This gentleman has been writing poems on the mall for some time now. This photo was taken a few days ago while the one below it was taken a almost two years ago to the day. Even the sign is almost identical.
A Penny for a Poem – Two Years Later
July 24, 2011 - 9:46 AM
I’d write a poem
For a penny
But I haven’t
Written many
That cheaply
Before.
Still, a penny
Is a penny
Said the man
Sitting next
To me with eyes
Upon the floor.
So I wrote a bunch
Of poems
For people
Passing by
And some gave
Me a dime.
At noon I’d
Made five
Dollars and maybe
A bit more
I felt rather
Like a whore.
I gave the money
To the man with
Eyes upon
The floor
It was quickly spent
At the liquor store.
Hi Dan! Nice work here. Got my ol’ creative juices flowing. Hope all is well there in hot Minneapolis!
May 31, 2011 - 8:48 AM
Enjoying the urban scenes, we need to get out more. I wonder is his business is lucrative. Must be, he uses that same spot.
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