Monday, January 13, 2003

The White Mans Burden Comments

Rating: 2.7

Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twig
and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips:
maybe it was the voice of the rain crying,
a cracked bell, or a torn heart.
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Rose Marie Juan-austin 05 July 2023

So deeply touching and poignant. Every fiber of this poem touches the heart because of its powerful images and poetic expressions.

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MAHTAB BANGALEE 05 July 2023

I lost the path of childhood and still wandering to find out this but never it comes as before; Oh that's life the past never comes back!

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Tom Billsborough 06 October 2016

A whole past lost to the Conquistadors, so tragically expressed by a truly great poet

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Seamus O Brian 06 October 2016

A twig, a small remnant of a much greater thing. A remnant with its own stories, own burdens, own memories. What remnants do we leave in the trail of our living, and what will their story be to those who listen?

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Barry Middleton 06 October 2016

I have felt that many times. An excellent work.

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Edward Kofi Louis 06 October 2016

The roots i had left behind. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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