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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...

Once Upon A Time | Gabriel Okara

About the Poet           Gabriel Okara (1921 -) is a Nigerian poet. His widely anthologized poems reflect on the tribulations of nation-building and the traumas that befall the self. The Fisherman's Invocation (1978) is his most ambitious work, the collection shared a Common Wealth Poetry Prize. About the Poem           As we grown we tend to lose our innocence, our simple ways of behavior. Artificiality or affectation and hypocrisy creep into our behavior. The poet Gabriel Okara, therefore, asks his son to show him how to laugh and smile, which once upon a time he used to when he was a child like his son. Once Upon A Time Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes; but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow. There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts; but that's gone, son. Now they shake hands wit...