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Smart Fish, Wise Bird but the Foolish Man

27 August 2010 8 Comments

This is a guest post by Kulpreet Yadav

The fish escaped;

the bird didn’t give up.

The fish went deeper;

away from the poking beak of the bird.

The bird readied for another dive,

for that other fish.

Ram watched the game,

Happy, contended,

as both succeeded.

What he saw made sense.

Life seemed bitter, but better.

The dictum of life:

Mind your own business.

He learnt for the nth time.

But can he be the fish, who escaped alone,

Without warning others?

No!

Could he be the bird?

And kill mindlessly?

No!

So Ram remained foolish,

but saintly.

Kulpreet Yadav is a writer and poet based at Port Blair, India.

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8 Comments »

  • Rajlakshmi said:

    loved the title :) …
    //Without warning others?
    No!
    Could he be the bird?
    And kill mindlessly?
    No!
    So Ram remained foolish,
    but saintly. // thats well said

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    # 27 August 2010 at 1:09 pm
  • Reenie said:

    Loved it, specially the ’so the fish remained foolish, but saintly’ part.

    Keep up the good work! Cheers.
    Reenie´s last blog ..Have you ever been loved by a cat My ComLuv Profile

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    # 27 August 2010 at 2:17 pm
  • Hemanth Potluri said:

    expressed nicely..its always a smart fish with a foolish man :)..

    urs..hemu..
    Hemanth Potluri´s last blog ..Pria My ComLuv Profile

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    # 28 August 2010 at 5:30 am
  • THREE said:

    “remained foolish, but saintly”

    W O W

    that last line really made the impact huge :) LOVE this :)

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    # 30 August 2010 at 6:21 am
  • Anna said:

    Interesting poem, feels like zen poetry.
    Thanks for sharing, and smiles.

    Anna :) Anna´s last blog ..Self Portrait Dissected My ComLuv Profile

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    # 30 August 2010 at 6:41 am
  • Nehha said:

    A smart poem indeed:)
    Nehha´s last blog ..Fish! My ComLuv Profile

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    # 1 September 2010 at 9:53 am
  • sf lounges said:

    This is a great and inspiring poem, thank you for sharing them here.
    I enjoy reading them everyday I visit this blog.Keep posting more.

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    # 3 November 2010 at 8:07 pm
  • Nanda Firsta said:

    nice blog and great post…
    is this poem written by yourself? it’s amazing.. ^^

    also comment on mine:
    http://nandafirstboy.blogspot.com/

    thanks.. :)

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    # 30 January 2011 at 10:06 am

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