Landlords Poems - Poems about Landlords

KEEP CALM AND CARRY THE CORPSE

...KEEP CALM AND CARRY THE CORPSE

Britain bleeds through cracked red bricks,
Rain on windows, cold that sticks.
Bills climb high, wages crawl,
We’re taxed to the teeth — can’t breathe at all.


...

Summer Carnival

...
He handed me the air-brushed t-shirt
and I thanked him, said I loved it.

He asked, Do you mean that?
I said, What would have possessed me
to utter it otherwise?

Then he kissed me with his ...

July first two thousand and twenty five

...July first two thousand and twenty five...
signals the eighth year we lived
at our present location,
where fringe benefits (a plug) for perks
living at 2 highland manor drive.

Expanse of green...

I Am Black And I Live In Florida

...
I am poor and Black, living in Florida,
Where the sun shines bright but justice hides.
My rent climbs higher than my paycheck dares,
And landlords call it legal—so it stands.

I walk through h...

Country Pubs

...Bubbling babbling burbling banter from the bar..

Sup hush….memory lane trip...Proustian rush..pleasingly tickled. 

Plushly ebbed…spidery beer swirls webbed…lace whirls..grace dimpled dappled ja...

Price Control

...In AD 301, a Roman Emperor made a decree
He fixed the price of food and clothes
If you sold for higher, there was a death penalty
If you hoarded those goods, your blood would flow.

Since no one...

Cacoethes

...I love having—
hating the feeling of wanting.
Wanting cuts my guts as consequentially as diarrhea.

I steal casually,
like second breaths after waking,
or proper newborns latched onto Mama’s ni...

A bag for life?

...that would be perfect
maybe a touch excessive
as it's enormous
for just a basic meal deal
scissors and hair dye 
of course there is the lipstick
but it will be fine
for several pairs of shoes
...

Cousins

...We were children that played, laughed, and cried together
ages that range different by years to decades
we all chattered or complained about each other
family gatherings brought us back together; ...

Starman

...*
Streaming dust specks of his aura left as evidence
A celestial being formed of stardust *
To adorn him any less of his scintillating charm,
his signature star walk, or shimmering trails,    *
...

The Wrong Landlord

...On one’s ability, nothing wrong to confide
needless gratification, glory hunting is wide
chances of victory from a one-man army divide.

Resilience that is bloated will be swallowed by the tide
...

Cheese Wars

...
I followed milky and mouldy scents,
down cobbled and narrow paths,
only to see it riddled with rats,
feasting on Feta and Camembert,
whilst the wine sipping Uppers prepared to
clash against th...

Sojourner Truth House Domestic Violence Shelter 1992

...Severe night terrors after being held 
captive for a week during Christmas 
again my abusive ex brutally attacked 
me every Christmas since that arson 
murder that cold Christmas day 1984 
all t...

Welcome to Chicago

...
    Back of the stockyards, over 100 years ago
      Immigrants were easy prey, as many now know

    Landlords would slap paint over rat-infested dwellings
      then twirling their moustaches...

To Landlords

...My dear landlords, it is my hope,
To tell you how your tenants grope.
For all their work, their time is spent,
While you, with riches, are content.
They struggle through, each and every day,
Whi...

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