One fine day; while on my way
I saw a child in sheer dismay
His eyes vexed with eternal pains
No flesh was left; just bones and veins
A sketch of sorrow on his face
As his relatives; none to embrace
A homeless orphan with nothing to eat
His hunger not for bread or meat
But a crave for some crumbs to munch
Having no wish of a delicious brunch
And a desire for coke, no burger or jelly
But required some stuff to fill his belly
He was thirsty…. showed his lips
His jaws were just like broken ships
I knew that day ‘the pain of hunger’
I knew that day ‘the agony of thirst’
Since then I am thirsty and hungry
My Soul has become null and empty
Hunger and thirst abide my Soul
That water or bread can never condole
Copyright ©: Muhammad Dawood Jan
End of the poem
15 random poems
- To the Right Hon. Lady Anne Coventry by William Somervile
- The Rabbi’s Song by Rudyard Kipling
- The Captive Trumpeter by William Somervile
- The Neäme Letters by William Barnes
- Which way does the wind blow? by Thomas J Camp
- The Lake Isle poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Freddy by Stevie Smith
- Федор Тютчев – Как дымный столп светлеет в вышине
- Владимир Высоцкий – Татуировка
- Epitaph on Captain Lascelles by Robert Burns
- Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 1. by William Cowper
- Гавриил Державин – Покаяние
- English Poetry. Richard Hovey. John Keats. Ричард Хави.
- Виктор Гончаров – Когда тебя бессонной ночью
- Ballade Of A Toyokuni Colour-Print by William Ernest Henley
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
