Of Life Ladder And Manners Poem by Kesav Venkat Easwaran

Of Life Ladder And Manners



Life

The cobra bites in bad time
The evil bite all time!
On every footslog forward
A prey to envy: Life!

Ladder

The tree is small with branches all
Helping the dwarfs in sprawl;
The fruits are at a distance hands’
Why try out a ladder tall?

Manners

The man must always come first
What is of him only next!
With man manners must come first
Man sans manners looks a beast!

14th April 2010

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Nivedita Bagchi SPC UK 14 April 2010

‘…Man sans manners looks a beast! ’ Like banner will put in-puts into everyone…and from nursery …deep and civic conduct code Sir Voted 10+ hf Ms. Nivedita UK

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 08 March 2020

A great philosophical write. " With man manners must come first Man sans manners looks a beast" . Brilliant lines from a perceptive and beautiful poem.

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Mamta Agarwal 27 April 2010

WHY TRY OUT A LADDER TALL; crux of your poem in my view lies here. its greed all the way, not to beat envy. life, ladder and manners. who cares, every one is scrambling for the best pie. restrain, frustration tolerance, grace, patience all lost in this race to get the best for oneself. beasts show more grace these days 10 Mamta

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Ken E Hall 23 April 2010

Powerful words life's path is full of cobras bites and man with or without manners is a beast to beasts..you come up with some good fodder for thought Kesav cheers...regards

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Ejaz Khan 20 April 2010

Another piece of wisdom, simple and yet enlightning, it's the fifth attempt to leave a comment, don't know if I'll succeed this time either. Thanks for sharing!

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how true...evil bites all time a man who sans manner looks a beast...practical philosophy here

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