Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE KIND WORD, by WALT MASON


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THE KIND WORD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A friendly word that's kindly spoken is
Last Line: Men may be from gloom emerging, to take their places in the sun.
Subject(s): Friendship; Kindness; Mankind; Human Race


A FRIENDLY word that's kindly spoken is just as cheap as one that's cross, and
it may brace some pilgrim broken, who finds this life a total loss. It doesn't
cost a copper penny to say, "Good morning, how d'ye do?" And it may mean a lot
to many, and set their faces smiling, too. The smiles we wear are inexpensive,
yet keep the world in better shape; their influence is so extensive it can't be

measured with a tape. The kind and friendly words we scatter, with love of
mankind in our tones, may well survive the wreck of matter, the crash of
dynasties and thrones. And so I greet my fellow mortals with leaded smiles of
thirteen ems, and do as much, perhaps, with chortles, as rich men do with gold
and gems. The plan is old; man inter-glacial no doubt was vaguely on its track,

and learned that his expression facial helped things along, or set them back.
And still we must be pleading, urging, along this line till time is done, that
men may be from gloom emerging, to take their places in the sun.





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