Best Social Welfare Poems
Below are the all-time best Social Welfare poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of social welfare poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Eagle Gives ChaseThe common vulture shows it's greedy face
and that's what our culture must soon erase.
My countrymen, I spy, with quickened pace,
the eagle gives chase, the eagle...
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Categories:
social welfare, 11th grade, political, slam,
Form:
Rhyme
A Peaceful ArmyA PEACEFUL ARMY
Special soldiers went to war
Some being not so young.
Enlisted to do their duty,
But would never fire a gun.
They wore a different uniform,
Which displayed...
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Categories:
social welfare, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Lost GenerationIn the rough, cold pavement they sleep
Prone to the elements that drain them deep
A harsh concrete jungle where they live
Their lives subsist...
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Categories:
social welfare, poverty, truth, youth, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Distinction Leaves Its Mark 2Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust;
it's now a desk which seems a breach of trust.
Clothes made at home had always been a must.
Married...
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Categories:
social welfare, 11th grade, family, farm,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
social welfare, desire, love, passion, silence,
Form:
Rhyme
That OneHe is noticed
and
it has nothing to do with
runny nose reminders
torn pants
or the fact that his mother is social welfare user
they see him
surrounded by the...
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Categories:
social welfare,
Form:
Free verse
ConfessionsIf there comes a day
when the preacher's politicians
control the state
Phinehas will rise from his grave
round up the gays
and send them down
to Guantanamo Bay
to entertain...
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Categories:
social welfare, devotion, education, faith, funny,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
social welfare, character, image, meaningful,
Form:
Acrostic
BalanceThe world of business
is riddled with traps
I tried to start
an intenent business
So good were their words
we make money
when you make money
the promise of...
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Categories:
social welfare, inspiration, international,
Form:
Narrative
The ChurchI don't really want to cripple the church
I realize that the Pope and the church have problems
Imagine in his position
all the expenses of the church
The...
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Categories:
social welfare, inspiration, international,
Form:
Narrative
A Man of the LandBorn poor in a working class family,
Lula da Silva moved to Sao Paula
in search of better life and his father.
Challenged by life, he was supported...
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Categories:
social welfare, political, power,
Form:
Free verse
The War GamesThe war games
Yesterday afternoon in Finland, as happy people walked about
content in their world of social welfare and full employment
a train loaded with...
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Categories:
social welfare, absence, patriotic, river,
Form:
Sonnet
The Saga of Suzanne the Snowflake and Cyril the Racist Ware Squirrel Part 3continues ....
(for it 'twas by him that she was awoken).
'Dont listen to hate, or give in to fear,
He said with a countenance kindly,...
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Categories:
social welfare, allegory, analogy, england, humorous,
Form:
Light Verse
not a slaveNot quite a slave
After war number 2 when the time was hard and
oil was undiscovered, hidden under deep waters
when our town stank of...
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Categories:
social welfare, abuse, allusion, angel, angst,
Form:
Free verse