in a poem <br />is it the idea or the use of language <br />more important <br />a very difficult proposition <br />to tell or choose <br />like <br />which one is first <br />egg or hen <br />but the clever boy says <br />both <br />the master smiles and asks <br />why then all the linguists are not poets <br /> <br />in a painting <br />is it the theme or the drawing <br />more important <br />it is again <br />like <br />drawing a circle without boundary <br />but the clever boy says <br />both <br />the master smiles and says <br />why not then all thinkers are an artist.<br /><br />Abdul Wahab<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-a-painting-and-poem/