Old adages,
Growing older with ages,
Wrapped inside,
Torn books,
And periodicals,
A dislike grown out of over their use,
And failures after their use,
And their newness in old times,
Had bundled into hatred,
Adage repositories,
Were thrown in attics that be,
And remained there for untold years,
Curiosity unburied them now,
Discovery was stunning,
And shaking,
Adages came waking,
Each word was born anew,
And had a wonderful meaning,
More importantly they were ancient wisdom,
We must learn lessons from the past,
Our own adages,
Must be understood now and here,
And not buried,
For "them" to read years later "there".
Author notes
And not buried,
For "them" to read years later "there".
A contest entry
- Phrase Prompt: Depths Of Reason by Errant Panther.
624 points, ended July 29, 4 entries
Honorable winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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yes some become cliches and some turn into pick up lines...it depends on how we use them but it is nice to lean something from the old...
this is very interesting
Anna Lee
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accepting your cordial invitation to misread your poetry;
I usually go for rhyme but if free verse is well written I'm amenable to that as well. Congrats on the HM. Personally, I hate green but nowadays I can't even get that
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interesting take on the prompt, some of the old adages are definitely antiquated and should be kept on the shelf forever, others though remain relevant and as fresh as a conversation over morning coffee.
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How true
You did a great job with this write, I sometimes use adages in my poetry, ones I've made up mostly. Well written. -
This is an outstanding piece my dear friend..very well written..I like how you took the prompt phrase..best of luck in the contest
Ruby
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Nice thoughts in this, I think the capitalisation of each line detracts from it though, I would see where you need a full stop and then a capital, otherwise lower case is fine in poetry. Nice job here. C
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Outstanding
I thought this was very true. Adages are something that tend to have become almost cliches today. We don't listen to them or just use them very occasionally. There is a lot of truth in them rather like talking to your grandmother who is full of wisdom that comes from a full life.
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