Archive for the ‘The Poet’ Category

Questions Rudyard Kipling Forgot To Ask

Posted: June 21, 2009 12:46 am in The Poet

If you have an obsession to steal, would you offer to safeguard your neighbour’s treasures? If you have a tendecy to lie, would you tell your best friend the truth under pressure? If you have an exotic taste for Chinese delicacy, would you stare at your dog in hunger? If you have a twisted compulsion [...]

Who Am I?

Posted: March 24, 2009 5:09 pm in The Faith, The Music, The Poet

I looked in the mirror, A reflection I see. But things don’t get clearer, When who I seek is me. Sometimes I wonder, What lies beneath this facade? If it was torn asunder, Of whose image I am made? ‘Tis a thinly veiled life, When behind masks we hide. But if only we were to [...]

If – Rudyard Kipling

Posted: November 5, 2006 9:17 pm in The Poet

Take some time to read this. Great philosophy of life. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, [...]

Sonnet 0125656707

Posted: September 22, 2006 6:32 pm in The Poet

Fine morning, Birds were singing, Smooth sailing, They were laughing. Mutual attraction, Strong affection, Love in action, Near perfection. A sudden storm, Killed the norm, The reigning storm, Marred the form. Laughter ceased, Conversations missed, Hostility increased, In silence hissed. Nobody understands, How love transcends, Through the rain, Though in vain. ~shake-ki-spear~ 22 September 2006 [...]