Thursday, April 8, 2010

Behind The Gates Of The Wealthy Comments

Rating: 3.3

Behind the gates of the wealthy
food lies rotting from waste
Outside it's the poor
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Rose Marie Juan-austin 15 August 2023

A very powerful and touching poem depicting the gap between the rich and the poor. So brilliantly crafted with superb imagery.

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M Asim Nehal 26 May 2021

Very heart touching poem. Yes the difference between rich and the poor is so huge that even to bridge the gap would be so difficult.

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Fabrizio Frosini 11 June 2016

There was a period in his harsh life than Du Fu was very poor.. so poor that one of his children died of starvation..

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Fabrizio Frosini 11 June 2016

'' Behind the gates of the wealthy food lies rotting from waste Outside it's the poor who lie frozen to death '' - In Italian: Dietro le porte dei ricchi il cibo sprecato marcisce; Al di fuori, i poveri giacciono nel freddo mortale.

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