Hunger

Hunger

A Poem by John Alexander McFadyen
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It is more widespread and closer than you think.

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Hunger

Why should I complain?

There are cities, towns and villages

in Syria reduced to dust

and among whose ruins

human remains are strewn;

civil war has destroyed nearly every farm.

There are hundreds of thousands

living in make-shift camps

experiencing hunger and disease.

There are people starving

in sub Saharan Africa and war torn Yemen,

Asia has to two-thirds of the world’s hungry people.

Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador,

Mexico and Central America all have

high levels of hunger.

Across this 21st century globe

seven hundred and seventy-five million people 

experience hunger every day of their lives.

And not all in remote or war torn regions.

Nearly fifteen percent of U.S. households,

approximately forty-nine million Americans,

including fifteen point nine million children,

struggle to put food on the table.

Here the measure of hunger is “food insecurity”

an ongoing uncertainty of where the next meal will come from.

In the UK more than eight million people

live in households that struggle

to put enough food on the table,

with over half regularly going a whole day without eating.

Why should I complain?

 

13/07/17

© 2017 John Alexander McFadyen


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Hunger in our times is such a tragedy simply because most of it is a result of wrong choices and priorities. Yes, we must count our blessings and comforts. Thanks for the reminder John.

Posted 6 Years Ago


John Alexander McFadyen

6 Years Ago

Thank you Divya. Sometimes we have to think of our blessings. Hope you are well.
DIVYA

6 Years Ago

Yes I am doing well. Thank you John.
we are right next door to all of it.....yet we don't consider enough how lucky we are to live where we do......have it better than most.
you remind us.
j.

Posted 6 Years Ago



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John Alexander McFadyen
John Alexander McFadyen

Brixworth, England, United Kingdom



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Well, have a long and complicated story and started it as an autobiography on Bebo but got writer's block/memory fogging. People liked it though and kept asking for the next chapter! fools.. more..

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