A Blind Beggar Poem by yoonoos peerbocus

A Blind Beggar

Rating: 4.4


Eye sockets mere bruises
Alike to closed fists
Save whole being tangled
In his last rags
All else dissolved-
A vase dripping away
Holding time's finger

Rattling his soul
As a broken alms bowl,
Unable to knock open
A deaf world's door
To go out of this life-
Conscious how immense
Is oneself without walls.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Babatunde Aremu 11 December 2013

Great write. I likose it. kud

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 07 April 2016

A tremendous attempt to redefine blindness, that too with so humane an approach.

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Rajnish Manga 24 June 2017

We all have come across beggars with their wretched and miserable condition but the way you have portrayed it makes their equation with the world regrettable on the part of the latter. Thanks. Unable to knock open / A deaf world's door Conscious how immense / Is oneself without walls.

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Shimizu Mizuhala 27 June 2017

To go out of this life- Conscious how immense Is oneself without walls. A surprising sentence that makes sense.Thanks!

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As of ever the portrait is quite disturbing but calls for a concern across the seas and lands.. I really appreciate you for your choice of subjects and as poet with great concern for the world around you, Mr Yoonoos, you are superb.. Thanks for pointing out the mis spelt word in one of my poems..

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David Wood 12 December 2020

Brilliant poem, not only must we help the poor, homeless and unwanted, we must aim to eradicate poverty and homelessness. A brilliant poem, thank you.

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Savita Tyagi 27 May 2020

All else dissolves but the basic need to feed oneself.....The bitter truth of hunger and poverty rattles our souls.a very poignant poem.

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Anjandev Roy 27 May 2020

This is superb piece.....thank u, dear poet. anjandev roy.

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Milos Jovanka 25 March 2020

a touching and thoughtful work, in every city there are beggars and the world is deaf to their cries. Thank you for remembering those lost.

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Tinashe Mupedzapasi 04 October 2019

touching and beautiful writing

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