LOL I was reading this the other day and loved it so I thought I'd post it and see your thoughts on it!

In this life of froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own.


Simple and to the point but if you've read John Marsdens "tommorow when the war began" you'll get it and love it, other wise it's still great!

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Ok ....the truth is that I don't undersatnd it...

P.S.: I never liked poems :

Interesting consept

Lovely really....very good.

I do agree that to be kind and courageous are two of the most important all-time-virtues. However, I have not read the book yet.

And I think that the title of this topic is "The best poem ever and it is only lines long", right?

P.S. Another good poem (slightly on a different topic) is "if" by Kipling. You might enjoy it. (it is not only lines long, though). If you want to read it, click here:
http://www.swarthmore.edu/~apreset1/docs/if.html

Kool ill check it out, and yes im guessing i forgot to write the word best in the title.

OK, post what you (or anyone else) think about the poem, OK?

Can someone explain it to me?

What, 'if' or the four line poem?

Basically, the four line poem is saying that two virtues, kindness and courage, will always help you no matter what is going on.

The other one, 'if' says that if all those things mentioned in the poem are true for you (keeping your head, listening to others' doubts, not lying etc) you will be very successful.