Shopkeeper Poem by Pradip Chattopadhyay

Shopkeeper

Rating: 4.3


The wares the shop sells are all worn and fade
Cashbox is empty business is in the red
The man behind the counter couldn’t care less
Happy to be there at the forgotten address!
Cobwebs gaily growing no footsteps on its floor
A wonder the shop keeps open its door
For long no buyer not one item is sold
The shop stands there timelessly old!
Not any knows it, not one comes to buy
The shopkeeper waits, not asks himself why
His wares spread amid the gathering dust
No money in cashbox, in his heart undying trust,
Someday someone would walk in from some corner of earth
Value his wares on display, pay the price they’re worth!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Abhishek Mishra 13 September 2013

The poem has a grace and enjoyable rythm...thanks

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Bernard Kennedy 12 September 2013

sensitive and observant poem of a philosophy, underpinned by wait-

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