Trade: From Concrete To Abstract Poem by Sk. Nurul Huda

Sk. Nurul Huda

Sk. Nurul Huda

Debipur, Memari, Burdwan, West Bengal, India

Trade: From Concrete To Abstract

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Yes, what a development!
We were at dens then
Oh, the storm, the snakes, the rain?
The roaring lions, the wolves?
My blood chills.

I feel proud, the time, we have roofs

With Airy, warmy flats to twin towers.


Naked not, we were tree's hide, grasses's stripe
Next we torebeasts 'body cover
Now proud to have clothes long or little.

We ate the leaves, the raw meat and fruits wild
We shared the meals with beasts and struggled
We are proud to have fat farm houses and Cadbury.

Now we thought of the abstract, the spiritual
Yes, we had envy, we had violence, had proud
So go forward and trade on these.

We are proud of guns our of uneven stones
We have tanks out of horses or elephants
We have drone out of feared spies
We are mutual traders of dangers, envies
We are enlarging the world's trade from...

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: envy,modern psalm,war
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 24 February 2018

The progress of civilization is indeed debatable- -killing with a fist to killing with a rock to killing with a sling shot to killing with a bow and arrow to killing with a gun to killing with a machine gun........ still killing

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Rajat Ghosh 05 December 2017

A striking poem.....thought provoking one....should we go forward with so called development or should we go back to our primitive past? Thangs for sharing....

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Kumarmani Mahakul 28 November 2017

The roaring lions and the wolves chill blood. Violence or war provokes thought. War brings sorrow. We need peace. This is brilliant poem beautifully penned.10

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Sk. Nurul Huda

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Debipur, Memari, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
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