Poems about Greed
#greed
Poems about greed, poetry about the intense and selfish desire for wealth, power or food. Poems about personal feelings of greed and the greed of others, and poetry about how greed effects individuals and society as a whole.
Styxian
Poem Published
25th Mar 2025 1:05am
25th Mar 2025 1:05am
Good Will Girls
(And Salvation Armymen)
Linda works the chow line
every Saturday, for free
Says she's been doing it for years
because she wants to help
the less fortunate
The homeless shuffle
two slides at a time
Not crowding, else they'll
be shoo'd to the back
of the longest line
No one complains
They're too tired
This is the big meal of the day
Pork, rice
and cabbage that even
the most weathered bums
throw out
I work every other Saturday
for a few hours ...
Linda works the chow line
every Saturday, for free
Says she's been doing it for years
because she wants to help
the less fortunate
The homeless shuffle
two slides at a time
Not crowding, else they'll
be shoo'd to the back
of the longest line
No one complains
They're too tired
This is the big meal of the day
Pork, rice
and cabbage that even
the most weathered bums
throw out
I work every other Saturday
for a few hours ...
#greed
#hypocrisy
103 reads
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
24th Mar 2025 7:59pm
24th Mar 2025 7:59pm
well to the abyss
wind howling through darkness
...is nothing to the scream
...of hunger in the veins
{careful now...}
neck taut...
and eyes narrowed
seeking the delicious scent of prey
{she's dangerous...}
blood simmers beneath the surface
as she waits...
crouched...
beside rugged stones
{ohhh beware...}
where shadows conceal...
...and water shrouds
every leach and aquatic beast avoids her gaze
hers...
is a caress too terrible to bear
{try to fight it...}
she lowers...
...is nothing to the scream
...of hunger in the veins
{careful now...}
neck taut...
and eyes narrowed
seeking the delicious scent of prey
{she's dangerous...}
blood simmers beneath the surface
as she waits...
crouched...
beside rugged stones
{ohhh beware...}
where shadows conceal...
...and water shrouds
every leach and aquatic beast avoids her gaze
hers...
is a caress too terrible to bear
{try to fight it...}
she lowers...
#greed
#humankind
102 reads
6 Comments
Chere-Rene13
Poem Published
23rd Mar 2025 6:44am
23rd Mar 2025 6:44am
Sever The Cord...Severe The Cut
For the dead don't die & demons don't need a ceiling to uplift the one they decided to pick & take. Crawling in the shadows, a mind's enemy of the night. For the devil's, the tricksters, the nightmares of blindfold insecurities...Chewing the chain of sewn thread tightly wove to have a blind eye. For fear of submerging depths of suffocating, hyperventilating results...show's the dealer your poker hand's deal. In a room of never fathom of entry. A room beyond ever wanting to walk over this dark threshold of entrance. A room thugs & drugs...Lined along the wall. A man of any color at...
#fear
#greed
#monsters
77 reads
0 Comments
Knotshaker
Poem Published
17th Mar 2025 2:36pm
17th Mar 2025 2:36pm
The Real Enemy
You’d best chain those super-rich before they chain you.
But oh, my dears, you’re too busy fussing and fighting
with each other to take notice of what they’re up to.
They’ve got all the money.
Or they’ve got control of all the money.
They—or the public relations strategists who work for them—
started all the fusses, all the fights.
They set all the fires.
And you got spooked, hooked, hoodwinked by one or more of the various traumas
they’ve cooked up to distract you,
the various conflagrations they’ve arsoned—real or...
But oh, my dears, you’re too busy fussing and fighting
with each other to take notice of what they’re up to.
They’ve got all the money.
Or they’ve got control of all the money.
They—or the public relations strategists who work for them—
started all the fusses, all the fights.
They set all the fires.
And you got spooked, hooked, hoodwinked by one or more of the various traumas
they’ve cooked up to distract you,
the various conflagrations they’ve arsoned—real or...
#corruption
#greed
#inequality
#politics
#poverty
51 reads
1 Comment
backdeckbenny
Poem Published
9th Mar 2025 10:48pm
9th Mar 2025 10:48pm
Want
I wanna perfect body
I wanna perfect mind
I wanna perfect world
But nature ain't inclined.
I wanna perfect mind
I wanna perfect world
But nature ain't inclined.
#greed
70 reads
4 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
9th Mar 2025 3:00pm
9th Mar 2025 3:00pm
Presumed hunger
Premeditated situations
and pre-cooked annihilations.
Preheated eliminations,
precepts, losses, predators,
nothing changes the colors of poverty.
Chameleons are the rich ones
and they change, change color
and change again to a color they don't have.
The rich eat poverty for breakfast
so let's change directions,
change emotions,
and let's eat the rich
even though the rich are poor
in nutrients and proteins.
Since they have many colors,
we will eat them with our eyes
and season them...
and pre-cooked annihilations.
Preheated eliminations,
precepts, losses, predators,
nothing changes the colors of poverty.
Chameleons are the rich ones
and they change, change color
and change again to a color they don't have.
The rich eat poverty for breakfast
so let's change directions,
change emotions,
and let's eat the rich
even though the rich are poor
in nutrients and proteins.
Since they have many colors,
we will eat them with our eyes
and season them...
#corruption
#death
#greed
#illness
#poverty
109 reads
8 Comments
Alviola
Poem Published
8th Mar 2025 7:44pm
8th Mar 2025 7:44pm
Conflagration
I was roused from sleep that night,
an awakening that was
like the jab of a nightmare.
With heart pounding, I wobbled
toward the door, then I stopped—
the commotion was outside.
Cautious now, I creaked it
open and sirens rushed in.
Barefoot on spiky, wet grass,
I reached the fence and tiptoed,
I felt the heat on my face
saw the skyline set aflame.
America is burning.
an awakening that was
like the jab of a nightmare.
With heart pounding, I wobbled
toward the door, then I stopped—
the commotion was outside.
Cautious now, I creaked it
open and sirens rushed in.
Barefoot on spiky, wet grass,
I reached the fence and tiptoed,
I felt the heat on my face
saw the skyline set aflame.
America is burning.
#anger
#greed
#ignorance
#sadness
#suffering
97 reads
4 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
6th Mar 2025 2:10pm
6th Mar 2025 2:10pm
Truths we would like to hear
How refreshing would it be if we heard a politician say:
I don't believe in God and I don't believe in the protection and welfare of our citizens, their health & their safety
I plan on placing my friends in executive positions
I will pocket what funds I can get away with, but see that the rest is spent on my election
You will have no voice in my decisions any more then you ever had
You will have to accept my judgement, which you will have no choice
If I succeed in fooling the public, the public will have themselves to blame...
I don't believe in God and I don't believe in the protection and welfare of our citizens, their health & their safety
I plan on placing my friends in executive positions
I will pocket what funds I can get away with, but see that the rest is spent on my election
You will have no voice in my decisions any more then you ever had
You will have to accept my judgement, which you will have no choice
If I succeed in fooling the public, the public will have themselves to blame...
#corruption
#deception
#greed
#lies
#manipulation
128 reads
14 Comments
Wordsmith
Poem Published
5th Mar 2025 9:38pm
5th Mar 2025 9:38pm
How The Mighty Had Fallen
Oh; how the mighty had fallen
Once a lion; now barely crawling
A land where rivers of wealth once flowed
Now cracked with hunger; dreams corrode
They sold our gold for a bowl of dust
Fed us lies and broke our trust
Once the Giant; tall and proud
Now we kneel; heads bowed
The king feasts while beggars wail
The throne is built on chains and nails
They buy mansions across the sea
While we drown in poverty
They raise the tax; inflate the price
Turn our sweat to sacrifice
A day's wage won’t buy a meal ...
Once a lion; now barely crawling
A land where rivers of wealth once flowed
Now cracked with hunger; dreams corrode
They sold our gold for a bowl of dust
Fed us lies and broke our trust
Once the Giant; tall and proud
Now we kneel; heads bowed
The king feasts while beggars wail
The throne is built on chains and nails
They buy mansions across the sea
While we drown in poverty
They raise the tax; inflate the price
Turn our sweat to sacrifice
A day's wage won’t buy a meal ...
#Africa
#corruption
#greed #poverty
#greed #poverty
82 reads
1 Comment
oskar
Poem Published
5th Mar 2025 9:58am
5th Mar 2025 9:58am
the worst cure
The worst of cures
He had bought a flat in a new apartment bloc still not ready for the buyers, but since it was Sunday, he drove to the building to have a look risky surgery and worried he might live long enough to move into his new home in time
A lift had been installed took it up to the seventh floor, flat looked roomy although it had no floor or windows there was a terrace without railing on the terrace he took in the view, could see the bay and the ocean, the sun warmed his face
Suddenly, he burped, had a blob of something foul in his mouth which spat out in...
He had bought a flat in a new apartment bloc still not ready for the buyers, but since it was Sunday, he drove to the building to have a look risky surgery and worried he might live long enough to move into his new home in time
A lift had been installed took it up to the seventh floor, flat looked roomy although it had no floor or windows there was a terrace without railing on the terrace he took in the view, could see the bay and the ocean, the sun warmed his face
Suddenly, he burped, had a blob of something foul in his mouth which spat out in...
#emptiness
#fear
#frustration
#greed
#grief
52 reads
0 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
4th Mar 2025 11:12am
4th Mar 2025 11:12am
Anti-Establishment
Just beyond the Verizon I foresee
Our veins will become circuitry
Mindless drones consuming the disease in denial
No original thought process in their empty minds
Just blind leading the blind
Not serving a purpose
Only purposely serving on their knees
Kill your gods
Kill your governments
Freedom exists only in the mind
The mind is a weapon you should wield
Should you choose to ignore the blueprint facade
You will succumb the the programing of a false god and government
They plot for total domination ...
Our veins will become circuitry
Mindless drones consuming the disease in denial
No original thought process in their empty minds
Just blind leading the blind
Not serving a purpose
Only purposely serving on their knees
Kill your gods
Kill your governments
Freedom exists only in the mind
The mind is a weapon you should wield
Should you choose to ignore the blueprint facade
You will succumb the the programing of a false god and government
They plot for total domination ...
#CallToAction
#corruption
#greed
#HumanRights
#politics
125 reads
14 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
3rd Mar 2025 12:32pm
3rd Mar 2025 12:32pm
Disguised Dictatorship
Reign of corruption
Democracy came to an end
Money for justice
Blinded by the government
Vultures overflying
Waiting death of society
Death by the government
Maniac ideology spreading blood!!
Dictatorship disguised
Growing up on their lies
Brainwashing decadent minds
Hidden the truth of our eyes
Hiding the murders
Guilty without guiltiness
Rotten state
Rapist of justice and liberty
Bloodstained
Wrong-way of democracy
Ruling through fear
Amorphous equality painted with blood!!
...
Democracy came to an end
Money for justice
Blinded by the government
Vultures overflying
Waiting death of society
Death by the government
Maniac ideology spreading blood!!
Dictatorship disguised
Growing up on their lies
Brainwashing decadent minds
Hidden the truth of our eyes
Hiding the murders
Guilty without guiltiness
Rotten state
Rapist of justice and liberty
Bloodstained
Wrong-way of democracy
Ruling through fear
Amorphous equality painted with blood!!
...
#CallToAction
#corruption
#greed
#money
#politics
113 reads
12 Comments
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