I have to brainstorm a list of themes for wisdom poems, but I am stuck. I know that wisdom poetry has some kind of moral or lesson in it, but what general topics can have that? I just need an example or two to get me going. Thanks in advance :)

Question

I have to brainstorm a list of themes for wisdom poems, but I am stuck. I know that wisdom poetry has some kind of moral or lesson in it, but what general topics can have that? I just need an example or two to get me going. Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

Here is a collection of quotations about wisdom.

http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=155

You can go back into the website's main page and choose another quotations by topic area -- or any other of their categories:
http://www.quoteland.com

PS -- The reason I gave you that website is because many of those quotations come from poems. You can research them right there.