Spare Change Ma’am?

Steven Bowman 1997 (Voorhees Township, NJ)



Once there was a very poor man,
He needed to get off these streets.
So he wished for this for a reason,
Spare change ma’am? He pleads.

The lady he asked, had no change,
So he begged and pleaded for any.
The lady felt bad and had nothing,
I’ll take anything ma’am, I’m so sorry.

He just needs money so desperately,
I’m trying to get off these dirty grounds.
I’ll take anything, I needed this so badly,
I’m so poor, I’m robbed of these towns.

Just the man wanted to ask another lady,
She wanted to help him, she was so nice.
Gave three hundred and thanked her kindly,
He got up and saved this, kept this as a prize.

About this poem

This poem is from 2015.

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Written on 2015

Submitted by stevenbowman319 on May 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX XAXA AXAX AXAX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 632
Words 138
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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