The Irony of the Small !

[mazHur]

The Irony of the Small !
by mazHur


Small things may seem innocent
but they bring the most trouble;
flies, mosquitoes and bugs
find their way everywhere
and spare no one;
lions, tigers, wolves and elephants
can be kept under custody;
or even trained to serve,
but the smaller the things are
the harder they are to manage;
they would bug you all the time
and make your life hard,
underestimating the small--
the atomies, the electrons and the protons-
has already created big hell on earth;
all that you see around and more
is nothing but a prick of the small-
a small pester, a small yielding host,
small the beautiful,the ruthless,
small the assailant,small a demi-god,
small, the procreator of all good and evil;
we fondly look for ourselves
the pleasures and miseries of life,
yet oftenly repent and grieve.

[AuntShecky]

short criticism first : you don't need the -ly in "often" as
it is already an adverb. By the way, the "t" is silent also.
But that's really minor because. . .

This was another of your HUGE thoughts, MazHur. You are
absolutely correct about how the tiny things in the world
can often vex us.

The best part of the piece were your concluding three lines,
(with the little "ly" corrected.)

[mazHur]

thanks, Aunt,,,,have checked for the -ly factor and it is correct

example: 1. oftenly


another way of saying often times.

I oftenly kick my dog in the side.
by Dukamas Meyro Sep 11, 2004

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=oftenly

[Virgil]

That's pretty good Maz. I really liked the way it started and then took the opening statement and expanded the meaning out. In this way the openning was not just a statement but became a metaphor. This part I thought was weak:

they would bug you all the time
and make your life hard,
underestimating the small--
It seemed too obvious, and the phrasing seemed out of place.

But other than that a good poem.

[crazefest456]

we fondly look for ourselves
the pleasures and miseries of life,
yet oftenly repent and grieve

This part is too true...
I'm a criminal.

[blazeofglory]

Indeed this is a wonderful poem and you are very true. Even so called innocent children are troublesome.

[SleepyWitch]

small the beautiful,the ruthless,
small the assailant,small a demi-god,
small, the procreator of all good and evil;

I like these lines, mazHur.

A very interesting thought, but as Virgil said, some lines seem a little too obvious