Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Vacant Lot Comments

Rating: 3.9

Mrs. Coley’s three-flat brick
Isn’t here any more.
All done with seeing her fat little form
Burst out of the basement door;
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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Khairul Ahsan 23 August 2018

I wouldn't like my home to be anywhere near this kind of flat and its inhabitants. Didn't find the poem interesting.

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Susan Williams 22 August 2018

Sum this up with Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish. If I lived close to that brick house and its miserable inhabitants, I might feel the same. One doesn't like that kind of goings on going on next door., Actually the very concise descriptions said a short story worth about the characters including the narrator, Excellent poetic work here!

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Dr Antony Theodore 22 August 2018

a very fine poem... tony

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Anil Kumar Panda 22 August 2018

A well crafted poem about the fat little lady. Liked it.

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Adrian Flett 22 August 2018

Poetic observation at its best without judgement but with perception and vision

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Kumarmani Mahakul 22 August 2018

A beautiful poem with nice depiction is being shared amazingly.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 22 August 2018

Such a great poem by Gwendolyn Brooks👍👍👍

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Tres Bon 22 August 2018

Descriptions so supreme we want to scream why can't we write poetry like this.

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Jake Paul 18 January 2018

OMG LOVED THIS POEM! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! LOVE U SUPPORTERS! ! ! ! !

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Gwendolyn Brooks

Topeka, Kansas
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