Today at RDP, bushboy asks us to get
creative with the word ‘feast’. Thanks, Brian!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Behind bright windows, candles glow
where tables groan with plenty’s feast
while just outside the warmth they know
Hunger growls like a beast
The distance measured door to street
is inches wide, yet worlds apart
where some have all they’ll ever eat
and some have just a hungry heart.
What separates the full from bare?
Not merit, not some cosmic plan
just fortune’s spin, chance’s unfair
divide between each human span.
NAR©2025
This is “Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins
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The Elephant's Trunk 
This poem is close to my heart. Thank you, Nancy! There are really two worlds. I don’t know when the divide will end.
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Yes, I must agree with you, KK. It is a very sad situation.
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You’re welcome, Nancy 🙏
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This should be read every Thanksgiving.
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Thank you, D.
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The degree of separation is so minuscule and could be breached so simply. This was powerful Nancy.
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Amen to that, Jodi! I have been saying the same thing for years. Homelessness can be eradicated if the rich fat cats put their money where their mouths are.
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Them and us. My town has an organisation known as Help the Homeless which most of us support. Sadly, that’s not often the case elsewhere.
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You’re right, dear Keith. It’s easier to look the other way. Shameful.
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It is indeed heartbreaking
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💞
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Poignant and so true. Well done, Signora cara
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Sadly so. Grazie, cara mia.
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Powerful 🥹🥹🙏
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Thanks very much. I appreciate your comments.
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You’re welcome!
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Lovely Nancy and Phil’s song is beautiful ❤️
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Thanks very much, Ange.
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Bruce Springsteen said, “everybody has a hungry heart.”
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He did! Can’t say I’m a fan, but I do like that song.
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I am publishing my broccoli and cheese recipe on my Friday Faithfuls post tomorrow.
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Cool, Jim! I’ll be sure to check it out!
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Ever so true Nancy and well said
Thanks for joining in 😀
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Thanks so much, Brian. I enjoy these daily prompts.
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It is really so sad ….worse because it is true 💜
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Thanks, Willow. It really is such a sad situation.
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It truly is 💜💜💜
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