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Another Letter from Another Father to Another Son is a popular English poem by the award winning Indian poet Mathew John. The poem won the first prize in the All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 2013. ==Excerpts from the poem== :Sonny, it is not my wish to advise you :Though my tongue yearns to be advisor to the king. :Sonny, it is not my wish to advise you :Though this may end up as another piece of advice :In another letter from another father to another son. ::: * * * * * * * :For, it took years for my father’s sermons :To traverse the miles between my ears and my brain :And I learnt about most things :After enough follies had been past. :Let me tell you a single thing :The way to go, seems to me :From life to the book :And not the other way around. ::: * * * * * * * :So, let life teach you before your father’s words :And let life teach you to outgrow :The interesting stories that other people tell. :For, nobody is really very sure. :Earlier they used to tell :Never look beyond the wall :Now, they have built :A ladder for you to climb. ::: * * * * * * :But, nobody is really very sure :About the wall, forget the ladder. :Very few boxes have been opened, my son :It is still an interesting world out there. :So, let me not offer you :A book, a window, a jigsaw puzzle or my reading glasses :Let me give you just these – :My silence and my smile. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Another Letter from Another Father to Another Son」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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