Short Poems About Poverty
#poverty
Short poems about poverty. 30 words or less, most recently published poems first.
Abracadabra
Poem Published
27th Feb 2025 5:47am
27th Feb 2025 5:47am
Two Worlds
My shopping list:
organic carrots
purple sprouting broccoli
sweet potatoes
salmon fillets
manuka honey
chocolate eclairs
Her shopping list:
two handfuls of rice
& water
from the well.
organic carrots
purple sprouting broccoli
sweet potatoes
salmon fillets
manuka honey
chocolate eclairs
Her shopping list:
two handfuls of rice
& water
from the well.
#inequality
#poverty
#unicorns
55 reads
1 Comment
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
127 reads
0 Comments
Kinkwizard_95
Poem Published
18th Oct 2024 5:37pm
18th Oct 2024 5:37pm
Pot t’ piss in
Ain’t got a pot
T’ piss in
No I ain’t
Nor a bed
Or credit card
To lend
My friend
T’ piss in
No I ain’t
Nor a bed
Or credit card
To lend
My friend
#LifeStruggles
#poverty
101 reads
2 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
12th Aug 2024 11:41am
12th Aug 2024 11:41am
Deprieved Fiend
Ghetto calling
So hungry
So thirsty
So tired
On fire
Calling your name
Rancid stench
Glass shard womb
The atmosphere suffocates
The voices
The fear
Monkey climbing up your leg
If the shoe fits, curl up and die in it
So hungry
So thirsty
So tired
On fire
Calling your name
Rancid stench
Glass shard womb
The atmosphere suffocates
The voices
The fear
Monkey climbing up your leg
If the shoe fits, curl up and die in it
#addiction
#poverty
#support
215 reads
8 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
28th Jul 2024 12:42pm
28th Jul 2024 12:42pm
Wrong side of the street
Paradise is here
Two blocks down you won't go near
Most avoid with fear
Two blocks down you won't go near
Most avoid with fear
#haiku
#money
#poverty #rhyming
#poverty #rhyming
176 reads
12 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
28th Jul 2024 12:31pm
28th Jul 2024 12:31pm
A Downward Spiral
So many need help
A downward spiral happened
Whose to blame for this?
A downward spiral happened
Whose to blame for this?
#addiction
#choices
#haiku
#homelessness
#poverty
131 reads
11 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
9th Jul 2024 6:17pm
9th Jul 2024 6:17pm
French Haiku
French Elections 2024
the stone in the hand
just another big window
the glass on the floor
the stone in the hand
just another big window
the glass on the floor
#corruption
#evolution
#greed
#politics
#poverty
119 reads
5 Comments
a_methyste
hlightdroid
hlightdroid
Poem Published
25th May 2024 11:45pm
25th May 2024 11:45pm
Poor
When you are poor you do not shine
You stink like a corpse
And the kids do not want to hang out with you.
They avoid you like black cats.
You stink like a corpse
And the kids do not want to hang out with you.
They avoid you like black cats.
#poverty
192 reads
7 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
10th May 2024 10:41am
10th May 2024 10:41am
Impoverished Addict
Ghetto calling
So hungry
So thirsty
On fire
Calling your name
Rancid stench
Glass shard womb
The atmosphere suffocates
The voices
The fear
Monkey climbing up your leg
If the shoe fits, curl up and die in it
So hungry
So thirsty
On fire
Calling your name
Rancid stench
Glass shard womb
The atmosphere suffocates
The voices
The fear
Monkey climbing up your leg
If the shoe fits, curl up and die in it
#addiction
#poverty
#support
174 reads
4 Comments
James_A_Knight
Poem Published
15th Jul 2023 12:09pm
15th Jul 2023 12:09pm
The Tigress Wind
The Tigress wind feeds on emaciated flesh
Breathing second hand air
Eating second hand food
Dreaming second hand dreams
Having it taken
Never knowing
Reborn without
Breathing second hand air
Eating second hand food
Dreaming second hand dreams
Having it taken
Never knowing
Reborn without
#corruption
#HumanRights
#greed
#inequality
#poverty
333 reads
7 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
13th Jul 2023 1:34pm
13th Jul 2023 1:34pm
Haiku #9
Home of the needy
neither less wealthy
nor more bankruptcy.
PAR
neither less wealthy
nor more bankruptcy.
PAR
#money
#mirror
#WritingPoetry
#poverty
#risk
199 reads
3 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
23rd Jun 2023 2:58am
23rd Jun 2023 2:58am
No Sympathy for the Rich
Got a quarter million to spare?
Not many of us can afford
A life of luxury
I’m poor
But I get my air for free
Not many of us can afford
A life of luxury
I’m poor
But I get my air for free
#death
#LifeStruggles
#poverty
311 reads
6 Comments
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