Dark Chocolate Comments

I feel nice to read the article about the chocolates.

Hi, I love this brilliant poem of yours. Read it many a times and read it to my 9 year old daughter too. She too loved and understood it. You are a gifted writer. Bravo!

no ordinary poem there.. only a deeply feeling heart and mind is capable of narating such a beuatiful poem the wizardry of inetrtwinig words and situations has been phenomenal... yes indeed the scourge of child labour in many situations is traced back to cultured and manicured hands....Condescending in treacherous extreme.... ten and cheers

Resh, You opened doors to an unknown world of pain tragedy and exploitation of children. I'm dumbstruck; stunned. Oh! Evrywhere this is happening.............

this issue must be very important to you, for the poem to be expressed in such a way. It manages to capture the issue and what it means, not by horror, but with gentle hands as if removing an eye cover.

Brilliant work....sad to realise that all of what you so eloquently haveeducated us on...and all that so many of us, especially ME...dream of in our hunger-raptured dreams...could have so much real-life 'Darkside' to it...As always....Excellent Work, young lady...Your diversity, or as i call it 'Dye-verse-ification'appears to have no boundaries! F j R 2009

Hey Reshma you proved yourself again..........lines done with longing care.....can feel the lines deep in my heart.........sebastine...10+

Waoo! You've done it again................'Born In West Africa'! ! In The Land Of Cocoa.I really love this poem ('Dark Chocolate') .Well done and thank you. Edward Kofi Louis.

A lovely poem! Truly..and very deep..especially with the title.. Dark Chocolate..much darker when you discover how it is made.. Amazing poem..heartwarming..and revealing...

Thank you so much for this poem as I had no idea of those poor children slaving so hard. The theme of chocolate was an excellent choice and, of course, the happy/sad comparisons contributed to the painting of a vivid picture that will stay in my mind for ever. Excellent! Karin Anderson

Oh Reshma, this is such a bitter-sweet poem about haves and have nots - about black and white - about the first world and the third world - about injustice and gluttony. Fortunately there are a few brands of 'ethical' chocolate available here in Australia. As one who enjoys the 'king of sweets' on occasion, they are the only kind I buy. Your words tell your story very powerfully. Your rage is evident even when you write it in beautiful words. A poem that draws tears. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Thw plight of those little girls and workers on chocolate fields which have 'sinned' their way to us, , , , wrapped in shiny paper, , , as usual spoken with passion, who shall hear not? , ,10

How can something so sweet come through a process so bitter. Thanks for speaking up for the children. Well written.

profound, the story of worldly life, thanks for sharing 10

Reshma.. you have fattened these lines delectable! ! .. if we could delet from the table the cream that churned the production from seed to wrapper to golden plates.. social justice, poetry and maybe even modern slavery will have tasted a slab within a block of sweet victory... your attention to these details was well worth the munch on... aroha Deana xx

this travels so well.. great work KRISTA

The smoothness and pleasure of the melting CHOCOLATE crust and nuts of DARK, hard facts imbibed, a tale of mixed tastes, about its origin from the soiled hands of child labours to pink hands of a city kid, this chocolate is attractively packed punch! ! ! ! ! !

the irony beautifully brought out- avery well written poem- thanks for sharing-10

no sweets are worth child slavery of any kind

we all know that 'process' and 'result' are 2 different things. that's a beautiful irony you've depicted.. great..