Talent Is Usually Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

Talent Is Usually

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Talent is usually
Twenty percent inspiration
Thirty percent chance
And fifty percent hard working
It's a matter of trial
Error and trying again
Providing the ideal, the image
Is already in one's mind
And possible according
To the given light

People tend to think
They have you in your pigeonhole
And then are so surprised
To find there is another element
In your life

It is always difficult
To transcribe or describe
Emotion and understanding
Rather than giving
A sufficient logical resume
This quest has lead me
To pass through many rhymes
Of esoteric thoughts
Each of which has left its trace
Not so much in what I could see
There is only one piece of words
Make sure you ask the right question
To get a right answer
The brighter the light
The darker the shadow

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Juan Carlos Abeti 13 September 2009

i could not agree more-.......

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Kuji Soliman 07 September 2009

Beautifull.....marvelous.....a true work of art...=)

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Christina Phan 04 September 2009

wow every poem i read is so gd and so interesting. 10+

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Prince Obed de la Cruz 01 September 2009

nice calculations in this poem's first lines!

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Rajaram Ramachandran 01 September 2009

Without talent and inspiration it is difficult to take up a work and finish it to the required level of efficiency. I agree with your line of thinking.

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Ahmad Shiddiqi

Ahmad Shiddiqi

Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
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