Sonnet 85: To Blind Jack Poem by David Wood

Compassion and generosity are good traits and we should always share where we can. A good reminder from this interesting fellow.

this reminds me of Bo Jangles in my country. A lovely sonnet with some excellent guidelines in it.

there is lot of pathos behind the poem, love the well crafted beautifully rhymed sonnet...10

A great poem, we get a lot of street musicians in leeds, it really makes the city centre.

Yeah I accept Sir. But then things have changed upside down. In most of the places begging has become a mere bussiness pushing the bright future of innocent kinds into this practice. You may please find time to read one of my works which speaks about the same Today's Children'

As a young man I spent a little time on the streets on one in their right minds would wish to do so out of choice You bring this to our attention and clear and unusual beautiful sonnet 10/10 BB

None chooses to be beggars themselves. We remain empathetic to the clan of Jack as we have to be humanistic ever. A poem that spells out a policy message.

Oh how we love the buskers and to bring us back to reality. They all have such style of their own. How interesting David.

It is sorrowful to be blind, beg. It is true one must be generous. We have to be generous to those in need And have a kind heart to do a good deed. I submitted a poem 'Get out! ' today, based on information shared by Tamil Writer.Jeyakanthan in his book ’Looking backwards’ and expressed concern over the poor Anglo Indian asking for money!

We come across so many such Jacks everyday! Inspite of their disability, they strive to eke out a living with whatever small talent God has given them! We should be very generous to these people! A sweet poem with a lovely message!