Benefits of knowledge

Knowledge is gain, ignorance – loss,
This is what even children know.
We either learn or stay in the dark.

We learn all that is written in books
Through much boredom and toil.
This is what even children know.

We acquire the knowledge
Based on human experience
Through much boredom and toil.

Leaning on progress of old and new
We benefit from the knowledge
Based on human experience.

Equipped with the knowledge
Picked on the road to survival
We benefit from the knowledge.

It being a maxim, as everyone knows,
Knowledge is gain, ignorance – loss,
Picked on the road to survival,
We either learn or stay in the dark.
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Posted: Dec 2010
About this poem:
An experimental poem with many deviations, I am sure, as an example of benefits of learning from my fellow poets how to write terzanelles, pantoums, etc. It is up to them to decide whether this particular poem is a terzanelle or not. Any comments are beneficial, therefore very welcome.

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Macduff5
An insightful poem Marikia. It is a variation of the terzanelle without the strict rhyme structure. A nice write...keep them coming. applause
freeatlast64847
Don't know about the exotic forms, but I know good poetry when I see it. Well done! wine
marikia
Thanks, my dear poets, for kind and generous advice, which I accept humbly, and for appreciation, which is required in our strife for perfection.
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