Edited by Richard Stone
This month’s poet is Mario Mangiello, who is unknown to us but would seem to be either homeless himself or deeply empathetic. Not the most refined poem we’ve printed, but welcome for its strength of feeling and forceful rhymes and half-rhymes.
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being homeless is a challenge
looked at as a savage
society tearing down tents
the only shelter from elements
living this day and age
anyone can lose their pay
jobs are hard to find
anyone could be homeless anytime
how can people be so cruel
what happened to the golden rule
many who are on the street
are veterans forgot by u.s. elite
we are all people
we are all created equal
how can you spend so much energy
seeing homeless as your enemy
more energy should be spent uniting
than always spent fighting
people all have rights
that starts with life
the right to breathe and eat
not be forced six feet deep
lives have been forgotten
too many have turned rotten
no more helping hands
destroying needy fellow man
