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.
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
16th Feb 2025 10:36pm
16th Feb 2025 10:36pm
these city streets (and 20 years)
1. 2004 Winter
Nineteen
a lady gave me her neon yellow sweater
on my way out of detox
she heard I was about to be homeless
and didn't want me to be frozen
to the spit stained pavement
before I had a chance
to live through the night
The detox centre
didn't care where I ended up
my week was over
and the rest was up to me
I'd been turned down
by 3 rehab centres that day
and didn't know where
I was going to sleep
I cried into fuzzy yellow
and made frenzied phone calls
a handful...
Nineteen
a lady gave me her neon yellow sweater
on my way out of detox
she heard I was about to be homeless
and didn't want me to be frozen
to the spit stained pavement
before I had a chance
to live through the night
The detox centre
didn't care where I ended up
my week was over
and the rest was up to me
I'd been turned down
by 3 rehab centres that day
and didn't know where
I was going to sleep
I cried into fuzzy yellow
and made frenzied phone calls
a handful...
#homelessness
#hope
#poverty
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PAR
Poem Published
10th Feb 2025 12:53pm
10th Feb 2025 12:53pm
Tropical Paradises
The aboriginal
is naked…
Ah! Oh!
We can see it
from north to south.
We can go around it
in a deep blue sky.
Devour his flesh
with gluttony.
cannibalize it!
cannibalize it!
Let's be quiet
let's do silence
with a full mouth of
the aboriginal's nudity
and our sour grapes.
Let's canibalize!
is naked…
Ah! Oh!
We can see it
from north to south.
We can go around it
in a deep blue sky.
Devour his flesh
with gluttony.
cannibalize it!
cannibalize it!
Let's be quiet
let's do silence
with a full mouth of
the aboriginal's nudity
and our sour grapes.
Let's canibalize!
#corruption
#greed
#politics
#poverty
#rebellion
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Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
30th Jan 2025 11:39pm
30th Jan 2025 11:39pm
don't look down, you might find a mirror
You walk around these streets
like you didn't come from nothing
like there's no ghetto left
in your veins
You asked me if I saw the junkie's
with a new born that just moved in
a few doors down
I know who you're talking about
but I didn't look at them
and think "junkie"
when I saw them
And maybe I'm the one who's naive
or maybe I don't look at poverty
and think they must be drug addicts
because you don't need to be poor
to have problems
you just have to be poor with problems ...
like you didn't come from nothing
like there's no ghetto left
in your veins
You asked me if I saw the junkie's
with a new born that just moved in
a few doors down
I know who you're talking about
but I didn't look at them
and think "junkie"
when I saw them
And maybe I'm the one who's naive
or maybe I don't look at poverty
and think they must be drug addicts
because you don't need to be poor
to have problems
you just have to be poor with problems ...
#addiction
#hypocrisy
#poverty
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BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
26th Jan 2025 4:18pm
26th Jan 2025 4:18pm
Forty dollar salads
Take the money
its made of green
no need for water
it'll burn you clean
food in the blessing box
blistering scream
orphans and widows
take your money
holding out their hands
takers taking
cash my farm check subsidy
still who picks that lettuce
greed is greed
while you have a cocktail
in the Aruba sands
find no one there to climb the apple tree
oh……..now you drop your glass
its made of green
no need for water
it'll burn you clean
food in the blessing box
blistering scream
orphans and widows
take your money
holding out their hands
takers taking
cash my farm check subsidy
still who picks that lettuce
greed is greed
while you have a cocktail
in the Aruba sands
find no one there to climb the apple tree
oh……..now you drop your glass
#corruption
#greed
#poverty
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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
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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
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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
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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
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shadow_starzzz
Poem Published
13th Dec 2024 00:19am
13th Dec 2024 00:19am
Disgust
#homelessness
#poverty
149 reads
5 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
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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
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