And All That's Nice Poem by Subroto Chatterjee

And All That's Nice

Rating: 4.9


[I wrote this poem in response to Robert Frost's 'Fire and Ice']

I was told that the cause for our end
(In an inevitable cosmic amend)
Is fire and ice.
Now wouldn’t that be nice?

What fertile dreams can some plot
And harvest wars, and set the rot
Some have died many a times
While some, maybe, or sometimes.

The curious means to our end
Can only make me pretend
That all’s well when it’s not
I remember now what I forgot.

That while some live their dreams
Some practice being Supreme
Is the cause to live the heaven on earth,
Your mantra and devilish mirth?

Does it matter if its fire and ice
Even if they do suffice?
But it matters how you’ve led your life
Though you may live once or twice.


Copyright © SC
03rd April 2009
Mumbai.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Shashendra Amalshan 05 June 2009

yes sir...I concur...yet up to now i vnt done very nasty things in my life...time to change i guess.....i vnt read the Robert's Frost Piece...but i feel this is a great professional response to a great poet of all time...nice one 10++ regards shan

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Surya . 02 June 2009

fire is cause for everything.kindly read my 'fire&flower'.it has two face and one is ice(water) .a brave man die only once.let us not talk about people who die many times. you have written a wonderfull poem. i can only vote 10 for you. love surya

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Lady Grace 02 June 2009

doubts may rise, confusions covers our mind, lets all accept them all, coz it might be nice..grace

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Kesav Easwaran 01 May 2009

'And All that's Nice' tells what matters most in life...that's 'Live Your Life'... this has been told in style and that's what matters most...a realisitc write...10

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Vidi Writes 26 April 2009

As long as life lead like a fire The ice, sure to extinguish it. So bringing both Fire and ice into picture. With these Fire and Ice taking their relevance Life and death possible several times In one life itself. The great poet had a inclination on - 'Fire' - for the end of life on earth. In the present context - one is dying each day several times. It difficult to think beyond up to the end of the world. Thank you. Good read.

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Sandra Martyres 20 August 2009

A great poem indeed - common sense expressed in pefect rhymes...10/10 from me.

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Bob Blackwell 14 August 2009

You have written a great poem, summed up in the last stanza by the words 'yes it does matter how you live your life'.

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Nikunj Sharma 13 July 2009

Does it matter if its fire and ice Even if they do suffice? But it matters how you’ve led your life Though you may live once or twice. true to the core, of your poetry the readers want more, the readers want more

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Alison Cassidy 12 June 2009

Commonsense penned poetically and with a smile. A thoughtful poem. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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it's so relevant and apt! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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