Homeless Trilogy

Bobbie Troy's most recent work, How Do Rivers Hide Their Tears, appeared as part of Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae. Bobbie was a vox poetica Pushcart Prize nominee last year for her poem Dear Diane. You can hear her speak about her writing at 15 Minutes of Poetry. This collection is powerful and spare, signature traits of her work.

Homeless Trilogy
By Bobbie Troy


Homeless
(originally published in Concise Delight Magazine of Short Poetry, Issue 1, Summer 2009. Reprinted with permission of the author.)

old man
on a bench
wearing morning,
noon, and night
around his neck
like a yoke

Homeless #2

old woman
on the sidewalk
holding a box
of broken promises

Homeless #3

children huddling
under a bridge
clinging to their
teddy bear of hope

 

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