Stories of hope series #15 - the runaway
She had run away from home and wandered the streets all alone
Fourteen years old with no place to go, while predators
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Louis, you have some good lines here, but you really don't know what you're doing with the lines and the rhymes. Maybe stop writing for a while and immerse yourself in lots of good contemporary poetry by poets like Terrance Hayes and Yusef Komunyakaa? If you have time, check out my new website: jeffersoncarterverse.com Let me know how you like it. Thanks! Yrs, JC.
i have my style and you have yours and i read a few of your poems that you have written and (my opinion) i find that it is more of a daily blog rather than a poem. i have been known as a Raconteur and i feel honored to be considered that, especially with my stories of hope series and i don't mean to take away from your belief or thoughts but we are different and people see us that way, thank you for your comment on this poem and have a blessed day,
When I started reading this narrative, I thought it was about India until I learnt it was about New York. Not every girl is as lucky. Yes, faith, love and hope have a big role to play but yet things happen on the contrary. Thanks. @@@ She came to New York with one purpose in mind To find her brother in the shortest of time.
thank you for your comment - greatly appreciated