Summary | Not for Sale | Anon

Summary           ' Not for Sale ' by an anonymous writer is a heart touching story of a young couple madly in love who overcome all obstacles for the sake of their love and togetherness. The author was on a vacation when he came across a painting of a young woman . The painting was extraordinary and very expressive. He wished to buy it. But the woman in charge of the shop denied saying that the painting belonged to the owner of the shop and he did not wish to sell it. However, the painting was so touching that it kept haunting the author. Whenever he got a chance, he would drive all the way through Taos and to the gallery and see the painting. Finally, the woman shopkeeper told him the story behind the painting. Two young students, a man and a woman, fell madly in love while they studied painting and arts in New York, far from their homes . They decided to get married and have a promising career in painting.           How...
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Ants - A Greek's Poem

About the Poem

An ant, it is said, the most industrious insect that despite its infinitesimally small size and weight, is a tireless worker that goes about its job silently and without any fuss. The poem ‘Ants’ very vividly describes how they look, what they do and how they do whatever they do.

Ants


Infinitesimal frenzies,
They have banded into gangs
Mobbing an upturned insect,
Lifting in flanked procession
The palanquin of flesh.

They surface and disappear.
Like a heat rash and feel
Like a mild attack of cramps.
Magnified individually
They are fixed more sharply:
Bodies like puffed rice,
Jaws grinding busily,
The swaying swollen head,
Blistering with dreams
Of others of their kind,

Who drag their inferiors
Away as slaves, and clans
Arrayed into armies,
Mowing teeth stripping any
Breathing thing in their track;
Livid seething outnumbering
Harnessed thrashing beasts,
They advance, planned cordons
Dredging the land, multiplying,
Communicating silently.
Location: India

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