Wisdom Poems | Examples of Wisdom Poetry

I can tell you that the edge of oblivion is a comforting place for the wise Oblivious to the wondering eyes of the layman that watch, things are seen just as they are All it takes is a...Read the rest...

I write again because I have a reason to write and I have time. But given all the times in the world and all reasons to write, my webpage would be flooding with prose and...Read the rest...

Don't apply you're impression of mediocrity about yourself to others because what you can't do does not mean that others also can't. Saying that others can't because you can't is an insult to your own...Read the rest...

Power of this world: Lust of flesh, lust of eyes and Pride of life all passed....Read the rest...

(inhale) aim, undetermined ... what purpose do I serve? what is poetry’s primal essence?!? my words only cover pages that ghost the spaces of better intention ... that garland upon my brow bleeds 'neath the clawing shadows of naked branches, thorns twisted and braided with the lightness...Read the rest...

The tribulations of being close On a journey, away from home But where is home? Is it a place? Or is it a state of being? A mindset within ones soul A feeling of comfort and rest Home is where we build...Read the rest...

Better live your life in gay Than wasting your breath spitting in the wind everyday Like a goat bleating Without knowing what it's hitting Better clean your own face And run your own race Before barking...Read the rest...

Fujisan,* how long must I toil to build up wisdom? Gakusei,** Even dust when piled up can become a mountain.*** *Sacred place and source of artistic inspiration **Student ***Japanese saying meaning you should try to be consistent in your efforts as every...Read the rest...

Love’s infinite cliches glue me to this earth. In the end, we are, yet, nothing but dirt. For what it’s worth, Entropic defiance is life’s tender hurt. ...Read the rest...

Dreams, do we imagine!? or imagined for us?~ not really ours man’s daily/nightly flighty escapes – perhaps mystically inspired? Projections of a superior curtain-wizard: His/its contrived illusions, erudite brothers propose, the mind a carnival trickster -- a phenomenal liar:...Read the rest...

Comedic moments when some people talk harshly about things they couldn't understand It's like trying to criticize the ground where they stand Without understanding how it came to be Even dirt on their faces, they...Read the rest...

Beauty hides beneath open yourself up to it but beware its thorns...Read the rest...

Life will have days that you will wish to revise Things said or done will fill you with compromise Decisions over which you will agonize And still, the sun will rise At times others will seek to antagonize Nights filled...Read the rest...

God spoke to men in visions and dreams. Their words are like unpolluted streams, offering dying souls life-giving drink, and giving hope to those on the brink. These witnesses, both the old and the new, were written down by a...Read the rest...

However old we get… wherever we may go may we be blessed with the humility to admit… There are things we do not know! Because the only way new information into our life will flow… is when we are wise enough...Read the rest...