Sweet is the honey busy bees bring,
Yet so painful is their sting!

In the area of politics, no promises can justifiably be fulfilled, considering that the mess left by a predecessor might not be easily swept off the path from which he had departed.

Time does not take away memories that linger. The old man pauses and philosophically reflects on the past that continues to haunt his present existence. He thinks freely; his thoughts go back in time, as he recounts the simplicity of living in an age when he was once so vibrantly energetic and youthful.

A humourous look at learning to write a sonnet.