One Shoot Sunday - The Day After... Food Baskets for the Poor & Poetry Challenge

Did you ever think what happens one or two days after you deliver the bountiful basket of food for a family in need? I have held both ends of the basket. I've delivered many baskets and received many too. I know the feeling as a child to see a delivery from kind hands and hearts. As a child, I never worried about when we would eat; my poor, single mother did when her paycheck ran out on the twentieth of each month. She always had a look of relief when a bag food or a spare meal was delivered by a neighbor. She knew that for another day her little ones would not go hungry.

So to those of you generous folks during the holidays &
during the year...  Thank You. ~MDW

The Day After...

A poem by Leslie Moon

Today an abundance
of turkeys abound
potatoes in boxes
twenty-five a pound

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cans and cans
fill the bags
candies for the kids
see how they sag


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full of wishes
for full tummies today
families with nothing
shout a grateful "hooray"

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"mommy where did
the food all go?
It seemed like plenty
not long ago"

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"We ate it all
my darling -you see
we will wait for next year
bags again for you and me"

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The plight of the homeless
the orphans and old
"such kindness the one day"
stories are told

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Three hundred and sixty four
it's up to them
to scavenge and hunt
in the generous garbage bin
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 There are big hearts
each day will see
the needs of those bellies
they will give freely

Waste 

a poem by Pete Marshall

Across the fields and thoroughfare
when harvest reaps with food to spare
and eyes are wide with hope and prayer
we bring a feast to tables bare
and chose the gift of gratitude
to warm our hearts in helping you
then turn our backs on plenitude
and seal the barn of Corporate food

*photo by Leslie Moon

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One Stop Poetry
Picture Prompt Challenge!

Thanks to Leslie and Pete for sharing today! In addition to their respective poetic stylings,  I deeply admire their care and concern for others :)

Okay, here is the challenge:

Write a poem (or Flash Fiction 55) inspired by the image below.

Post on your site & sign up using Mr. Linky so people can find your work.

Then let us know what you are sharing by leaving a comment below.

Finally, visit others who have shared writing & comment on their posts.

Today's Prompt

This photo was taken during The Great Depression 

Consider this image and please share your writing. 

For this challenge, I linked a poem called "Our Gang"

Thank you,

—Adam 

*image care of creative commons flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodinal1/2185086399/in/photostream/