The Riddle

I dressed a lot of persons

I patched clothes to many others

The rich as well as the poor

I took off thorns

To the sick I pierced boils

I also pierced plenty of ears

Most people need me

They can’t do without me

I adorned too many brides

I made their grooms look handsome

So that they please their admirers

I protected the miserable

I covered and wormed them

With the suitable cloth

I cared a lot for the wrecked

I provided them with food in plenty

I realized later on

That I was doing only good

But as if I was digging in water

No profit coming in return

From the ungrateful man

Yet I kept accomplishing my duty

What I said is an example

I took it from our rich repertory

All the words I’ve used

Are about my doings

And those of the needle

Which remains naked.

ahcene mariche

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• River poem – Yuyutsu Sharma poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Rising Early poem – Yang Wan-Li poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Retake, Union Square poem – Yuyutsu Sharma poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Requiem For A Bartender’s Dream poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Repentance poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Prisoners poem – Yusef Komunyakaa poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Potions poem – Yusef Komunyakaa poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Once Upon A Wandering Mind poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• On A May Glory-A Welcome Song poem – Nithin Purple poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Now, What is Poetry? poem – Yang Wan-Li poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Night poem – Yahya Kemal Beyatli poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• My Father’s Love Letters poem – Yusef Komunyakaa poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Mules poem – Yuyutsu Sharma poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Love’s Confession poem – Yuvraj Johri poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Life poem – Yahya Kemal Beyatli poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• La Vie Boheme poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Journal Entry poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• [ I think I’m there? ] poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee poem – Zameer Careem poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Heartbreak at 2 A.M. poem – Yuvraj Johri poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File

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