Clear light dawnsViewing dream forms as projection of mind,
an aspect of the Self entwined with God,
all fears and desires are then left behind,
transformed as love in our mellow heart thawed,
distanced from ego, whose judgment is flawed.
Our soul ascends on choosing to atone,
when our reflex response is love alone,
that come what may, we grant bliss right of way,
as...
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Categories:
love, spiritual, wisdom,
Form: Dizain
IN THE IRONY OF FORGIVENESS
IN THE IRONY OF FORGIVENESS
The irony of forgiveness,
Is that human nature, doesn't
Demand that its cause
Be given forgetfulness;
Thus, giving anger opportunity
To revive its paining spirit
Of negative recollection;
Versus positive reconciliation:-
To forgive and not forget
Can prove to be oxymoronic;
Inhibiting resurrecting love
From eternally bonding
Family, friends, or lovers:-
The forgiveness we ask of God,
We must also give to one another;
And this...
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Categories:
wisdom, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Prose
What's-His-Name"I could've had Elimelech's land,
If not for Ruth the Moabitess' hand.
Elimelech's land has much potential,
But taking a flawed wife was essential.
With the land, I would come out ahead.
With Ruth, I'd ruin my future instead.
So, I let Boaz redeem both of them.
I'm happy to pass this burden to him."
"I use what's flawed to bring blessing.
Ruth's faith...
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Categories:
wisdom, bible, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Caterpillar Wisdom
"If I were meant to soar up there with you,"
said the caterpillar to the butterfly,
flitting overhead,
"and not stay sitting earthbound here instead,
I would have been born with wings,
and it will be over my body when dead,
akin to a murder of crows,
before you'll get me up
in one of those
funny-looking flying things."
...
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Categories:
wisdom, butterfly, flying, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Shadows of the Valey - A Liturgy of SilenceShadows gather —
not of the sun, but of forgetting,
of times crushed beneath eternity’s wheel,
in the relentless rhythm of a fractured cosmos,
where matter melts into light and darkness,
and the soul searches for home in digital unrest.
The valley — not a mere abyss,
but the secret altar of lost memory,
the place where time tears and leans,
and echoes of...
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Categories:
truth, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
healing words already writtentime
and seeming aging
affects us all
that's the story
told and told
convincingly yet
appearing with
a healing emptiness
appearing as these
words...
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Categories:
i am, wisdom, words,
Form: Imagism
Poisoned sheepThey claimed this world, Its not
what it seems to be.
So it started to unravel,
bursting at the seams.
So I lied in a wake.
Unable to slip away.
So I'm begging you now
go back to sleep.
counting your stars
while they poison
your sheep.
Once the wave is set
it's doomed to repeat.
Thats where they linger
hidden within your dreams.
Just waiting for...
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Categories:
wisdom, Lullaby, meaningful, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Summon your inner goddesschoose your thoughts well
they are the brick and mortar of your reality
making you the architect of your life...
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Categories:
wisdom, life, mental health, power,
Form: Carpe Diem
When It Comes
When it comes at you both barrels
In waves to devastate.
When I face too many perils...
And my help... It comes too late.
When every fix is causing problems...
That before were not there.
With no clear way to solve them...
Without facing even more.
In battle best not even fought
You've given it your all...
It took much more than you have got.
You...
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Categories:
wisdom, anxiety, blessing, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Red
a selfish caress to the strange
a fist from another lover's rage
take heed to those signs of change
maybe not by chance joy becomes the wage
in the eternal counsel of the sage
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Contest: Color My Mood
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Poem posted: 05.25.25...
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Categories:
wisdom, anger, change, joy, love,
Form: Free verse
reprisal
were it not for rage
our bones would lay there yet …
bleaching in the wind.
...
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Categories:
analogy, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Blue insightLike a solemn drape on a weeping sky,
a rain of insight as vast as the sea,
with a belly brimming with hidden truths—
of sorrow, stillness, hope and loyalty,
and of wisdom, freedom, and clarity....
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Categories:
wisdom, blue, freedom, hope, sea,
Form: Free verse
WHISPERS IN THE LEAVES[Verse 1]
He lived where silence made its home
In a house of creaks and dust and stone
No letters came, no voices stayed
Just shadows dancing through the day
Then one soft knock, a bloom in hand
A stranger smiled, said, “It’s been planned”
He said, “Not mine,” she said, “It’s free”
And left him with a mystery
[Pre-Chorus]
And he said, “Why me,...
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Categories:
wisdom, inspirational love, introspection, mystery,
Form: Lyric
WhysLots of whys
in life:
Why this,
and not that?
And, dear Lord, of
all Your unlimited whys
why on earth this?!
And the whens, wheres
and hows
no less confounding --
explicitly, words do not
resolve themselves alone
dictionaries often shelf
what needs to be actively open
and boundless in mind --
the scholar paints
their arid landscapes
while the poet gives them
or-gasm --...
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Categories:
wisdom, imagery, language, passion, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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
Specific Types of Wisdom Poems
Definition | What is Wisdom in Poetry?
Poems Related to Wisdom
sanity, knowledge, intelligence, prudence, poise, experience, understanding, foresight, acumen, caution, savvy, sophistication, judgment, gumption, stability, comprehension, learning, erudition, information, circumspection, sagacity, sapience, discrimination, enlightenment, solidity