The Homeless
Evelyn Baruch 1935 (Chicago. IL)
Where do the homeless go, when there's no home
to go to?
Where do they eat? Where do they sleep? Where do they rest their weary feet?
Once the world was at their bidding. Now Fate scoffs. It was only kidding.
They live in tents below a highway overpass. They are the unseen, unheard underclass.
Look about you. They're all around you.
Just open your eyes and you'll see them.
Be grateful, my friends.
But for the Grace of God, you could be them!
About this poem
I worry and wonder about the Homeless.
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Submitted by baruch.4_1 on October 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 453 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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