Indigence Poems - Poems about Indigence

Voices From The Swamp

...The voices of the poor and or poverty ridden cry out from the lopsided political swamps for help or some kind of meagre assistance.
Drowning in the quagmire of neglect from the rich 1percent.
Total...

Facing Poverty

... If I went barefoot for a lifetime,  
shoes would be pointless.  
Toes ate board, concrete, grassland, shoreline.  
Me, Tarzan to pedicurist! 
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Where art thou unknown spellcaster

...Where art thou unknown spellcaster?

If in fact such a female and/or male exists
an insufferable existence clamors for surcease
against riptide of ineradicable anguish.

Living hand to mouth
f...

The Path of Justice - a Poetic Journey

...Written: September 09, 2023
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In the area of dominion, where elitism wields
Altruism flickers as a beam of light in the f...

All In a Day's Calling

...First, settle your differences 
    with those whom you love
  Pay any debts you owe
    down here or above

  Greet everyone you see
    with a cheerful 'How-do'
  and a smile from your heart...

The Missus Unflagging Crocheting Efforts As Betsy Ross Incarnate

...The missus unflagging crocheting efforts as Betsy Ross incarnate

With needle in hand incorporating love
in every single crochet stitch
that's my wife
tad more'n a quarter century ago
then newl...

The Rudiments of Wings

...Nurtured by love and parents’ guidance, 
Grown under the canopy of God’s wisdom;
Midst material deprivation and indigence,
He spread his wings far for an ambition.

Hugging each day’s su...

Poverty To Prosperity

...POVERTY
penurious, needy
beggaring, needing, suffering
destitution, indigence; affluence, riches
well-being, succeeding, thriving
successful, robust
PROSPERITY

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Old Delhi

...
a mass of wires criss-crossed the sky
and hung across the road
as car horns - stuck on 'play repeat'
blared out where tourists strode.

there were happy, smiling faces
advertising private car...

The Dream Versus the Future

...Chorus:
When he  built a dream house and
"The dream" became a nightmare.
Then, he spoke to us about his frustration, 
how his aims had not been achieved.
He entrusted himself to us.

Man. Do n...

A Season of Indigence

...A SEASON OF INDIGENCE

This drought and curse
Of hand to mouth;
An unrepentant encroachment of pauperism
Impregnating our back country
Discern,
Our bigwigs in back country
Stand aloof
While,...

A Poisoned Lance Pounced and Trounced

...Surrender your burdens
To the feet of providence
When down and out in gardens
Sweeping seas of indigence

That swamp your every mood
For reasons unknown
Understood and misunderstood under the ...

Broken Home

...He was raised by different indigenes,
After being embedded in specialized tissue,
Those moments were tough,
And in fact, it wasn`t easy for the mum,
Did you recall that point the dad was contempl...

My Kind of Town

...My Kind of Town

You said I’d find my freedom
There, where the cliff crags slip
into the dead thud of ocean:
Not yet kindred
Not yet able to place
Or misplace me.

I lost my children to the ...

Black

...I’m backed into the deepest darkest black corner of my mind
I see no way out all exits are mined
I feel ashamed to feel as black as I do
So many others suffer life’s terrible stew
To compare my t...

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