Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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The same old baffling questions! O my friend,
I cannot answer them. In vain I send
My soul into the dark, where never burn
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John Greenleaf Whittier
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Ahmed Kayes 19 June 2018

Very Good Poetry. Good Wishes.

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Susan Williams 11 May 2016

This is so beautifully and lucidly written. It is not often that a question like this is discussed in such a poetic way. There really shouldn't be the feeling you have to take sides in this science vs religion thing. Time after time, science has to revise its theories and people have to reread their Bibles w/o trying to prove themselves right, just reading to understand what God is saying.

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Alem Hailu G/kristos 11 May 2016

Yes some questions may not have answers and we have to simply accept them! Yes we learbn basing things by our mother's knee!

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Ratnakar Mandlik 11 May 2016

A beautifully envisioned great poem on an unique institution called Mother that commands full trust and faith of the child. Thanks for sharing it here.

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Anne Yun 11 May 2016

A question that no reason or scilence can answer, secretly, the poet might have answered it vaguely!

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Rajnish Manga 11 May 2016

This is a question of faith that is generally introduced by a child's mother and then reinforced by the society. Sometimes, scientific reasoning is unable to give a plausible explanation. Let us carry our faith or trust as well as science without their being at loggerheads. Thanks.

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Edward Kofi Louis 11 May 2016

I learned beside my mother's knee! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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