What Love Is Like
Love is like
a pineapple,
sweet and
undefinable.
poem by Piet Hein
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Living Is
Living is
a thing you do
now or never -
which do you?
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Abreast
He who aims
to keep abreast
is for ever
second best.
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Those Who Know
Those who always
know what’s best
are
a universal pest.
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Good Advice
Shun advice
at any price -
that's what I call
good advice.
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Problems
Problems worthy
of attack
prove their worth
by hitting back.
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Naive
Naive you are
if you believe
life favours those
who aren't naive.
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On Being Oneself
If virtue
can't be mine alone
at least my faults
can be my own.
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I'd Like
I'd like to know
what this whole show
is all about
before it's out.
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Ars Brevis
There is
one art,
no more,
no less:
to do
all things
with art-
lessness
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