The Asphalt of Enterprise

Nice lines... In a very short piece you outlined the causes events and consequences of industrialization, capitalism and globalization!

Very beautiful... painful though! It hurts to see kids starve.. and people who's heart is not moved by such stream of events!

:) Rahul

Haunting and so very powerful!!!

Good one Audrey, it's the sad face of this world where abundance and poverty mix..

Audrey wow.. I could feel the pain of those poor children excellent poem.. you words drew me in'

Excellent

I voted up and sharing

Debbie

Powerful poem Audrey. Wish everything didn't have to be concrete and steel. Voted up.

Great poem Audrey! It is painful seeing so many homeless, especially the children. Up for sure.

Compelling poem about poor childen.

Voted up and beautiful, Joyce.

We never know the circumstance of other's. We give hoping they will use it for good. Wonderful poetry Audrey..

I feel your compassion. A harsh truth. The poem is excellent.

Many children homeless, starving. Very sad to see children being subject to harshness of poverty. You beautifully captured all this in your poem.

Audrey - if i don't love you yet - i am awfully close..lol..

Girl - you got heart! And soul!

My kids used to get mad at me for giving money to street people - telling me 'ma - don't you know they're only going to buy drugs/alcohol with it?'

My response: I can only do what i feel is right - for ME. Maybe a little human kindness goes further than the $2.00? I hope so..

voted up/awe/beauty!

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Audrey keep up the talented writing up and awesome

Audrey, such a meaningful message, I appreciate this poem very much. Jamie

Powerful poem Audrey. Direct and to the point. Today, America has such stark extremes of wealth and arrogance and desperation and poverty.

In real life, I feel like you do, what does it matter if they are scammers? I have money I can afford to be generous with...and what of the children.

Thak you for this important poem.

You set that contrast up quite well. Voting this Up and Beautiful.

what a great poem Audrey...greatly written...simply excellent...

Well AudreyHowitt, I have read 9 of your works in the last 20 minutes. When I have finished this comment I will press the follow key. Compliment enough and yet, I think, insufficient to my stopping here. These are not nice poems. Nice poems are sweet and warm and rhyme, but, these are more. They tease the heart to think, to feel, to applaude. And so I stand with heart and applaude the poets work. After all, How does one argue with the heart?

This is a powerful and inspirational poem, thank you very much for sharing this with us.

Well worth reading again Audrey. Our hearts should be tender and our hands open. Thank you for reminding us. Theresa

You've truly touched the heart here, outlining the entire situation and filling in the blanks in such a short space!

Voted up and very interesting.

What a fascinating and thought-provoking poem. Very interesting use of language, too. Thanks. :)