One Wants A Teller In A Time Like This Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks

One Wants A Teller In A Time Like This

Rating: 4.7


One wants a teller in a time like this

One's not a man, one's not a woman grown
To bear enormous business all alone.

One cannot walk this winding street with pride
Straight-shouldered, tranquil-eyed,
Knowing one knows for sure the way back home.
One wonders if one has a home.

One is not certain if or why or how.
One wants a Teller now:

Put on your rubbers and you won't catch a cold
Here's hell, there's heaven. Go to Sunday School
Be patient, time brings all good things-(and cool
Stong balm to calm the burning at the brain?)
Behold,
Love's true, and triumphs; and God's actual.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ratnakar Mandlik 14 April 2019

The difficulties faced by modern man in day to day's fast life with so many things to remember and to perform, wonderfully versified.

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Tamara Beryl Latham 15 August 2020

Wonderful message you've penned for the reader. We were not promised, pardon the cliché, a rose garden. Congratulations on POD. : -)

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Love's true, and triumphs; and God's actual.. Marvellous poem

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T Rajan Evol 15 August 2020

Nice poem to read and follow.

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Edward Kofi Louis 15 August 2020

Way back home! ! ! Musing along with your mind. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 16 August 2021

A brilliant poem with precise message.....liked it

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Sylvia Frances Chan 15 August 2021

Meaningful message

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Sylvia Frances Chan 15 August 2021

Love reading the poem of this great NorthAmerican Poetess, she writes excellent poetry best to mankind 5 Stars full

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Chinedu Dike 15 August 2021

An insightful composition with a powerful message....

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 15 August 2021

A wonderful and well crafted poem with a great message.

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