Poems about Poverty

• Insignificance

  Shards of helplessess

  by Je suis chaud 11 lines, 1 comment, 1 day ago. In Poverty, Pain, Society
• As if by Magic

  The poor beggars
  Lining the streets

  by melmanzogg 22 lines, 2 days ago. In Poverty, Beggars, Magic, Compassion, Christian, Jesus, Poor
• Envy vs. Pity

  Poverty and I were well acquainted.
  I spent my childhood wearing her worn cloak.

  by mgmc 14 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 4 2:51 PM. In Contest, Poverty, Spirituality, Life, Thoughts
• If I could change it: Poverty

  If I could wave a wand, and ‘cure’ just one thing
  Poverty would be my choice, all others it would bring

  by reveller 30 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 16 3:22 PM. In Contest, Thoughts, Hope, poverty
• Faces of Tears

  It was on the news again today on the TV screen
  I saw tears on their faces, why are people so mean

  by Dulcyflower 30 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 6 5:18 PM. In Life, Poverty
• I don't like the word "please"

  This poem depicts the pain and sorrow of a young boy, and how he comes to know the true meaning of the word "please."

  by legato29 28 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 3 11:14 PM. In Pathos, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Philosophical, Poverty
• For My Own Good

  You can look down upon me
  With your mass prosperity

  by Sanitys Horizon 20 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 2 12:22 AM. In poverty, pain, life, society, sad
• To Have a Full Plate

  “Eat your vegetables”
  my mother cried,

  by Heather Awad 35 lines, on Aug 17 8:45 PM. In Inspirational, Family, Children, poverty
• Two-some Off-tempo

  We've purposefully
  failed to notice

  by DyeBieFyre 25 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 15 3:35 PM. In Paper Moon, Poverty, Capitalism
• My Slum

  my slum is urban decay, poverty, unemployment ,drugs ,alchahol ,crime ,murder ,unsanitary, disease , danger.
  my slum is my home.

  by jake x x x 16 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 8 3:43 PM. In poverty, gratefulness, family, friendship, comunity, life, Contest
• We Deserve More Than This As Children!

  this poem is about innocent kids who feel they should have the right to speak and share their thoughts, feelings and speech with others

  by Ammal 32 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 31 6:38 AM. In abuse, kids, poverty, they have no life, feeling unwanted, derserve more in life
• I Have All The RIGHTS Just Like You Do!!! (I'm nearly 14)

  This poem is about innocent kids who dont a family to love them. It makes me cry to read this poem.
  I love writing poetry because it makes

  by Ammal 29 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 31 6:34 AM. In Children, abuse, heart broken, poor, poverty, feeling unwated, feeling hated
• Railroad Salvage

  The missing L and V
  flicker with back yard

  by Yvon Cormier 21 lines, on Jul 26 12:16 PM. In poetry, poverty, hope, spiritual wealth
• The Modern Painter

  by second-born 13 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 21 11:10 PM. In Poverty, Society
• Council estate state of mind.

  It's a council estate state of mind -
  You tenant the house and then you die.

  by roberthead89 18 lines, on Jul 15 11:25 AM. In Proletariat, Working-Class life, Depression, Poverty.
• Cancer

  Just for the record, has nothing to do with cancerr, just a metaphor

  by metal4ever 103 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 7 4:36 PM. In Dark, Society, Poverty
• Poverty-II

  Satiated, desiring but not having enough food to offer some, is also poverty,
  

  by Palas Kumar Ray 28 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 28 6:47 AM. In Thoughts, Life, Sad, poverty, Anger, Background, Sadness
• Poverty-I

  Lot of hunger and having no food is poverty,
  

  by Palas Kumar Ray 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 28 6:44 AM. In poverty, Life, Sad, Sadness, Anger, Thoughts, Emo, Love, Humanity, Background
• Precedent for Poverty and Autonomy

  Go ahead and take your shot
  I’ll stand tough without a thought

  by musicmanjustify 36 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 22 12:30 AM. In Poverty, Family, Pain, Hope
• Malice for their Populace

  Where were you when she needed you? Couldn’t you hear her cry?
  Standing in the shadows, asking only simply “why?”

  by musicmanjustify 21 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 21 12:02 AM. In Poverty, Society
• Apartheid

  Split we are
  The rich and

  by SwishLove 33 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 19 9:24 AM. In Poverty, Racism
• Poverty

  We were learning about poverty in Religious Education, and i thought about it, and decided that i would write this.

  by SwishLove 32 lines, on Jun 19 2:23 AM. In Poverty, Sad
• Poverty! As It is

  Pandora’s box was opened, and out came a Wight
  A misery that ruined it all, left us only to adight

  by Theshuaibkadri 49 lines, 5 comments, on May 31 6:54 AM. In thought, poverty, social issue.
• Creative Accounting

  You and I would reap imprisonment.

  by BonnieQ 33 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 17 8:32 PM. In Contest, Poverty, Government, Society, Thoughts, Life, Other, Pain, Sad
• Chasing The Dragon

  It seems that we’re all chasing
  A dragon of some kind,

  by Mercury Rising 57 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 13 5:29 PM. In Poverty, Senseless Consumerism
• Christmas & Easter (unexpurgated)

  An savage look at 2 "happy" seasons: too darkly honest for some, perhaps?

  by alantadpole 35 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 13 12:18 PM. In Life, poverty, religion.
• Christmas & Easter

  What Xmas & Easter were like for me, growing up, and what they are about now.
  "Not for those of a nervous disposition".

  by alantadpole 9 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 13 11:49 AM. In Easter, Xmas, poverty, religion
• Destitute Lullaby

  Sleep little baby, sleep
  Tomorrow you'll awake to the world

  by Tatiana Thaele 18 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 12 4:41 PM. In Society, poverty, Sad
• Coded Lives

  elusive, grotesque, unchristened identities
  lost among the whites and blacks

  by Munish Mittal 17 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 20 12:18 PM. In Life, Thoughts, Society, Apathetic world, Poverty
• Time

  I am floating down the river called life...
  Alone... Barely keeping my head above water...
  Almost drowning...

  by lonesweetheart 20 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 26 4:47 PM 2008. In personal, poverty, life
• Hope For The Best... Expect The Worst...

  
  hope for the best....
  

  by lonesweetheart 48 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 26 4:42 PM 2008. In personal, pain, poverty, sad, society
• My Nightmares And Dreams

  To see all of the red tape and the hoops people make me jump though, no longer exist, I don't know how many times I have tripped over those

  by lonesweetheart 42 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 26 4:34 PM 2008. In life, personal, poverty, society, thoughts
• First Choice

  by DesolatELifE 20 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 19 4:08 PM 2008. In Personal, Poverty
• the gas pump kids.

  we pull up to the gas station at west 25th street and passyunk. south philadelphia. not the worst-not the best. "can i pump your gas for a dollar?" a little black boy needs extra change to live-just a dollar. just one do

  by tyedyehippy 0 lines, on Dec 19 12:43 PM 2008. In poverty, society, city, children
• The Face of Man

  by Cynthia Gaines 55 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 6 3:41 PM 2008. In Life, Poverty, Sad, Society, Thoughts
• trickle down

  by stasis 33 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 3 8:16 PM 2008. In personal, society, political, thoughts, weird, pain, poverty, reganomics
• Little Girl Lost

  Little girl lost, we walk right past
  Grown up now in this world of hate

  by dustytiger 20 lines, 14 comments, on Nov 13 9:16 PM 2008. In Contest, Sad, Society, Poverty
• He's Our Brother

  by Cynthia Gaines 10 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 25 5:08 AM 2008. In Life, Poverty, Thoughts
• "A Night to remember"

  One dark night, I decided to walk going to Luneta Park,
  I faced my fears because of depression at home,

  by ishelicious 67 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 20 11:58 AM 2008. In sad, poverty
• Evil Speaks

  so now that you’ve met me, tell me;
  are you happy?

  by how.it.is. 40 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 13 5:28 PM 2008. In Society, Life, War, Humanity, Message, Poverty, Evil, Hopeless
• The Storm

  I sit at my windowsill Watching the black clouds cry onto the Earth

  by x-Trap-Door-x 23 lines, on May 17 12:35 PM 2008. In Poverty, Hope, Lost in thought, Inspirational, Sadness
• Misery

  by Cynthia Gaines 23 lines, 2 comments, on May 5 1:41 AM 2008. In Bondage, Life, Poverty, Society, Thoughts
• Dirt

  It's our eyes
  That hold the scars.

  by CapturedMoon 39 lines, 38 comments, on Apr 21 8:50 AM 2008. In Poverty, Personal
• Face of the Other

  Clothed in just a piece of cotton
  Sitting by the side walk

  by Amorita Maharaj 19 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 4 5:30 AM 2008. In Life, Poverty, Person, Faces, Poor, Pain, Other, Sad
• Money Struggle

  Money not funny when pockets are empty governing each day, watching others with plenty,

  by Haunted-Memory 13 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 29 6:56 AM 2008. In Life, Pain, Thoughts, Other, Society, Poverty, Struggle
• bikhri hui si....

  Yeh kis tarah andhi hui hai Zindagi ki roshni

  by orchidfalls 22 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 20 4:54 AM 2008. In POVERTY, Society, Sad
• In A World Of No Concern

  The rich keep getting richer

  by voodoo ink 36 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 26 1:49 AM 2008. In society, life, thoughts, anger, poverty, other
• Breathing stillness

  Autumn leaves carry themselves

  by Lavender Butterfly 12 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 13 2:32 AM 2008. In poverty
• Corner Street Girl

  Ib tge cirber
  her eyes rain.

  by Reflective Beauty 57 lines, on Feb 7 7:18 PM 2008. In Sad, Society, Poverty, Life
• Poorer Than The Corner Man/Brown-May 12, 2007

  A brown paper bag, Inside he carries a brown penny,

  by Reflective Beauty 52 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 6 3:08 PM 2008. In Society, Poverty, Elderly, Contradiction, Humanity, Thoughts, Life

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