This is the summary of the poem the Feed written by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi. Qasmi is known for his thought-provoking poetry. He is a well-known scholar, poet, and prose writter in Pakistan. He also writes some poems in English. This is one of his best English poem.
Summary of the Poem The Feed
This is a poem with deep meaning. The poet has narrated the story of a mother sparrow who has one grain to be fed to ten young baby birds. The poet says that the mother sparrow is holding a small grain of cereal in her beak. She has come to the nest to feed her ten small young ones.
The baby birds are very small and they have no feathers. When they open their beaks for food, the only beaks are visible. The mother has to feed these ten young ones with that small grain.
The mother sparrow is confused about which one she should feed first. All the young ones have joined their beaks wide open. The poet says that humans have learned to break the atom. They have prepared for their own destruction. The poet says that the real task is to break the grain.
Splitting the grain means to set life on foot. The poet calls the so-called scientific progress of no use if a small grain cannot be split. Humanity lies in dividing and sharing, not in dividing and taking.
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