VENDOR
Fiery summer heat
after dawn,
Humans dislike,
suffer, mourn,
The cloudless sun
blazes, pitiless,
No bird in the sky
life distress, (1)
Trees were cut off a
few years ago,
Metal roads amidst
market go,
Happen to pass in my
car saw,
Vendors a few selling
fruit owe, (2)
Under the sun,
sweltering heat,
Beg to customers
invites greet,
Halted, I came out of
the car, stood,
Vendors are sitting,
sadly brood, (3)
Unbearable for a few
minutes felt,
Back home, get sad,
my heart melt,
Came to know, a measure
of hunger,
Selling few fruits to
earn meager, (4)
The hearth burn rice
pan boils,
Children females eat
their toils,
A few rupees coins
save humans,
Felt sad had tears
vendors can, (5)
Ten lives can't match
their duty,
I saw in the market
sight beauty,
Measured the pain of
hunger fit,
Humans can work hard
to defeat, (6)
The class great wall
felt different,
A few humans never
know decent,
Have plenty of food
easy reach,
Their choice
preferences preach, (7)
The home air-cooled
luxury a lot,
Stay at home, life is
easy, escort,
Less such life
acquainted hunger,
Thought how leads a
life a vendor, (viii)
Walks in the street alone, calling,
Expect someone to ask
marketing,
Few goods sold
variety numerous,
Females look
interested and curious, (9)
Hawkers whole day
walk to sale,
Summer season earning
prevail,
Ride water vegetable
fries dinner,
Early morning lunch,
the same winner, (10)
Sleep comfortably
while the vendor waits,
Wait for rain,
soaked, sale desperate,
Saw significant lives
fight superbly,
Miraculous vendor
survives visibly. (11)
Pen: Bijayananda
Mishra
Title of Poem: Vendor
Themes: Depicts
efforts to fight hunger
Written: 5th May
2024, Cuttack
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