Ozymandias....."The lone and level sands stretch far away"

OZYMANDIAS


I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away


- P.B. SHELLEY


I recently had a Reading Comprehension class in the CAT coaching institute i go to, and this poem was mentioned in a passage. The name was familiar, but it didnt strike me at first. After a while though, when we were discussing the passage, I suddenly remembered doing this in English class in 9th or something. Got nostalgic. Goolgled it. It's quite a nice poem. :) And very profound too. As well as a little ominous, but i think it's more of how time just goes on and on and on, its eternal, but lives are transient. So this statue...with just the legs remaining...in the desert is eternal, and has witnessed civilisations live and die. I donno, the image this poem creates in my mind is very...well...profound? Sorry, I'm at a loss for words. Lol. :D :)

P.S- someone is telling me that i'm just copying poems n posting them on my blog, but tis not like im Taking CREDIT for them or anything...They're just poems i really like, n id like to share them with the world...:)

The Catcher in the Rye

I recently read The Catcher in The Rye by J.D Salinger (I really liked it btw), and so it thought i should read the poem that has inspired the title as well. So i googled it, and found out its a poem about a woman who has an extra-marital affair- metaphorically- "rye". So here goes-

Coming Through The Rye

Coming thro' the rye, poor body,

Coming thro' the rye,

She draiglet a' her petticoatie

Coming thro' the rye.

O, Jenny's a' wat, poor body;

Jenny's seldom dry;

She draiglet a' her petticoatie

Coming thro' the rye.

Gin a body meet a body

Coming thro' the rye,

Gin a body kiss a body—

Need a body cry?

Gin a body meet a body

Coming thro' the glen,

Gin a body kiss a body—

Need the warld ken?

Robert Burns

Life.

Life is so Complicated. So Unpredictable. So Temporary. So Dynamic.  Nothing Lasts Forever. Things Come and Go. People Change. Situations Change. And you cant do Anything about it. You Go With The Flow. You learn to Live and Laugh along with it. You Just Exist alongside. And then One Day, you might just Conquer It. And Emerge Victorious. Or Die Trying. :)

poem.

this is a poem i wrote back in 2005. thought i;d put it up. no special reason.

RUNNING...

Running
Running from the voices in my head,
Voices that tell me not to go deep,
Deep into the forest
But I'll keep running
My life depends on it
And the voices tell me to turn back
But I keep running
Running away from this life of mine
Running from the fears
The emotions
The despair
Running away from my feelings
And the sky
Running till i can run no more
Till i fall down tired
Tired and weary
And decide to end it all.


- 16.10.05
10:59 p.m.

forced.

im being forced to go to college tomorrow. stupid. :P. :(

Photography...:)

hey! so my new found passion is photography. :)...actually, its not really "new found". i mean, i was always into takin pics....but since like, saturday nite...or sunday afternoon i've decided to take cool pics (not mine, i do enuff of tht)...and pursue this 'hobbie' seriously. :). i was actually talked into this by someoneelse. [Thanks, btw! :)]...
so..i'll put up a few pics here...one's dat i think are good enuff, or ones u guys might be interested in seeing. :).

toodle-doo! :D..hehe
-N

                 

I'm back. :)

Hey! so its been a while. a lot actually. my exams just got over...n i have a lOOOOTTTTTOOOOF stuff to do. all those things ive been meanin to do for aGES (some of them date back to the time wen iw as in 10th, i.e. 2005) i'll DEFINATELY do now. n i say this every year.a tleast 3 times. but i reallly doooo mean it this time (like i did the other times..but neway..watver..).
i made a movie today. i mean i put together a bunch of small clips from my trip to Egypt last year (Cairo) put cool effects n stuff. actually, thts all dat really interested me....the effects n transitions n stuff. but i'll make a proepr movie soon. hehe. :) will keep u posted.

ALL THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO AND WILL DO NOW-

• Paint (like on PROPER canvas, with an easel n stuff...haveta got to south-ex for tht...)
• Make a Movie
• Watch all those movies i have just lying arnd..lol
• READ THE BOOKS IVE BEEN MEANING TO FOR AAAGGGGEESSS!!!!
• Watch less tv! lol
• hahaha (for the previous one)
• BLOG more often!!!
• ok so...im bored now...ill write agin later..got LOTS to tell!...

ciao for now..!

adieus amigos.

:) :D

keep well!

-*N*