The faces were full of youthful energy
Sitting in a small group of the Writer’s Society
Enjoying the peaceful silence of the room
We about a dozen fellow rising writing stars

Conversation started with the “bucks stops here”
While meeting the treasurer of the club
Also met the smiling faces of the two officers
Who I met at the club of Baruch Toastmasters

Knowing Pen is mightier than the sword or guns or bombs
Writing can be a most powerful tool to command
To make a better world around us as we suffer
An economic meltdown and several wars

Recently three books so impresses me. One
Is an old one called, “Animal Farm” by George Orwell
That resemble “Wall Street Firms” of current debates
Another “Atlas Shrugged” . Now I am reading the novel
“Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy who also wrote “war and peace”

Because we see again and again history repeating itself
To make us suffer, learn and grow again to a better life.
Better society and add to a better economy for us all

In closing thoughts a good book whether in storytelling,
A fiction, or an epoch poem, or even a non-fiction
can enlighten us all and embolden us to work for a better future

Mukhles Rahman