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these my brothers
a rhymed, mirrored octet
"[A]nd if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." Isaiah 58:10 (NIV)
skin-
covered
s k e l e t o n s,
these my brothers
o n the side of life!
for a drink o f w a t e r,
silent lips too faint to bleat.
passersby with eyes averted,
noses flared, heads elevated,
missing not a measured beat.
pleasures they pine after,
like a c a r v i n g k n i f e,
cut o f f o t h e r s
f e a s t i n g on
dowered
bins.
© Copyright 2019 July 11
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
"[A]nd if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." Isaiah 58:10 (NIV)
skin-
covered
s k e l e t o n s,
these my brothers
o n the side of life!
for a drink o f w a t e r,
silent lips too faint to bleat.
passersby with eyes averted,
noses flared, heads elevated,
missing not a measured beat.
pleasures they pine after,
like a c a r v i n g k n i f e,
cut o f f o t h e r s
f e a s t i n g on
dowered
bins.
© Copyright 2019 July 11
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 12th Jul 2019
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15th Jul 2019 2:42am
Thank you, SO, for sympathising with the message of this poem, which, though perhaps beautiful in structure, speaks to a multitude of ills in our society.
Sincerely
cab
Sincerely
cab
14th Jul 2019 10:23pm
15th Jul 2019 2:47am
Hi, Graceful
Thanks for your wow moment. I read it as twofold:
it is a wow that you probably enjoyed reading this poem;
but it is even more a wow that some of our children are dying of malnutrition, even while many who can help turn a blind eye at their plight.
What do I have to do to get you to visit DU more often? I long to see you growing and sharing your ideas here.
Yours sincerely
cab
Thanks for your wow moment. I read it as twofold:
it is a wow that you probably enjoyed reading this poem;
but it is even more a wow that some of our children are dying of malnutrition, even while many who can help turn a blind eye at their plight.
What do I have to do to get you to visit DU more often? I long to see you growing and sharing your ideas here.
Yours sincerely
cab
23rd Jul 2019 7:07pm
You read the wow correctly from both angle.
I am always motivated by you.
I will be here from next week. That's a promise i will be keeping.
I am always motivated by you.
I will be here from next week. That's a promise i will be keeping.
