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She.....

She is selling shingles,
singly on the sea-shore!
Poverty-stricken, poor,
pauper and penniless.
Tittle-tattle turns
round like a ring
around anything
she simply earns.
Whirling of whim
turns timid a toy.
Pure-pearl plays no ploy.
This holiness horrors him.

Submitted: Monday, February 25, 2013
Edited: Monday, February 25, 2013

Poet's Notes about The Poem

'Him' here refers to the symbol of a person who by scandalizing wants to control an innocent soul.

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  • Thomas A Robinson (2/26/2013 1:46:00 AM)

    No Chandra no typo. A beast that dwells in the body of a man who has no earthly or heavenly qualities.
    And like all dangerous beast will be caged or killed someday.

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  • Chandra Thiagarajan (2/25/2013 10:38:00 PM)

    A nice SHE ! But why him at the end? Perhaps a typo error!

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  • Babatunde Aremu (2/25/2013 8:50:00 AM)

    Great write. Ilike it

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  • Gajanan Mishra (2/25/2013 8:39:00 AM)

    Haripada Haldar, you are really a poet-genius. I like your poems. Pure-pearl.

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