^ We The Unencumbered Comments

Great, great uncompromising poems about life, Rated star rated A Thanks

Survival is our handbook! Thanks for sharing.

there are slogans all over the place about restoring dignity to the underserved etc. In your poem you show so clearly that dignity was never lost; just the perception of it. This poem has real nobility and feeling and eloquence and power. As a lower income person myself quite often subject to scorn and labeling where it just doesn't apply, I felt deeply comforted by this poem and I am certain that others will too.

Very powerful statement regarding the reality of homelessness. You really get into the heart of those unencumbered with a lot of compassion and love. A terrific poem. Thank you very much for caring and sharing. Liilia

a very profound write speaks to the world the problems we have

Adeline, it is a very strong poem. it shatters my heart.and makes feel lack of altruism and shame for my stone heart. I was listening to romantic music now - but I stopped it while reading your poem. my mood became social.

If all the misfits, nomads, exiled and homeless had a message to transmit to the world, it would have been the one which is perfectly illustrated in the verses of this poem...The derelicts have a voice now, and stand out as statues, visible to all pairs of eyes exposed in front of humanity, revealing the lack of empathy, cuelty and the social inequality. Wonderfully written poem!

Beautifully written. Chalked full of images and truisms, this is a poem that cast a light on our most impoverished inhabitants. It highlights the humanity of the homeless which is important because too often they are thought of as inferior simply for their economic hardships.10

An amazing portrayal of homelessness, it just gripped my heart with it's total honesty, you have gone within the depths no others dared to tread. Absolutely stark and real, no one able to deny the truth of what you've written in this poem. Love it! Thank you for sharing the truth. RoseAnn

I'm sure the unencumbered would appreciate this poem. If only there was some way for them to see it... You did a real nice job. A lot of thought and effort went into this and it shows.

beautiful..thank you for drawing my attention to this work! I am seeing such inestimable joy and gorgeousness in humanity lately..your words capture the strength- solid and winged - I am seeing unfold.. namaste [3

Hi Adeline, This is for me a tribute to the urchins of our city streets and should be rubbed under Rockelfeller's nose. I find it is a form of protest poetry, bold and enlivened with a spirit of rambunctiousness. I wrote a sarcastic piece you may like called For all the Lost Hippy's Wherever They May Be Thank you for reading my fantasy tidbit. I am almost a Canadian. I was born as you see on the tip of Quebec. All the best. Paul

It resonates...plucks a string in me I visited earlier today..for a different reason but the heartache remains the same. Lovely work. Thank you for the invitation to read and for likewise reading mine. Write on!

This should be set to music and sung by a chorus from a place that all could hear.

Beautifully written... a testimony for the disenfranchised. Love the way the last line of each stanza links to the next.

wow and i thought i write great poetry, this is great

I wholeheartedly agree with Valerie Dohren's comment. Brilliant work- A solid ten. In a way it reminds me of Judy Garland's and Fred Astaire's we are a couple of swells only with a heavy dose of reality.

Super Poem... 'unencunbrance' can lead to doom... Terry

Thought provoking. I enjoyed enjoyed the read.

Superb Adeline - being unencumbered often means to be free, but this kind of freedom is wrong and should be addressed by the powers that be. Very skilfully written, enjoyed very much. Going into my favs.