Famous Homelessness Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Homelessness poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous homelessness poems. These examples illustrate what a famous homelessness poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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The Shearers

...No church-bell rings them from the Track,
No pulpit lights theirblindness--
'Tis hardship, drought, and homelessness
That teach those Bushmen kindness:
The mateship born, in barren lands,
Of toil and thirst and danger,
The camp-fare for the wanderer set,
The first place to the stranger. 
They do the best they can to-day--
Take no thought of the morrow;
Their way is not the old-world way--
They live to lend and borrow.
When shearing's done and cheques gone wron...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry


Up Lifes Hill with my my little Bundle

...ewest step

Older feel than the Hope that prompted --
Spotless be from blame
Heart that proposed as Heart that accepted
Homelessness, for Home --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

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