Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

Hobo Walking Past Our House

Hobo Walking Past Our House

He looked like man walking with rocks in his shoes,
a bit edgy, with shadows flitting about.
Dark clouds about him, sending the lonesome blues,
smiling alligator with a toothless snout.

Stopping to look back, time waving its hello's,
angry at not having what he left behind;
an old man, one of those ***** little fellows
with nothing about him speaking as refined.

A frown formed upon his dark, withering face,
as his ragged, torn hat hung on him quite low.
Started again, he walked at a limp pace,
leaving questions, answers nobody can know.

Disappearing from our sight, one of his goals.
Like an ancient furnace, with no burning coals.

R.J. Lindley
SEPT.22ND 1976

Note: Edited recently to meet the eleven syllable verse uniformly.

Syllables Per Line:	
11 11 11 11 0 11 11 11 11 0 11 11 11 11 0 11 11
Total # Syllables:	154
Total # Lines:	17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically:	
Total # Words:	111

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James Inman March 23, 2016 at 7:16 AM Wonderfully written Robert. Probably pondering the questions of the universe, or where his next meal was coming from.

Keith O.J. Hunt March 21, 2016 at 4:55 PM A masterpiece Robert; all the lines are like One great line! Faving this brother! Keith ;-)

Kimberly Heller March 20, 2016 at 3:27 AM great write, Robert! I enjoyed the details describing this man and your ability to draw a picture for me!