Earlier Chapters of ‘The Prophet’: [On Marriage] [On Love] [On Children] [On Giving] [On Eating and Drinking] [On Work] [On Joy and Sorrow] [On Houses]
"What is the matter here?" asked the first lawyer, whose name was Speed. "Oh, it's only some old robins!"
Read full text of The Prophet On Religion by Kahlil Gibran. Illustration by artist painter Ashok Bhowmik from Kala Bhavan Satiniketan.
If only you can thank the August rain,/The road trips with false lovers,/ The unflattering mirrors, the ditched playgrounds...
A group of children were enjoying football in the rain. They made me feel jealous. I wish I could have fun like them. And lastly
My dusky body, the mortal flame of a light./I lie between the goblets of my old days,/Between the twilight glory of birth...
Some of your youth seek pleasure as if it were all, and they are judged and rebuked. 80I would not judge nor rebuke them. I
Read poems by T S Eliot. These four short poems were published originally in 1920. Morning at the Window, The Boston Evening Transcript.
Josh loved boasting about how rich he was. Every day he would brag about his money and the expensive things he owned!
On Prayer - chapter 21 of 'The Prophet' by Lebanese-American poet thinker and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. This series has been illustrated by celebrated artist Ashok
This story by Daniel Defoe was published anonymously in 1706.
Every morning while going to school I would see a poor homeless child of around 12 years. His family suddenly became poor. But I never
Read full text of Good and Evil by Kahlil Gibran. The Prophet is a collection of prose poem by American-Lebanese poet, thinker, philosopher.
Now, would dare break the wall, would you shrug all caution,/Guard your heart with soul's last shred,/Or perish in the name of passion?
Poem by Sadaf Munshi an American poet who was born in Kashmir.
