It is for true poetry like this that I love poems...

you have penned me well
(mememe)
no but really this feels like home
sometimes

An honorable homily of homelessness. Nitty, gritty, in the city of our souls.

Ron

This has TEXTURE! I love it!

After my fourth read, the thing I still want to say most is that I enjoyed the feel and vision of this in a big way. Gracias.
Aberjhani

Tar encrusted dreams rise from the feather quill elevated into airy flotation looking down upon the pavement where multitudes of tired souls/soles have walked lifting off residue in the recycling of poetry sharing the creative etchings for all dreamers in league with the spirits...you recycled these lines from the place I just described, Jude...a poet who can take the tired, corrupt world and pen a new, pristine blueprint...

Sage

Jude,
I heartily reiterate Paul's review!

Love, Rhonda

stimulating too read, great flow

So graphic I can almost smell it! Even mania-driven angst is highly creative and productive, it seems. We know that from the world's most artistic "geniuses" and the vast body of work which they leave behind them - often well before an untimely end. We are indebted to many of them and the richer for their pains. Makes me think how fame or notoriety is often only accredited post-humously, yet, even while we have their "fevers" with us while they live, even if we don't understand them, we can gain something of their worldview through the cracks in the street. All karma, both good and bad, entropies into the collective experience, but it often takes only the seriously thoughtful or distracted to be able to penetrate its meaning. You have chewed this one right down to the bone, Jude, and extracted all the juices. TY K xx

Raw allergorical excellence at it's best.

Paul;-)

Out of the depths of degrading images, comes the bright new image
both to poet and reader.
Nice work!

Love the way you describe a moment in time........:-)

Robert--this is an awesome piece! I loved every word!

Wendi

Wowwwwwwwww

One of your best Ace. Lots of depth and full of imagery.

Wow, in a few short verse you have capture the hard core of homelessness and the uncaring heart of the big city. Great stuff!

starving, unrest, offended, turmoil, anxious, seem to leap out to be noticed and yet..creative, special, inspired provide the felt balance.

Brilliant offering Ace!

That last stanza continues to reverberate in my heart.

Love & Light always and in all ways,
Joseph*

You consistently write with creative depth, Robert, taking your readers on a raw, honest ride through life. Well done!
Love,
CJ

Oustanding write Robert
Obviously from street knowledge
of a large city."The Big Apple"
Peace

William

Poetry inspired from the city streets; your verses take me there, Jude. So well done. Thank you. Love and peace,

Regis

Your words in this beautiful view of your poetic thoughts
Are very painful as I read each line
My heart was pounding and my eyes filled with tears
you paint a perfect picture of city streets and the homeless
And hungry people in this world
Excellent message within this outstanding write
Excellent choice of words and emotions
Love and Peace To You..Morning Star

Excellent write! Well done, my friend.

The first line tore at my senses like a sharpened Kukri Robert.

The most powerful line I've read today! In this readers mind, you paint powerful allegoric imagery of city streets as the soul and heart of the writer.

Peace ...
Richard Lloyd Cederberg

the last 5 lines especially catch my attention poetry etched and homeless hungry dreams are 2 greats thanks a lot

Wonderful write...

Chrissy

True poetry is that which is lived and put into action as you have masterfully done in this poem.

A brilliant offering Jude!!

Love tinka

And from those cracks in the pavement rises an almost unbearable feeling of anguish, that seems to grab us by the ankles, rooting us up to the painting and not letting go. The feeling becomes the vision, impossible to ignore. What can I say, except that this strikes me as a poetic masterpiece!
Love,
Alexandra*

This is life and death poetry making a social statement at it's very best. "Here poetry is etched upon the pavement." with lines such as this you have captured the heat of the city.

Fee

Your images are always intriguing. Enjoyed.

Taylo's spot on, but the homeless sleep on the pavement, and the reast walk over them..

I believe this is brilliant Jude. Terrrific word choices, caustic imagery, and emotionally boiling. Love the way you carry out the theme of pavement in detail...very effective...energy zapping write.
Love,
Taylor

Please tell me if my interpretation is correct: a starved person, even if surrounded by ugliness can still have poetry in his heart and write it down for all to see, but only those who feel like him can understand that poetry. Whether I'm right or wrong, you do delve deep into the souls of men. Victor

I enjoy the creative sparks that fly in my head after reading your works~ this one being very scintillated, full of inspiring silence, necessary for the quill of it all!
Love and Peace, Jude~
Kimmy~

Ah... Poignant and thought provoking. We never know where inspiration will be found.

You walk in the pathway of masters.
Susan

Robert, I know that I have said this before, but I must say it again. Your poetry is the feeling of the true poet’s soul. Your work always shines. Thanks for all the great reads and thoughts of inspiration.
Allen