Not A Penny

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    Not A Penny

    I don't have a penny
    not a penny to my name,
    not a quarter or a dime
    nor a nickel just the same.
    I work real hard from nine to five
    on every working day,
    but I don't have a penny
    not a penny to my name.

    By Heather D. Roe

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    Plot121 commented on Not A Penny

    12-29-2008

    This was a good poem lord knows I been down that road from one time or another. I wished it was just me with these finacial struggles. Robert...

    udontgetme commented on Not A Penny

    12-26-2008

    I know exactly how you feel, but you said it better.

    lo17ve commented on Not A Penny

    11-20-2008

    This poem is short and to the point...and i love it. what i love about it is that it is so short, but yet it holds an emotion that is so strong, that so many people deal with every day. i was just sitting here thinking about how hard i work and how l

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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