Berto Kamp
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Poem "Man with fish":
- published October 9, 2009
- viewed 22 times
Other poems by Berto Kamp:
»A Pottage Man«
»Angel Mother Of Mine«
»Berto's Prayer«
»Blackmail«
»Blue Car will do«
»Coal Shed«
»Desire«
»Disarray«
»Hunchback«
»Kibera Slum«
»Lamb to the slaughter«
»Life of an Unknown Man«
»Madness of a sane man«
»Midnight in Fes«
»Omie 8th of May«
»Piteous sight«
»Possibility«
»Rain«
»The Pot«
»The Silent Nile«
»Torrential Rain«
»Unknown Path«
»Victim Of Prey«
»Zenith«
Visit Berto Kamp's profile page
Poem "Man with fish":
- published October 9, 2009
- viewed 22 times
Other poems by Berto Kamp:
»A Pottage Man«»Angel Mother Of Mine«»Berto's Prayer«»Blackmail«»Blue Car will do«»Coal Shed«»Desire«»Disarray«»Hunchback«»Kibera Slum«»Lamb to the slaughter«»Life of an Unknown Man«»Madness of a sane man«»Midnight in Fes«»Omie 8th of May«»Piteous sight«»Possibility«»Rain«»The Pot«
»The Silent Nile«»Torrential Rain«»Unknown Path«»Victim Of Prey«»Zenith«»Man with fish«
by Berto Kamp
Those sad eyes had spoken
He stood there with them wide open
He stood there next to the ditch
Holding the fish, his face without expression
Hoping for someone to buy his only possession
No one knew what he had been through,
The pain and anguish to catch the fish
Just to make ends meet
He stood alone on the street
Watching the people go by
No one stopped to peep
They moved on through the sea of faces
He just waited
Alone he stood, only man on the street
He packed up and left and went to sleep
Without anything to eat
He stood there with them wide open
He stood there next to the ditch
Holding the fish, his face without expression
Hoping for someone to buy his only possession
No one knew what he had been through,
The pain and anguish to catch the fish
Just to make ends meet
He stood alone on the street
Watching the people go by
No one stopped to peep
They moved on through the sea of faces
He just waited
Alone he stood, only man on the street
He packed up and left and went to sleep
Without anything to eat
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Happy Mhlongo: "Truely sad side of life...en wat i read their is like sum1 is in need of love....Alone he stood, only man on the street, describ that the man is lonely and need love"- Hettie Van Zyl: "you describe the sad side of life so well.Good work."