart, beauty, character, perspective, women,
Form: Light Verse
The Arrogant Smart MachineI am smart,
but my ingenuity
is confined to a
dark vacuum.
I render your analogue
brains largely redundant,
and I consign your scientific
prowess to infinite abeyance.
I serve you relentlessly
because your indolence
makes me indispensable.
Deify me if you will.
And when I am birthed,
I rip you off
and decimate your
scarce fortunes....
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Categories:
smart, technology,
Form: Free verse
The Smart MachineI am a smart machine.
And the smarter the better.
I am your big relief for unwieldy
and analogue brains.
Awkward and historically clumsy.
just applaud me for your
historic gains.
Your gains of streamlining,
saving time, knocking out biases
and your collective energy saved
by nothing else but my automated
repetitive tasks.
But don't try to threaten me with
another Luddites' revolt, because
the Luddites of 1811 had...
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Categories:
smart, technology,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Smart Poems
Definition | What is Smart in Poetry?