By his Side
The wanderer waits with his back to the wall,
The scrawl on his sign says,
“I am hungry,
God bless you all.”
The empty cup by his side begs to be filled.
His little dog stays close,
Sad eyes looking up at you… hopeful.
Will you give?
Fill the cup?
And yet, the old man and his dog wait still.
Lesley Scoble, July 2024
Time lapse video (20 secs) of my sketching of the drawing, By his Side
I wrote my poem, By his Side, for Punam’s prompt. Punam (paensunplugged) is the exceptional Poet-of-the-Week for the W3 poetry Prompt #118. Her challenge is to write a food related poem in any form about food.
THANKS
Thank you, Punam, for your delicious prompt. I wanted to write about jam doughnuts, but I wrote about the lack and want of food instead!
My gratitude, as always, to David, The Skeptics Kaddish, for hosting his encouraging and inspiring poetry prompts.
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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