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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD WOMAN, by JEAN KAMPSCHROEDER
First Line: I saw her as I passed her corner
Last Line: Worn, utterly weary, she was asleep.
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Homeless; Old Age
First Line: I saw her as I passed her corner
Last Line: Worn, utterly weary, she was asleep.
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Homeless; Old Age
I saw her as I passed her corner
Dressed in shabby black
She sat on a broken box
Selling newspapers
A tired old woman
Her hands folded across her papers
Hands veined deep with purple, toil worn hands
Clutching a torn handkerchief, knotted
Close with pennies.
Before her the street and passersby unheeded
With her head bowed upon her breast, she sat there
Worn, utterly weary, she was asleep.
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