Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Children Comments

Rating: 3.3

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, 'Speak to us of Children.'

And he said:

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
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Mo 22 February 2022

اهلا

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Mo 22 February 2022

اهلا

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Chinedu Dike 18 January 2022

A work of an intricate mind........

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Larry Lynch 05 January 2021

Spiritually Pure: They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow

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June Sebaste Ross 19 May 2020

I had several of Gibran’s books but my favorite was always The Prophet. He wrote with such eloquence and every time I read his books, it was new all over again. He was a brilliant, insightful and religious man.

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Livelihood 16 May 2020

salute the woman

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Mahtab Bangalee 10 March 2020

there is insightful thought yeah you are you he is he and she is she son is son though from mother but mother's ownership rightly the daughter yeah in this wold everyone has own thought to live independently everyone has own thoughtful direction about life no one has right to interfere in this regards.....

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Douglas Scotney 10 March 2020

and loves the sharpshooter most

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Rajnish Manga 10 March 2020

Portrayal of parent-child relationship in a unique way. Thanks.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 10 March 2020

You may give them your love but not your thoughts. /For they have their own thoughts. / You may house their bodies but not their souls, ......so touching and true. A beautiful poem is well executed.

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rocky 2 10 March 2020

fantastic poem, fantastic imagery

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Dr Antony Theodore 10 March 2020

Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable. The great Khalil Gibran

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Aniruddha Pathak 10 March 2020

One thing I find in Khalil Gibran's poetry is the freshness of ideas and newer approach. This one is no exception.

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Adeeb Alfateh 16 July 2019

hey come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, superb fantastic writing great 10++++++++++++++++

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Spicy Boi 26 May 2019

I don't eat spicy food because it kills the baby inside me every time.

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Godiah Imbukuleh 03 March 2019

True...kids have their own future.

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Rejoice jacob 16 August 2018

WOW :o i love this poem is realy educative.

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Rejoice jacob 16 August 2018

WOW :o i love this poem is realy educative.

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Yudharshan 29 July 2018

Nice poem especially for kids who enjoy by reading this poem . Nice rhyming couplets.

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Prince Ali Aamir Khan 30 June 2018

Great Fantastic

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