The Living And The Dead Poem by Dave Alan Walker

great poem, the fourth stanza gives it a nice final touch

the simile in the second stanza is very interesting, it makes me think of how brittle the barrier between life and death is and how we often think about the concept of death and dying. A simply written poem, but also a very thought provoking one.

Once again, you've presented a brilliant concept in a beautiful poem. Great work.

I like it, i like how it flows and ends abruptly with the word 'dead' read in the three stanzas, it reinforces the feeling of dead, dead, dead.

I just like it and re read again......So if you think you alive call your soul in you when you feel that you just made of stone coz only dead has no soul...Cant get enough with the poem :) _Unwritten Soul

ah....so true....thank you....You summed it all up so effectively.

This shld b a poem tht our young ppl Read...they have no idea bout life and death...

i like this poem.. It gets deep, if you really just take a seat and think about the living and the dead? I love this theme...

So true, very thin line between life and death. I loved how you skillfully econocomised words but still wrote a great write.

Good write dave. Simple.