Friday, February 8, 2019

The Best Response to "Thoughts & Prayers" for Homeless People


Like victims of school shootings, homeless people get a lot of "thoughts and prayers" from people, which roughly translates into a brief moment of concern, but not any real action or follow through. 

I love the response from a practical, down-to-earth poet: the late Tony Hoagland. A brief excerpt:



Full-length original version is in the Dec. 2018 issue of The Sun magazine.