A BEGGAR'S BANQUET

"A woman shouldn't have to beg"
you said.
"or take scraps from a loveless bed"

Fine words from the mouth
of one
so well fed.

"A man shouldn't have to lie"
I sighed.
"Or hide beneath a thin veneer of pride"

Esurient echoes emitted
from a starved
inside.

BjR 26 June '10

— Bonitaj, Jun 26, 2010

About the Author

Region, Country: Tip of Southern Africa, ZAF

Favorite Poets: Too many to narrow down, but briefly :, AUDEN, T.S. ELIOT, DICKENSON, RILKE, THOREAU, RUMI ... the list is endless. Am inspired by many, especially those that live lives of "quiet desperation, and go to the grave with a song still in them" (THoreau)

Critiques

judyanne

16 years ago

esurient

thank you boni - you taught me a new word... have to read this over and over - i like it but i don't really get it then i get it a bit... i think... then again - sort of.... no.... has me thinking - what a poem is supposed to do love judy xxxx http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPrettyPonies.html

Bonitaj

16 years ago

Thanks Judy

This poem operates on many levels... I think you have already discerned that - and that is enough :) ciao Boni

Seren

16 years ago

Dear Boni

Short but to the point and its got layers of meaning if one cares to read it a few times (which I did) ... bravo my friend one of your best lovely love and hugs JayCee x x x nominated (Quote~~"It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. "--Charles Baudelaire)

Bonitaj

16 years ago

bon jour Jayne

Thank you so much for your comments. Perhaps this is a piece that only a woman could understand! Bravo Boni

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