Poem by Tobore Obodoh

The following poem was inspired by Dr. Jayne Shatz's artwork, The Empty Bowl, which appears on the
Poetry X Hunger website--ART - Poetry X Hunger.

TABLE OF FOOD

Father puts food on the table.
Mother stocks the house with anything affordable.
She buys with money in hand.
Children eats and are not sad.
A stranger came and took Dad's food money.
The table of food was there in secret.
And children were told, no honey.
And so they took biscuits.
And so we are never filled.
And now something is grilled.
And children have to wait.
So they are not given a bait.

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The following poem was inspired by Dr. Jayne Shatz's artwork, The Hunger Trilogy, which appears on the
Poetry X Hunger website--ART - Poetry X Hunger.

UNDERNOURISHED
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Some people die of hunger.
Because they are famished.
When there is little to eat.
And they are many.
After the loss, they look ahead.
With hope and thoughts filled with doubts.
They may fight and lament about the past.
Because of the terrible episodes of being in want.
A blessing like showers of rain.
That makes things sprout.
And so food comes for them to eat.
Making them revive again.

I enjoy teaching and learning. The goal is to reach as many as possible. I am still studying and like research.

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