! ! P R I D E Poem by Rema Prasanaa

! ! P R I D E

Rating: 3.4


Pride and armor
of a lineage, a perception
cautions and lifts inner to a
pedestal.........
lessons on its rule book
taught not to run back...
but fight back with dignity...
that is pride...
precursors wrote in regal ink
a kind of aura it transpires
a blend and its majestic ensemble
imprinted on a realm...
laurels from a bastion
a difference of a shield so strong..
royal drapes and its layers
vanished on sheets of democracy
but the blood veins carries
a blend...that holds power...
power to fight back with dignity
not to run back on tribulations..
not to fear back on defeats...
A circlet cosseted by ethnicity
on all odds and not to panic
on ordeals or die like a coward....
great grand mother scribbled before death
“Pride is not mind’s arrogance....
pride is mind’s power to hold self
on a revered and meaningful
pedestal....”.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Indira Babbellapati 10 July 2008

hw most times self-respect gets interpreted as pride...nice write, rema...

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Emancipation Planz 11 July 2008

very lovely in the context is taken as so... power to fight back with dignity not to run back on tribulations.. P...ride.... power... ride.. forward with dignity.... yes... I like very much ..aroha

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Ian Bowen 11 July 2008

Excellent piece of writing. Ian

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Vidyadhar Durgekar 12 July 2008

Anything in proportion is good.even pride A very deep message in poetic form..........

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Ramesh T A 12 July 2008

Indeed courage never fails though called as Pride later by others!

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Indira Renganathan 22 July 2008

You have very clearly penned it Rema.congratulations

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Raj Nandy 20 July 2008

Yes Reema, you have mentioned the different facets of Pride, and in the last few lines its positive aspect which keeps it on a pedestal; -being opposite of that Pride which goes before a fall! Well conceived! -Raj Nandy

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Sathyanarayana M V S 20 July 2008

a wonderful composition! This is what poets are capable of.....analising pride to new vistas

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Abha Sharma 19 July 2008

Pride the truth behind survival…not just existence but actual living…nicely penned Abha

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Onelia Avelar 17 July 2008

Well composed ode to the pride, often accused to be a vice, you r poem rehabilitate the worth and merit of the pride actually

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