Adage Poems - Poems about Adage

It's never a given, what you've got; it's all assigned or taken away by lot: whatever joy, whatever pain ~ whatever loss, whatever gain ~ whether you deserve it ~ or not....

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The adages only lie they say after the storm then comes the bonanza lie because the flood comes !...

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A consistently poor wage Licenses rage: An ugly fight against the cage, Steady enveloping of stagnant wage, A temper warning every wedge, Rising while lowered with vintage. Hirers open a sterile page, Not a complimenting line for a sage: Reflections of his usage, Not a half paragraph for his adage… The low income earner won’t this manage, Nor life in his fatiguing village: The vast hum drums...

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(aka CAN NEVER BE UNSAID) i’ve lived my life so far with one simple guiding adage it’s served me well i think though i’ll never truly know these days it seems somehow to weigh heaviest on my heart and seems to hinder more than serve leaving me to rethink face value you see i've always lived by words of caution ‘what’s said can never be...

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As the old adage goes Or the forefathers say Never discuss Religion Or Politics Unless you enjoy Your own company...

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What you think you know, Is deadlier than what you don't. ***...

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Does your conniption fit? If it's not a laughing matter, then it's not important. Did you ever notice that when you stir a glass of something, the spoon says, "Jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy jibiddy"? Worst first name of anyone I ever met: Schmedroy....

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PAW PAW ADAGE OF LIFE. I know this fruit I know its old nursery rhyme I love its taste so sweet The softness and sweetness align But where thou grow makes me wonder In bola thou stand amidst dirt Cheered by smells and empty nylons There you stand so tall and with ripe fruits Thou sweetness is like Cummings Your surrender on the mouth...

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If you keep things simple It makes life easier to understand If you complicate it Things may get out of hand Too much information Can boggle mind and brain The brain can't contain it And the mind will feel the strain A simple approach To everything in life Will lay a strong foundation To learn thoroughly without strife With patience and persistence And the will to learn You will...

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Epigrams II Sex Hex by Michael R. Burch Love's full of cute paradoxes (and highly acute poxes). *** Midnight Stairclimber by Michael R. Burch Procreation is at first great sweaty recreation, then—long, long after the sex dies— the source of endless exercise. *** The One True Poem by Michael R. Burch Love was not meaningless ... nor your embrace, nor your kiss. And though every god proved a phantom, still you...

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Epigrams by Michael R. Burch If brevity is the soul of wit then brevity and levity are the whole of it. —Michael R. Burch To write an epigram, cram. If you lack wit, scram! —Michael R. Burch Conformists of a feather flock together. —Michael R. Burch If every witty thing that’s said were true, Oscar Wilde, the world would worship You! —Michael R. Burch Love has the value of...

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It is written that the last will be the best and the first be the worst. 2019 September 09...

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An old adage says that, "With wisdom comes age", at times, age comes alone. Date: 06/06/2019...

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Hurry Up and Wait Sir, permission to speak, major sir. Go ahead, private. Sir, what time is the 10 o'clock inspection, major sir? You mean the ten hundred hours inspection, private? Sir, yes sir, I mean ten hundred hours inspection, sir. The inspection will be at ten hundred hours, private. Sir, yes sir, however we've been standing here since ten hundred...

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R-eminding you of one O-ld and well known S-aying that expresses E-ach truth that has grown. E-arly eighth of September, S-ave a penny to earn; T-hrift is coupled with hard work, A-n early bird gets the worm. N-ever forget the maxim, I-n spite of your age; L-et the proverb preach L-esson from every A-dage....

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