Dumb Minds Smart Minds



Dumb minds are destructive, they tear down and berate.
Smart minds are constructive, they build up and create.
Dumb minds are detractive, they rebuff and disgrace.
Smart minds are attractive, they invite and embrace.
Dumb minds are diffusive, they scatter and incise.
Smart minds are allusive, they imply and surmise.
Dumb minds are obstructive, they defeat and discharge.
Smart minds are instructive, they inform and enlarge.
Dumb minds are intrusive, they assault and invade.
Smart minds are exclusive, they advance and upgrade.
Dumb minds are reactive, they defer and comply.
Smart minds are proactive, they engage and apply.
Dumb minds are reductive, they weaken and decrease.
Smart minds are productive, they expand and release.
Dumb minds are preclusive, they detach and retract.
Smart minds are inclusive, they select and abstract.
Dumb minds are abusive, they annoy and requite.
Smart minds are effusive, they refresh and excite.
Dumb minds are inactive, they idle and stagnate.
Smart minds are impactive, they affect and pulsate.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHAIAA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,019
Words 162
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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