socrates44 Last Commented Poems

Poem	Order by Most Viewed	Order by Most Commented	Order by Most Liked	Created	Commented	Viewed
Tranquillity Poetic prose (wrote this in 1968 in Winnipeg, Canada)...	1,120	10	0	Jun 2013	Apr 19	11 hrs ago
Black Night (wrote this at a dark period in my life in my early 20s)...	148	2	0	Apr 6	Apr 10	17 hrs ago
haiku serenity the sound of silence its mesmerising nature peaceful and serene...	678	4	0	Feb 2021	Feb 25	May 2
Overcoming Depression dedicated to those who are dealing with depression...	1,673	31	0	Mar 2016	Feb 8	May 4
Happiness BE HAPPY!...	1,377	21	0	Jul 2013	Jan 13	May 5
Aging effects of aging...	764	21	1	Feb 2023	Sep 2023	5 hrs ago
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...	815	24	0	Jan 2023	Jul 2023	Apr 27
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...	268	2	1	Jun 2023	Jun 2023	May 1

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...	2,784	12	1	Sep 2015	Jun 2023	May 5
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...	341	4	0	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	May 2
I Am A Wildflower Personification...	493	15	0	Mar 2022	Nov 2022	May 3
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...	359	10	0	Jun 2022	Jul 2022	Apr 26
my life's essentials senryu...	448	8	0	Jun 2022	Jul 2022	Apr 30
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 -...	665	6	0	Feb 2019	May 2022	May 5
Green Haiku Green - the colour of life...	1,006	13	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2022	May 3
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...	711	23	0	Jan 2022	Mar 2022	May 1
WOMAN dedicated to women, particularly those who are facing gender inequality in the workplace and society in general...	883	16	1	Jul 2021	Mar 2022	May 5
missed kiss senryu (5-7-5) not half haiku...	420	11	0	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	May 1
AHA! (5-7-5) Senryu (A short Japanese style poem, similar to haiku in structure, however, senryu tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about natur...	1,188	18	0	Sep 2014	Feb 2022	May 4
Eternity Acrostic...	406	5	0	Feb 2022	Feb 2022	Apr 27
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...	475	10	0	Nov 2021	Dec 2021	May 5
Rain Just another rain poem - a sister to Redex's "The Sky Cries" My second nonet. I used the centre format this time. My first was "Old Age"....	1,027	7	0	Oct 2013	Dec 2021	May 3
Technology and Man's Destiny Personification of Technology. Technology itself is not responsible for the ills associated with it. It is the use of technology. And who decides t...	1,212	12	0	Oct 2013	Jul 2021	May 4
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...	559	11	0	Mar 2021	Mar 2021	May 4
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...	506	9	0	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	May 2
Earth, Sea and Sky Nature's Trinity iambic pentameter sonnet (ten syllables per line) (successive lines rhyme scheme)...	509	4	0	May 2020	Dec 2020	May 4
Connection to Nature Dedicated to those who experience a direct personal connection to Nature independent of any explanation. (Any attempt at explanation detracts from...	646	7	0	Sep 2019	Dec 2020	Apr 28
To New Poetry Corner Poets Advice to New Poets: Focus on the quality of your poetry And continue to improve it with each write Through your sustained effort and tenacity...	1,412	18	0	Nov 2014	Apr 2020	Apr 23
Malala This is a tribute to Malala, recent recipient of a Nobel Prize....	1,096	13	1	Oct 2014	Dec 2019	May 3
Heart of the Sea The heart of the sea is a mother's heart She is the great ancestral mother of all life on the planet Deep within the dark mysterious waters of her w...	1,427	19	0	Oct 2013	Nov 2019	May 1

CONNECTING Singles monorhyme acrostic Dedicated to CS...	865	5	0	Aug 2018	Sep 2019	May 4
LIGHT Nonet line1 - one syllable line2 - two syllables line3 - three syllables line4 - four syllables line5 - five syllables line6 - six syllables...	657	12	0	Jul 2019	Aug 2019	Apr 28
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....	958	10	0	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	May 3
ALONENESS Aloneness is different from loneliness It is an occasion for personal growth It gives an insight into humanness And helps us realize our self worth...	1,646	31	1	Nov 2014	Apr 2019	May 5
Poems from my Youth: (4) - My Love For You Dedicated to the young and the young-at-heart especially to the ladies at CS...	1,243	13	0	Jul 2013	Mar 2019	Apr 26
The Sound Of Silence Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" was, and remains, my favourite song of all time. I spent many hours listening to it. Silence is the can...	1,217	13	0	Feb 2014	Mar 2019	3 hrs ago
POETRY AND PROSE As a child, growing up, most of the poems I learned at school were of the traditional type. Memorizing and reciting them, which I enjoyed, were part o...	1,552	21	0	Apr 2015	Feb 2019	Apr 29
Rising From The Ashes (To those dealing with addiction - drugs, alcohol, etc., and a broken heart)...	1,361	19	0	Jul 2014	Jan 2019	May 4
Sands Of Time Grains of sand trickling down the narrow crystal neck of the hourglass Each grain a measure of that mysterious entity called Time The grain...	1,011	6	0	Sep 2013	Jan 2019	15 hrs ago

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