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What Is a Man

What Is “A Man”? A man is: when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man, notching a slot where a rib should be. A man is: when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man to bring to the market to sell. A man is: when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man to turn the heads of children carried in their parent’s arms. A man is: when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man to return home barely wrapped after failing to sell. A man is: when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man to bequeath to your children to break its belly when coins reach the throat. A man is: when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man without being able to explain how.

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Date: 2/15/2016 6:43:00 PM
David, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. LOVE LINDA
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Date: 1/18/2016 1:25:00 PM
David, Awesome write, Thank You for sharing... SKAT...
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Date: 3/21/2012 2:56:00 AM
Thank you dear, this is a translation of its original language is Georjian.
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Date: 3/20/2012 3:50:00 PM
Hello dear poet, This is a very interesting and deep poem dear friend. I truly enjoyed reading you today. I like this very much.... Thank you for reading some of mine. Feel free to visit any time. As ALways, Shar
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Date: 12/13/2011 4:50:00 AM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be David. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol
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David Robakidze
Date: 12/20/2011 3:57:00 AM
Welcome. Thanks for the post. Unfortunately I do not have the right to publish all the translations of my poems, despite the fact that the royalty is not paid. I do not speak English very well, read better than write. I have read some of your poems. You are very interesting lyricist and use good verse forms. You can make a project: find the appropriate funding and authors who will wish me to translate their poems into Georgian. Also, there will be a big help for me, if with the support of the World Poets I will be able to sell the Lenin’s bust dated to 1926, created by Georgian sculptor, François Auguste René Rodin’s disciple. If you are interested to hear more, send me your e-mail. Wish you Merry Christmas and success. Sincerely, David Robakidze

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