August challenge 3

The subject is 'poverty'. Write a tanka, haiku or senryu on the theme.

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  1. Sasha16 August 2011 at 04:54

    resting lightly
    on the thatched hut
    gold poplar leaves

    bathed in moonlight
    Hansel and Gretel
    holding hands

    stray cat
    even the bag lady
    shoo's

    the poacher
    nets a fish
    cold moon

    guitar case open
    the busker shows
    a hint of silver

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  2. Alex Ryan18 August 2011 at 17:34

    dad's old grey pants
    the tabby cat
    legging from the old dog

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  3. Margaret R18 August 2011 at 17:45

    luxury hotel
    a wretched shanty rests
    in its shadow

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  4. Alex Ryan19 August 2011 at 20:18

    old lady's laugh
    bellows from
    the shabby bungalow
    drowning out the ring
    of my iphone 4

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  5. lee20 August 2011 at 00:48

    feet shuffle
    in the queue
    yesterday's bread

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  6. BelindaBroughton31 August 2011 at 20:08

    In the mall
    fishing for bottles
    the old man
    his back-lit hair
    like a halo, glowing

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