Poems about Poverty
#poverty
Poems about poverty, here you'll find poetry about poverty, debt and hardship. Poems about struggling to survive due to lack of money. Poems about personal hardship and poetry about inequality in society, and life in slums and ghettos.
BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
10th Jan 2025 5:35pm
10th Jan 2025 5:35pm
Karma comes knocking
Cornfields and cattle spurs
road meandering onwards
bitter wind making the snow dance
come upon st. charles
ice cream shop sign says
closed for the season
more road more towns
some of these places
look to have committed
some kind of self treason
empty school
can almost see
children playing
turn the corner
nothing but graffiti and weeds
this isn’t the inner city
this is the land of
family values and character
monster trucks side by sides
with a lincoln
parked in that garage
payed...
road meandering onwards
bitter wind making the snow dance
come upon st. charles
ice cream shop sign says
closed for the season
more road more towns
some of these places
look to have committed
some kind of self treason
empty school
can almost see
children playing
turn the corner
nothing but graffiti and weeds
this isn’t the inner city
this is the land of
family values and character
monster trucks side by sides
with a lincoln
parked in that garage
payed...
#corruption
#depression
#money #poverty
#money #poverty
51 reads
5 Comments
rksingh
Poem Published
7th Jan 2025 1:58pm
7th Jan 2025 1:58pm
She
While I was petting and necking
lying over her body
she was calculating whether
she could afford a new saree
from what I would pay her
tonight
R K Singh
lying over her body
she was calculating whether
she could afford a new saree
from what I would pay her
tonight
R K Singh
#lust
#passion
#poverty #sex
#poverty #sex
100 reads
0 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
27th Dec 2024 12:25pm
27th Dec 2024 12:25pm
Born with nothing
Bring in your gods
Before they rust
Young man
Born with nothing
Deep holes in his pockets and heart
Left to scream
Never heard
On any street in this world
Go ahead...
Pick a city
Any city
It don't matter
Born with nothing
Born to die
Before they rust
Young man
Born with nothing
Deep holes in his pockets and heart
Left to scream
Never heard
On any street in this world
Go ahead...
Pick a city
Any city
It don't matter
Born with nothing
Born to die
#despair
#emptiness
#loneliness
#poverty
#rejection
72 reads
12 Comments
Kementic1
Poem Published
25th Dec 2024 00:30am
25th Dec 2024 00:30am
Propaganda
Make America Great Again is that same tired old line
that I ain't buying this time
Selling us another bill of goods
while people go hungry, homeless and shot at in our hoods
Poisoning, land theft. rape and murder are the real parts of the story
of America's so-called glory
We have a 34 count Felon as President Elect
come on now y'all what the heck
The MSM would have you believe a Zebra is a Panda
bc they have sold out and want you to fall for Right Wing-Propaganda
that I ain't buying this time
Selling us another bill of goods
while people go hungry, homeless and shot at in our hoods
Poisoning, land theft. rape and murder are the real parts of the story
of America's so-called glory
We have a 34 count Felon as President Elect
come on now y'all what the heck
The MSM would have you believe a Zebra is a Panda
bc they have sold out and want you to fall for Right Wing-Propaganda
#deception
#homelessness
#politics
#poverty
#power
101 reads
0 Comments
shadow_starzzz
Poem Published
13th Dec 2024 00:19am
13th Dec 2024 00:19am
Disgust
#homelessness
#poverty
79 reads
4 Comments
rickthepoetwarrior
Poem Published
11th Dec 2024 00:25am
11th Dec 2024 00:25am
You Can't Insure Death
So what! Big deal! A CEO dies
Too bad killer didn't biggie the fries
Insurance to boot
There's no surprise
Executive privilege
Often relies
In shareholder's name
Your claims denies
So policy holder
Delivered surprise
Good example to follow?
Perhaps time to rise?
Your aim is a message
To heads of big I.s
Too bad killer didn't biggie the fries
Insurance to boot
There's no surprise
Executive privilege
Often relies
In shareholder's name
Your claims denies
So policy holder
Delivered surprise
Good example to follow?
Perhaps time to rise?
Your aim is a message
To heads of big I.s
#inequality
#poverty
#power
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
5th Dec 2024 7:05pm
5th Dec 2024 7:05pm
I Want A Divorce!
What happened to you?
You use to have the biggest smile on your face
You would always seem so positive & optimistic about everything
You were my inspiration, my confidant, my friend, my lover
You made me strive to become what I am today
Do you remember, we had nothing?
We struggled terribly
Barely any money for bills, food or decent clothing
I grew the company from just me to having over 100 employees
We made it!
I was able to buy whatever we needed or wanted
We have three homes and enough money in the bank for the rest of our lives ...
You use to have the biggest smile on your face
You would always seem so positive & optimistic about everything
You were my inspiration, my confidant, my friend, my lover
You made me strive to become what I am today
Do you remember, we had nothing?
We struggled terribly
Barely any money for bills, food or decent clothing
I grew the company from just me to having over 100 employees
We made it!
I was able to buy whatever we needed or wanted
We have three homes and enough money in the bank for the rest of our lives ...
#greed
#heartbroken
#money
#poverty
#relationships
134 reads
10 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
30th Nov 2024 7:57pm
30th Nov 2024 7:57pm
Poverty Can Be Stopped!
Eaten from inside
While you're struggling to survive
Denied of any food
Body reeks of bile, cannot wash it clean
From infecting open wounds
Starving children die
Left to rot like meat
Nothing they can do
Western world still thrives
Masses are obese
In excess we consume
Hunger never satisfied
A constant lust for feed
Devouring disease
Overfed a human mass
Is struggling just to breathe
Devouring disease
Eaten from inside
While you're struggling to survive
Denied of any food
Western world still...
While you're struggling to survive
Denied of any food
Body reeks of bile, cannot wash it clean
From infecting open wounds
Starving children die
Left to rot like meat
Nothing they can do
Western world still thrives
Masses are obese
In excess we consume
Hunger never satisfied
A constant lust for feed
Devouring disease
Overfed a human mass
Is struggling just to breathe
Devouring disease
Eaten from inside
While you're struggling to survive
Denied of any food
Western world still...
#corruption
#food
#greed
#money
#poverty
70 reads
10 Comments
Abracadabra
Poem Published
28th Nov 2024 5:19pm
28th Nov 2024 5:19pm
Life Expectancy
In doorway forty three
she clings to cardboard skirts
though homeless is no crime
forgotten is what hurts
But who should rescue
her shortened years
and from their warm beds rise
when barefoot holy
winter's empire
descends unseen
to claim ill fated lives
she clings to cardboard skirts
though homeless is no crime
forgotten is what hurts
But who should rescue
her shortened years
and from their warm beds rise
when barefoot holy
winter's empire
descends unseen
to claim ill fated lives
#homelessness
#inequality
#poverty
109 reads
1 Comment
Wordsmith
Poem Published
28th Nov 2024 7:05am
28th Nov 2024 7:05am
The Cry of The Hungry
In the land where the sun kisses the soil
Where abundance once sprang from honest toil
Now hunger prowls... like a restless beast
And famine mocks every hoped-for feast
The yam barns are empty... the granaries bare
The fields once golden... now stripped of care
Scarcity spreads... like harmattan dust
A bitter curse... on a broken trust
A goat tied too long... will chew the rope
But here even ropes... can’t kindle hope
The people cry... their stomachs hollow
Yet promises are all they’re forced to swallow
Once we...
Where abundance once sprang from honest toil
Now hunger prowls... like a restless beast
And famine mocks every hoped-for feast
The yam barns are empty... the granaries bare
The fields once golden... now stripped of care
Scarcity spreads... like harmattan dust
A bitter curse... on a broken trust
A goat tied too long... will chew the rope
But here even ropes... can’t kindle hope
The people cry... their stomachs hollow
Yet promises are all they’re forced to swallow
Once we...
#corruption
#HumanRights
#inequality
#politics
#poverty
67 reads
0 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
11th Nov 2024 7:28am
11th Nov 2024 7:28am
Chasing Green
Chasing Green
Done chasing green hoping it frees me
Focusing on living in the second
As you learn that time is more precious than
A bank account given to a grave
Traveling on a time chart setting goals that will be to suffering like a drop in the bucket
Money sits in misery surrounded by sycophantic bitches
Far away but in this world we live in
On a paddy field the climate water is rising
Young girl goes back to show her family she did her part
Daddy knows it’s not enough but he...
Done chasing green hoping it frees me
Focusing on living in the second
As you learn that time is more precious than
A bank account given to a grave
Traveling on a time chart setting goals that will be to suffering like a drop in the bucket
Money sits in misery surrounded by sycophantic bitches
Far away but in this world we live in
On a paddy field the climate water is rising
Young girl goes back to show her family she did her part
Daddy knows it’s not enough but he...
#family
#love
#poverty
49 reads
0 Comments
a_methyste
hlightdroid
hlightdroid
Poem Published
5th Nov 2024 9:04pm
5th Nov 2024 9:04pm
I hear you
I hear you girl
I am your fall from the fifth floor
There is nothing to wait me on the ground
Because I do not wear a golden bracelet
On my forearm
I remember how we chuckled as children
On the terrace of our house
With nothing to separate us
I have only two questions in my head
Who invented the golden bracelet?
Why did you go that far?
I am your fall from the fifth floor
There is nothing to wait me on the ground
Because I do not wear a golden bracelet
On my forearm
I remember how we chuckled as children
On the terrace of our house
With nothing to separate us
I have only two questions in my head
Who invented the golden bracelet?
Why did you go that far?
#poverty
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