socrates44 Newest Poems

Poem	Order by Most Viewed	Order by Most Commented	Order by Most Liked	Created	Commented	Viewed
Black Night (wrote this at a dark period in my life in my early 20s)...	128	2	0	Apr 6	Apr 10	6 hrs ago
Beauty and Truth "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"- that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.tw -John Keats (Ode on a Grecian Urn) (I wrote this pie...	265	2	1	Jun 2023	Jun 2023	4 hrs ago
the Old Age Nonet A nonet is a nine-line poem. In the nonet form, each line contains specific, descending syllable counts. The first line contains nine syllables...	340	4	0	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	9 hrs ago
Aging effects of aging...	759	21	1	Feb 2023	Sep 3	Apr 24
CS Poetry Corner I posted my first piece here on CS Poetry Corner in June 2013. There was a great camaraderie among the poets then and the subsequent years. It was a w...	805	24	0	Jan 2023	Jul 2023	3 hrs ago
Nature's Song as I skim the treetops gazing all around birds on nearby branches joyfully sing their song looking upwards on high never ceases to astound whi...	357	10	0	Jun 2022	Jul 2022	Apr 24
my life's essentials senryu...	439	8	0	Jun 2022	Jul 2022	12 hrs ago
I Am A Wildflower Personification...	484	15	0	Mar 2022	Nov 2022	10 hrs ago

missed kiss senryu (5-7-5) not half haiku...	413	11	0	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 22
Eternity Acrostic...	403	5	0	Feb 2022	Feb 2022	16 hrs ago
The Other Side “Strange, is it not? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the Road, Which to dis...	702	23	0	Jan 2022	Mar 2022	53 mins ago
Tropical Splendour This is my signature piece of writing, as conveyed in the last three paragraphs: "At such moments alone with nature one can feel a strange unity .w...	433	8	0	Jan 2022	Jan 2022	Apr 23
dark clouds dark clouds hovering in the sky permeate my being creating a state of sombre calmness deep within the core of my psyche unperturbed by dis...	470	10	0	Nov 2021	Dec 2021	Apr 24
WOMAN dedicated to women, particularly those who are facing gender inequality in the workplace and society in general...	865	16	1	Jul 2021	Mar 2022	Apr 25
The Story of Life This poem applies to all living things: animals, plants, birds, fishes, insects, etc. Regardless of the type, they all undergo the stages of: Bir...	534	11	0	Mar 2021	Mar 2021	10 hrs ago
haiku serenity the sound of silence its mesmerising nature peaceful and serene...	677	4	0	Feb 2021	Feb 25	Apr 25
The Magnificent Air The air we breathe is probably one of the most taken for granted things. It unites all living things. It levels the playing field. Some persons may co...	500	9	0	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Apr 25
Earth, Sea and Sky Nature's Trinity iambic pentameter sonnet (ten syllables per line) (successive lines rhyme scheme)...	507	4	0	May 2020	Dec 2020	16 hrs ago
Connection to Nature Dedicated to those who experience a direct personal connection to Nature independent of any explanation. (Any attempt at explanation detracts from...	645	7	0	Sep 2019	Dec 2020	Apr 23
LIGHT Nonet line1 - one syllable line2 - two syllables line3 - three syllables line4 - four syllables line5 - five syllables line6 - six syllables...	656	12	0	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	12 hrs ago
HAPPINESS (Acrostic) I wish to challenge others to write and post an acrostic on a theme of their choice. I dedicate this challenge to GingerGee....	954	10	0	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	22 hrs ago

Equanimity “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same” (Extract from Rudyard Kipling's poem “If”) equanimity -...	652	6	0	Feb 2019	May 2022	9 hrs ago
bird haiku bird raises its wings insect in grass stirs to look and is gobbled up checking all around bird steals remnants of dog food then flies to the...	620	2	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 25
CONNECTING Singles monorhyme acrostic Dedicated to CS...	862	5	0	Aug 2018	Sep 2019	9 hrs ago
blades of green blades of green rise from the brown spreading all around soon to be sprinkled with yellow all aglow in the sunshine wings of gossamer flit a...	727	7	0	Apr 2018	May 2018	4 hrs ago
The Old man and the Boy though we know we may be hurt in love or life yet we walk on toward the very thing that may hurt us so...	1,339	6	0	Oct 2017	Mar 2018	11 hrs ago
Heart of Gold Dedicated to cafetwo2010...	1,221	37	0	Oct 2017	Dec 2017	Apr 24
Childhood Memories: Vigus and I Iambic hexameter (bentlee's challenge)...	767	7	0	May 2017	May 2017	24 hrs ago
Sailors In the Sky Since I was a child, I have always admired the effortless gliding of vultures up in the sky. Among other gliding birds listed are albatross, eagle,...	1,068	19	0	Jan 2017	Dec 2017	Apr 24
Winter's Silent Beauty ---winter's handiwork so silent so beautiful---...	762	8	0	Dec 2016	Jan 2017	Apr 24
Self Discipline What has to be done must be done Lazing around just will not pay Grab hold of yourself and move on Do what you have to do today Despite the mood...	1,018	12	0	Dec 2016	Dec 2016	Apr 23

Blue Sky, White Clouds We are part of Nature and Nature is part of us...	1,647	14	0	Jul 2016	Jan 2017	Apr 25
Overcoming Depression dedicated to those who are dealing with depression...	1,672	31	0	Mar 2016	Feb 8	7 hrs ago
New Generation Poets iambic tetrameter (eight syllables per line)...	1,512	19	0	Mar 2016	Apr 2016	Apr 18
Live and Let Live Dedicated to CS blogland! Feel free to visit if you have not done so yet!...	1,344	8	0	Feb 2016	Feb 2016	Apr 22
Love Is A Decision "Love is a decision, it is a judgement, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forev...	1,509	7	0	Jan 2016	Jun 2018	8 hrs ago
Tree Hugging I wrote this especially for our tree-hugging poet Redex, and posted it on one of her blogs. It is in haiku format (3 lines: 5-7-5 syllables)...	1,675	6	0	Nov 2015	Nov 2017	Apr 23
Tribute To A Vulture (iambic pentameter) The vulture indigenous to my native Trinidad is the Black Vulture which is called "The Corbeau". As the poem says, they are ver...	1,771	10	0	Nov 2015	Dec 2015	1 hrs ago
The Beat Of Life Goes On Based on a traditional family setting...	1,548	12	0	Oct 2015	Oct 2015	Apr 24
Love Is A Decision "Love is a decision, it is a judgement, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forev...	2,781	12	1	Sep 2015	Jun 2023	Apr 22

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