Status Updates From Ruskin Bond's Book of Verse

Calm and refreshing. Like the smell of earth after the first rain of the season.

A darn good collection of poems.
Some as long as only 4 lines
but packed with so much sense and humor.

What do you think of this one?

“Spider running up the wall
Means that rain is going to fall.
Spider running down the wall
Means the house is going to fall!"

“Don’t be afraid of the dark, little one,
The earth must rest when the day is done.
The sun may be harsh, but moonlight—never!
And those stars will be shining forever and ever,
Be friends with the Night, there is nothing to fear,
Just let your thoughts travel to friends far and near.
By day, it does seem that our troubles won’t cease,
But at night, late at night, the world is at peace.”

“Slender waisted, bright as a song,
Dark as the whistling-thrush at dawn,
Swift as the running days of November,
Lost like a dream too sweet to remember.”

Without the touch of love
There is no life, and we must fade away.