The Man And The Ants Comments

Excellent Madam, I just read it now after I read your comment on my poem. Very simple language but a great insight is presented.Really these small creatures give us many lessons.They are so able that they can take weights ten times heavier than their body.Thank u with my regards.

Narrative! ! ! Nice work. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

Rose Marie perhaps you're right and ants today deserve their place as the top of the species. For we humans can dream both wonderful dreams and the darkest of nightmares and many times those foul nightmares come true. When it simply comes to hurting and disrespecting each other on this beautiful blue planet. Five stars, many thanks and I wish you well.

An excellent piece. Thank u, dear poetess.anjandev roy.

Lovely narrative. Yes, man can learn so much from ants. They work hard ferrying food, but then fine, they got to eat. But these soldier and worker ants, if you have noticed, groom their queen bees, nourish them, though they can't mate, such is their self-less service.

Oh, how diligent And clever Are the ants They prepare their food For drought And flood.......nice poetic expression with a lofty theme. Really the ants are dilligent and clever. They are disciplined too. They are superior than men in comparison to brain. Nice work.

C0NT.) I HOPE THIS MAKES SOME LESS LIKELY TO ‘LOOK DOWN THEIR NOSES’ AT BEGGARS, ‘HOMELESS’, & IDLERS. WE SHOULD ‘THANK OUR LUCKY STARS IF WE ARE SELF-SUPPORTING. BRI (:

(CONT.) 3 – EVEN THOSE WHO MAY HAVE WORKED AND EARNED A LIVING FOR YEARS AND STILL WANT TO WORK (AND ‘NEED’ TO WORK) CAN BE “UN-OR UNDER-EMPLOYED” DUE TO CHANGES IN AN AREA’S ECONOMY, THE PERSON’S HEALTH, OR HEALTH OF LOVED ONES, ETC. ETC. (CONT.)

(CONT.) 2 - SOME ARE TOO LIMITED AND IT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS BY JUST LOOKING AT OR EVEN LISTENING TO THEM. I KNEW A MAN WHO HAD A KNEE PROBLEM AND HAD A VALID PERMIT TO PARK IN A HANDICAPPED PARKING PLACE. ONE DAY HE DID AND SOMEONE GAVE HIM LOTS OF TROUBLE ABOUT IT BECAUSE MY FRIEND WAS NOT OBVIOUSLY 'HANDICAPPED'. (CONT.)

TO ALL READERS: I FEEL I SHOULD ADD ONE MORE COMMENT IN CAPITAL LETTERS FOR ALL TO READ. 1 - SURE, SOME PEOPLE COULD/'SHOULD' RELY MORE ON THEIR OWN BRAINPOWER AND MUSCLE POWER TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS/DESIRES., & I DON'T MEAN BY 'BEGGING' OR MUGGING/STEALING. (CONT.)

(cont.) ***** To Make No Bones About Something. Meaning: To say clearly what you think or feel about something, however unpleasant or awkward it. To make no bones about something means to say something in a way that leaves no doubt, or to have no objection to it. to MyPoemList. bri (:

(cont.) but, truly, are you speaking of the size of brains 'created/evolved' in the two species? or are you speaking in the present, saying how big the present individual's brains are, in which case i'd use have. [some would say got when i'd say have]; maybe have got. (cont.)

(cont.) They got brains Smaller than pinpoints Whereas the man Got a brain The size of a bowl.....mine is a small-bowl size (cont.)

(cont.) hey, didn't i read the title before coming here? i didn't remember it, but see it now and am wondering how ants will figure in the story i've not finished. your usage of clothesline is a 'new one' to me. a Filipino slang? 'raw' or cooked rice? white, brown, organic? everyone wants to know! if you use rise, i'd suggest proceed in next line. (cont.)

believe me, he didn't use YOUR money for THAT! ! ! it wasn't enough for THOSE; he later bought a donut and hot drink with YOUR money! ! ! OK? ok. you are a soft touch, as i am. i'd have gone straight to McDonald's. but, ya know, maybe he NEEDED cigs and brew MORE than he needed those sweets. my 'friend's' response would be can't he work? , to which i say maybe not etc. (cont.)

Oh, how diligent And clever Are the ants They prepare their food For drought And flood....your power of perception is marvelous and to come to such ideas to compare human beings with angts.. thank u dear poetess.. tony

This is my second visit to this poem. It is really a marvelous poem on Man and Ant having stunning expression. The theme of the poem is so nice. The diligence and cleverness of ant is absolutely inscribed here as...... Oh, how diligent And clever Are the ants They prepared their food For drought And flood. Thank you for sharing this poem.

Excellent observation and brilliantly penned - They got brains Smaller than pinpoints Whereas the man Got a brain The size of a bowl. finest compare

You have strongly distinguished the concrete differences between man and ant. Though the ants have tiny brains yet they have enough knowledge to lead their lives independently with discipline. But the man bearing a brain of bowl size begs something from others. In this story the able bodied man purchased beer and cigar on begging money. Some men are cowards and selfish too. This is a didactic poem nicely executed.10

Absolutely enjoyed this poem and particularly the last stanza. It made me laugh.+++10