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8/12/2013 5:07:57 PM thomas clark Posts: 2	I WAS SITTING IN THE GUTTER WEARING WORN OUT CLOTHES MY POCKETS WERE EMPTY EXCEPT FOR THE HOLES MY SHOES TOOK IN THE RAIN AND LET OUT MY TOES PEOPLE WOULD PASS ME WITH TURNED UP NOSE COS THEY DON,T KNOW MY STORY DONT KNOW HOW IT GOES I WAS ONCE LIKE THEY ARE I HAD A WIFE AND TWO KIDS BUT THEY DIED IN A CAR CRASH SO MY LIFE HIT THE SKIDS SO I SIT IN THIS GUTTER DAY AFTER DAY JUST PASSING MY LONELIEST HOURS AWAY PEOPLE KEEP PASSING WITH A FROWN ON THEIR FACE WHISPERING LOOK AT THAT DRUNK HE,S SUCH A DISGRACE YET I HAVEN,T BEEN DRINKING SINCE THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OVER AND THE PETROL CAUGHT ALIGHT MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS WERE ASLEEP IN THE REAR THEY DIDN,T STAND A CHANCE YET I WAS THROWN CLEAR PEOPLE KEEP ON PASSING SOME THROW NICKLES AND DIMES WHY DO THEY PAY ME FOR MY TERRIBLE CRIMES SO I SIT IN THIS GUTTER SOMETIMES I PRAY THAT DEATH WILL COME QUICKLY AND TAKE MY PAIN AWAY FOR I,VE MADE DEATH MY FRIEND NOW HE CAN RELIEVE ME OF MY PAIN AND SEND ME UP TO HEAVEN TO BE A FAMILY MAN AGAIN
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8/24/2013 6:13:48 AM thomas clark Posts: 2	will someone please give me some views and opinions on my poem family man
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8/25/2013 5:31:18 PM scott thirtyseven Posts: 13	Just thinking aloud, but I'm not real keen on your rhyme kids & skids. Seems a little to easy, and possibly too cheesy. If you skidded into the gutter where you now sit, then maybe??? "...hit the skids/ sliding into this gutter/ where day after day...". Please let me know what you think.
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8/25/2013 6:48:46 PM Lynn Dolly Posts: 133	I like this. I'm actually not huuge on reading poetry because to me it seems too many try too hard. This seems like it was a therapeutic write for you..not sure if it's from personal experience or not, but regardless, I like it. Wording and all. Has an organic feel to it. Cheers, Sharon
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6/20/2017 9:52:28 AM lawrence strauss Posts: 2	You made me feel, biggttom61. To be able to reach someone like that is a gift. Thank you for sharing your gift with me. -Lawrence
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6/20/2017 12:50:30 PM Jerome Malenfant Posts: 26	Minor point: You have commas where you should have apostrophes; don,t -> don't, haven,t -> haven't, didn,t -> didn't, I,ve -> I've.
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