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  1. one arm stretched out for anything into what will probably be a long day. A much needed poem. Thank you for sharing.

  2. __ As they sit on up-set plastic buckets, we donate and their eyes smile; then, there is that nod of thank you… and your heart rises. So well felt here, Adjei_! _m

    thin faced pleas
    beggars sit open handed
    plastic buckets

  3. Ahhh – striking, heartfelt, hopeful. I think many of us have experienced this moment , so expertly captured.

  4. sunrise…
    a beggar’s arm
    stretching into day

    —ADJEI AGYEI-BAAH

    Very cinematic couple of lines:

    a beggar’s arm
    stretching into day

    On one level we should all be beggars appreciating the miracle of life of course. So there is that aspect. I always find it both fascinating and disturbing that so many societies want to create beggars but castigate them at the same time.

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    sunlit sweat
    the young vagrant
    sucks a thumb

    Alan Summers
    Anthology: Haiku Harvest: 2000 – 2006 (Modern English Tanka Press 2007)

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  5. Mind-stretching. Heartfelt and hopeful. So Gut! Much needed and not overused at all. The world will be a better place one day. Very moving indeed. Especially the rich imagery of a beggar's arm, moving from one poem to an other.

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