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Poverty Free Verse Poems

These Poverty Free Verse poems are examples of Free Verse poems about Poverty. These are the best examples of Free Verse Poverty poems written by international poets.


ORANGE
A face, like sundown leaning on rusted steel—
boasting through storms he promised to end.
Lies? They cracked like paint in late May heat.
But some talkin’ copperheads...

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© Lyric Man  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: political, poverty, truth,



Pecco Ergo Sum I sin therefore I am
Pecco, Ergo Sum
(I sin, therefore I am)


Not an aimless ride on Sunday morning,
But for a faith oblige I am tied to attend 
“Sinners!” the priest...

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Categories: anxiety, faith, religious,

Pecco Ergo Sum I sin therefore I am
Pecco, Ergo Sum
(I sin, therefore I am)


Not an aimless ride on Sunday morning,
But for a faith oblige I am tied to attend 
“Sinners!” the priest...

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Categories: anxiety, faith, religious,

Cry of the broken
Your timing, O God, is flawless, they say,
Mercy spills from Your eternal edge.
I cling to that truth, yearning for solace,
Yet it slips as I bleed...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, faith, poverty,

Premium Member For A Better Tomorrow
         there's little sunshine these days,
       and despair blows like a...

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Categories: dark, hope, horror, life,



The Mind of Time
Minds meet mind minds to talk of what is pure and divine
But they too are caught in to the web and reveal some things
That should...

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Categories: age, america, appreciation, community,

Before the brow grows cold
lazy bones, bound in poverty’s grip
in a garden, where hesitation weeds grow~
filled with s t r a n g l e d  d e...

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Categories: encouraging, extended metaphor, inspirational,

GIVING WHEN IT HURTS
True generosity isn’t measured by what we give with ease,
but by what we sacrifice in silence, unseen,
when the help we offer strips something from us.
It’s...

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Categories: blessing,

Premium Member I have One Memory of my father



I have one memory of my father
Who was not my dad
There was a father,
he left.
There was no dad.
There were men who tried to be.
There were...

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Categories: abuse, childhood, divorce, father,

Premium Member famished
famished
 
it didn’t seem quite right
the sign over his left shoulder said
‘fine arts & framing’
while his unframed cardboard read
‘famished’

his empty cup told the story

and one...

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Categories: bible, poverty, religion,

Tears of a Clown
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."  - quote by Mark Twain
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Being...

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Categories: life, poverty,

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poverty=equality
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universal ubiquitous income design
that 25-30 pages published on amazon
is a funnel cake of freedom
to the next hand to reach for my frame
love...

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Categories: books, fashion,

Premium Member I call it a palace - my life - gilded and draped in fine silks
I call it a palace - my life - gilded and draped in fine silks, where chandeliers shine like false smiles,
And the walls echo laughter...

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© Dan Enache  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fantasy,

I See You America
Down that back road 
that heads out of town
across the railroad tracks
past the water treatment plant

in a mobile home park 
where howling dogs are
hooked with...

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Categories: poverty,

created from war
a rude boys awakening for paris jackson
the first taste of water was bothered
in sought minds lost
walked was the way
into darkness's hold
hold of myself leaving time

to...

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Categories: childhood, desire, fate,


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