Old Is Gold Poem by Mamta Agarwal
Old Is Gold
Couplets of Kabir
The wandering fakir,
Full of spiritual fervour
and universal appeal.
What about Shakespeare?
Wisdom so rare,
With ingenuity, celebrates,
Universal truth and beauty
In his works and sonnets.
Have you read
Auguries of Innocence
By William Blake?
Just four opening lines…
Sum up life’s essence.
A short poem—epigram
What a clever twist at the end...
Coleridge rightly extolled:
Its body brevity,
And wit, its soul.
These great minds,
So concise
Profound and precise,
Hit the bull’s eye.
Espoused truths
In a language
Even the uninitiated
Could grasp
And be held
In captivity
By their simplicity,
For life.
Rules are meant to be bent
So I have used a cliché,
And called my poem -
Old is gold.
It best sums up,
What had to be told.
Dedicated to Raj Nandy
12.10.08
So true! ! ! Vintage, Antiques, Classic etc. are all valuable to those who appreciates. Beautiful piece a 10.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 1:57:43 PM # 1.0.0.1119
The title of this poem is very apt! Kabir, Shakespeare, Blake and Coldridge...., are all ever green poets. I was really shocked when I found that some readers have tried to rate Shakespeare's poems in Poenhunter.com! That is why I had written my poem: 'Grading Shakespeare'! Thanks Mamtaji! -Raj Nandy