Poetry Forum
For poets who want unrestricted constructive criticism. This is NOT a vanity workshop. If you do not want your poem seriously critiqued, do not post here. Constructive criticism only. PLEASE Only Post One Poem a Day!!!
1/8/2022 6:35:42 AM
Bob Atkinson
Posts: 294
|
an Gorta Mór,
The Great Hunger
(Irish Potato Famine)
by Bob Atkinson
they grew crops of quality
with toil of many days
food meant for bellies
living leagues away
beef cattle grazed
on best pasture lands
feeding those across
a water body’s span
tenant farmers paying
for their privileged status
of unpaid slave to owners
hard work to every manor
a million died of starvation
when potato crops did fail
all the while grain and beef
hurried across trade’s trail
millions emigrated to
countries where could find
a chance to be respected
as if the human kind
took a long and winding road
with disrespect here also shown
for everybody in their time
from the bottom has to climb
edited by Bob_Atkinson on 1/18/2022
|
|
• permalink
• reply with quote
|
Powered by AspNetForum
6.6.0.0
© 2006-2010 Jitbit Software