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Temperance Poems - Poems about Temperance

Temperance Poems - Examples of all types of poems about temperance to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for temperance.
Anomie
...Dowry, drug addiction, and domestic violence rule Female foeticide and female infanticide go cool. Abortions, corruption, and gender inequality Racism, human trafficking, casteism, and poverty Fo......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, humanity, life, society,
Form: Rhyme



Sojourn through Tarotspace
...SOJOURN THROUGH TAROTSPACE Let me tell you a story, Of a deck of cards, in all its glory. Well, some will say, what’s the big deal? To them my humble reply, come, conquer, and heal. The stor......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, art, symbolism, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
The Temperance
...Cool person has said Angry people don't talk well Their hot temper breed.......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, anger, character, cool, people,
Form: Haiku
When is enough enough
...Have you ever had A bag of potato chips A glass of smoky wine Halfway through Wanting for more? Have the rest of the bag Drink the whole bottle There’s wisdom in saturation Joy in the overf......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, addiction, analogy, conflict, drink,
Form: Free verse
Fear Of The Unknown
...Like the Snake Desert, the Alagoas, or Mailu Suu Monrovia, Mount Sinabung, or the Skeleton Coast A perilous place where, in a crisis, there's no rescue Is it written that I should go there and liv......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, future, life,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Stoicism Simply Said
...the external things cannot disturb inner peace only judgment can man master of self eudaimonia is goal live virtuously Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that f......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, philosophy,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Stoicism's Embrace
... In Stocism’s embrace, we find our guide A time where strength and grace collide Amid life’s storms, with steadfast heart Temperance is the place to start Wisdom and courage a nob......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, appreciation, character, confidence, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member TRIUMPHANT VIRTUES
... Cleaving to truth has established my soul For heavenly and eternal goal Toward triumphant endeavor so blest In fulfilling God-assigned sublime role. Practice of prayer is settling my ......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member Summer with the Stoic
...It was the summer of my 16th year. Mother encouraged me to spend part of my summer vacation with Granddad, a self-professed stoic. I reluctantly agreed, for he was a peculiar man. I couldn’t imagine ......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, grandfather, strength, wisdom,
Form: Other
Love's Last Heartbeat
...In the moorlands of desires, I've forever sung choruses of fertile faith, amidst the flock of bleeding birds, sprinkling heartbeats on lush olive herbs, In the dream of retracing their scin......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, angst, metaphor, sad love,
Form: Free verse
Children Are a Blessing
...Being a child means you are a Saint; Sin is obviously wrapped up in your skin and bones; But to the parents' blindness,a child is flawless. Mistakes are overlooked in the name of, That's a child,......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, child, children, god,
Form: Free verse
After Arrest No Rest
...The time the mind has no second’s rest Because it, too, is under arrest. Actively, lips join the protest, One’s patience and temperance on test… Not unlikely a heaving of chest And the more sc......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, change, cry, evil, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Temperance
...Dear time I beg you , please let me go It hurts to walk yesterday’s path . Reliving pain when I don’t want to, Rocking my life over and over on chairs of stone the devil sat . There was wei......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, deep, life, nature, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Glimpse
...GLIMPSE My heart a pouch of rich wine overlays yours A drop of blood spilled over an arum lily It waits with longing intense, retains no tears As it remembers its cringes of final fear when it......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, age, allegory, angst, feelings,
Form: Free verse
A Sober Limerick
...I only drank one year, a while I vastly prefer self-denial Didn't like myself more Back when dates *tried* to score Now I've let them go, with a smile :) Never got totally wasted (Well, didn'......Read the rest...
Categories: temperance, character, drink, faith, hope,
Form: Rhyme

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