Inspired Poetry

[LLapp]

Mayo / may owe -- nice.

[kb83]

More self-promotion

"Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt."
— Charles H. Mayo

kb83
September 4, 2024, 4:35 pm
A Surgeon named Charlie H. Mayo,
Said don't worry about what you may owe,
For longevity's sake
Give your organs a break,
And you can rely on my say-so.

[kb83]

Another self-promotion:

"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. "
— Jean-Paul Sartre

Kb83 on 2/20/25:

A philosopher usually abstruse,
Had a maxim not hard to deduce
Three o'clock's clearly
Too late or too early
To undertake something of use.

[hrossa]

Thanks kb83 I don't remember this, but I do enjoy Pope quotes.

[kb83]

In addition to Hrossa's comment, I excerpted the first comment, because it shows the evolution of the wording from "never" to "ne'er". It was this
evolution that inspired Hrossa's couplet. I am tickled by Hrossa's ending, "... it solve" ! Well done!

"True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. "
— Alexander Pope

sonofcarc
March 14, 2012, 8:07 pm
"Never" is contracted to "ne'er" in the original.

Hrossa
October 8, 2022, 11:12 am
Ne'er the solution for this did evolve, 'til "Pope" evoked thought that "ne'er" might it solve.

[hrossa]

It works

[kb83]

Yes, I really stretched for that one!

[hrossa]

Self-promotion or not, these are some fun rhymes. "Did often ease"!

[kb83]

Still more self-promotion

"These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them."
— Aristophanes

kb83
Jan. 23, 2025, 7 p.m.

A satirist named Aristophanes
Took note of life's many cacophanies.
With wicked insight he
Poked fun at the mighty,
Anxiety his wit did often ease.

[kb83]

More self-promotion:


"The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety. "
— Publilius Syrus

kb83
January 13, 2025, 2:07 pm

A man named Publilius Syrus,
Gave cogent advice meant to steer us,
Those things we enjoy,
Will soon come to cloy,
If we gather them too often near us.

[LLapp]

"What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns." — Henri Alban-Fournier

kb83
September 13, 2023, 7:18 pm
What is a thousand years?
On you the question turns.
Time is short for one who thinks,
Endless for one who yearns.

[Eureka]

"Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire." — Arab Proverb


skeeter
February 22, 2015, 2:59 am
Oh, me, oh, my, when "the" is "thy,"
Methinketh me is going to cry.

[kb83]

Eureka, your reaction makes me happy! And I had forgotten about this one!

[Eureka]

kb83's limericks make me happy.

"Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances." — J. Donald Walters (Kriyananda, born James Donald Walters, was a direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda.)


kb83
February 17, 2023, 3:32 pm
A yogi named Kriyananda
Said happiness is not any wonder
Decide to be glad,
Not angry or sad,
'cuz balance can make your heart fondah

[hrossa]

This poem sums up the feelings of many!

"Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. "

SusieKewsie
March 5, 2024, 1:48 pm
Sometimes my strong feelings come out as poetry:
When stratus clouds are all around, I'll keep my feet down on the ground.
If lightening, rain and thunder sound, I'll keep my feet down on the ground.
When icy wings and fog abound, I'll keep my feet down on the ground.
There's danger in the sky, I've found; I'll keep my feet down on the ground.