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the historic accounts of hunger, famine and starvation, or consider the

​prompts suggested and then... write some poetry about hunger.
 

Poem by Elijah Pringle

12/15/2020

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Homeless because …

He is homeless because

he failed math.
He couldn't figure out how to
divide 1 pay check
into 4 hungry children.
He could only add
to his mounting bills.
He could only subtract
opportunities.
He should have studied
how to
multiply options.

She is homeless because
she failed english.
She is a pronoun
it is used instead of a noun.
Nouns are places, people,
things or ideas.
She has no place
People have abandon her
and the thing is food
but she has no idea
from where.

Children are homeless because
sons and daughters failed biology
not knowing a zygote
from aint got
snuggle beneath 
their father’s musky
arm pits.
See he perspires worry
about the children
slumbering on his shoulder..
 Comforted by 
the stench
knowing daddy is near.

They are homeless because
They failed political-science.
So hard to trace boundaries
and remember political parties
when you're not at 
the festivities.
Franklin's New Deal does not 
have the urgency of
the raw deal
they have been dealt.
Cards pulled from 
the bottom
of the deck.

but

Homeless is not hopeless
and they have failed
political science, biology
english and math
but has society failed
humanity.

Elijah b Pringle III an artivist who uses art to subtlety or loudly protest/enlighten. “When you hit people over the head with a message, you make them unconscientious. I want to awaken them with a nudge or a slap!” Published globally he has appeared on Radio, TV & Stage. He has over 40 years of experience in Training/Education. He credits his true education to 5 generation of teachers.  
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  • Hunger Poetry
    • Now more than ever! >
      • Now more than ever: Submitted poems
    • 2020 WFD Poetry Competition >
      • 2020 World Food Day - submitted poems
      • 2020 World Food Day Poetry Competition announcement
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      • World Food Day 2019 - Submitted Poems
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      • WFD 2018 - Submitted Poems
    • Maryland Poets
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  • About
    • About the Initiative
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    • Poems by Young Poets
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    • Extent of Hunger >
      • Global Hunger: Progress & Challenges
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