Ants Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

Ants

Rating: 4.4


(dedicated to Mr. Bob Blackwell, a poet friend at poemhunter)

drones
queens
soldiers
workers

rituals
cuisine
medication
human cultures

tap resources
modify habitats
social organization
defend themselves

industriousness
cooperative effort
the propriety-insect
the very first animals

always together
never surrender
through days and nights
in hot and cold weathers

about togetherness
can we study from you?
about struggle for future days
can we become your students?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Marilyn Lott 15 August 2008

Ah yes, the little creature has a busy life and you explained it very well. Best Wishes, Marilyn

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Carol Rhodes 15 August 2008

YOU ARE A MALE CREATURE AND YOU HAVE THE SENSITIVITY AND AWARENESS THAT MAKES YOU A VERY SPECIAL HUMAN BEING, INDEED. ANTS, SPIDERS, YOU NAME IT, THEY ALL HAVE A PLACE IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS ON THIS EARTH. WE HUMANS, IT IS MY IMPRESSION, THINK WE ARE UNIQUE AND ONLY OF VALUE. ALL CREATURES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND HAVE MUCH TO OFFER IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET INVOLVED. WHEN I SHOWED A MAN A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PRECIOUS LLAMA, BEING HELD BY HIS SMILING CARETAKER, AND I ASKED HIM TO LOOK AT IT AND ENJOY THE OBVIOUS SMILE ON THE LLAMA'S FACE, HE IMMEDIATELY SNAPPED BACK THAT ANIMALS DON'T SMILE. I SNAPPED BACK THAT IF THEY SMILED IT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO MINDLESSLY KILL THEM AND EAT THEM, PERHAPS. AS MORE AND MORE STORIES SURFACE ABOUT SO-CALLED VICIOUS WILD ANIMALS HOLDING HUMAN BEINGS AND HUGGING THEM, KISSING THEM, WHEN ARE WE HUMANS GOING TO LEARN TO EMBRACE AND RESPECT OTHERS? I MEAN 'ALL' AND THAT INCLUDES FELLOW-HUMANS. THANKS, YOUR WORDS CAUSE THOUGHT. CAROL

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M. Bronson Russell 26 August 2008

Good work. May these words offend human nobility to the point of sheer embarrassment: Look at what they're doing! And us?

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Ashraful Musaddeq 30 August 2008

A good poem, we've to learn more from an ant. This a beautiful piece.

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Indira Renganathan 30 August 2008

I like the way you choose your subject...I've long been wishing to write on ants...your poem has inspired me to do it at the earliest....simple and superb

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Philosophy of a DewyFlower 19 September 2009

Ants must be a paradigm of PERSEVERANCE and DILIGNECE/ we are their Students -good- a great meditation. 10 for your Meditation

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John Tiong Chunghoo 20 February 2009

my god you can write about everything in the world even ants; ; ; yes they are always chugging all along like a train inspiring us how important it is to work together. we have a lot to learn from animals. good one.

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Ants are amazing. Yes we can learn from them. Well written.

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Sebastine Humaemo 10 January 2009

waaa Ahmad too good man....real class in it......yah i do agree we hav to learn a lot from those pretty ants lol.......sebastine

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Edward Kofi Louis 19 December 2008

Yes, we have to learn from the 'Ants' always.A great piece of work from you.Thank you. Edward Kofi Louis.

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Ahmad Shiddiqi

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Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
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