 |
Poems On Site: 198,500+ Comments On Poems: 427,000+ Forum Posts: 105,000+ |
Custom Search
|
|
|
||||
| Welcome ! | Home · FAQ · Topics · Web Links · Your Account · Submit Poetry · Top 30 · OldSite Link | 09-June 19:50:38 AEST | ||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
Array
(
[sid] => 3250
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Satire by a beggar
[time] => 2002-09-03 06:29:32
[hometext] =>
[bodytext] => Waving to each and every passer by,
Perhaps one of them shall hear my cry, ‘Alms for the poor!’ and I hold out my hand, A dirty palm and crooked fingers, They stare at my face and think; ‘He’s a senile addict! A dirty maggot!’ Yes…they mock and scorn, I’m an ugly peripheral to their brilliant system, I live everyday though a storm, In this congested, industrial forest, Crinkling currency notes, Healthy wallets, Acrid thoughts, Their little hearts, For all their compassion, A prayer for the rich ones, I sell to them an image of misery, To shine and show their copious pity, For after all a beggar isn’t always a beggar! I play no part in your vanity fair, My soul is as free as the wild sea air, You live for BMWs, popularity, Diamond rings and eulogies, Seminars for the indigent, And chances to show them off, And I give them to you, The moments to show your veritable commiseration, For after all a beggar isn’t always a beggar! Step up, step down, Your status in crisis! And I give you the chance, To be a king on the throne, While I’m just a full stop at the end of a sentence, For after all a beggar isn’t always a beggar! [comments] => 2 [counter] => 172 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Euphoria [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 9 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
|
Menu
· 
Poetry
Community
Members
Areas
Reference
Search
Top
Others
Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. ©
Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster
All submitted items are Copyright © to their submitter. All the rest Copyright © 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com
All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.
Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com