Long Workhouse Poems
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BondsI was raised in a prison of darkness
along walls of cement have I groped
the hearts here deep scarred and callous
no...
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Categories:
workhouse, allegory, angst, care, child, daughter, death, devotion,
Form:
Verse
BondsI was raised in a prison of darkness
along walls of cement have I groped
the hearts here deep scarred and callous
no...
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Categories:
workhouse, abuse, anger, betrayal, character, conflict, depression, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme
Victorian Poverty In LondonVictorian Poverty In London.
.
Slumming it in adverse poverty
In Victorian London’s
Limehouse White Chapel and Bethnal Green
Dingy doss houses packed to the brim
Narrow dirty streets with cobbles
And loud cartwheel din
.
Large families sharing one room
Overcrowded...
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Categories:
workhouse, community, conflict, poverty,
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I do not know?
ReprimandI'm in charge here
I am your chieftain.....your Lord and Master ...
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Categories:
workhouse, inspirationaleducation, may,
Form:
Narrative
DiddledGeorge is in his eighties and he’s seen it all before
He was born in the depression and was wounded in the war
He hadn’t been a hero, but George had done his bit
His legs had both...
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Categories:
workhouse, politicalold, money, old,
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I do not know?
Victorian Poverty Crime and SqualorBorn into a life of poverty crime and squalor
where hunger and cold winds bite
and disease is rife
and it was a daily battle to stay alive
and find some food to stay alive.
Uneducated illiterate caught in the...
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Categories:
workhouse, childhood, dark, grief, history, mother, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
The Man From DarwenThe Man from Darwen
Came there a man from Darwen,
In the heart of the Lancashire Hills,
A Town of industrial landscape,
Coal Mines and large Cotton Mills.
These times of hardship and struggle,
Left its scars upon the folk,
Working class...
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Categories:
workhouse, history, tribute,
Form:
Ballad
Marley Plays the Bottom Line - With Apologies To Charles DickensOh, don’t flatter me with presents from the Ghost of Christmas Past.
Tis the season for nostalgia, but those feelings never last.
It’s a gift-wrapped empty promise not worth tuppence on the street,
Or a...
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Categories:
workhouse, allegory, christmas,
Form:
Lyric
In This PlaceWork is the twin of rest;
Work represses me from tasting the sugar of the day,
Represses me from witnessing the launch of the moon,
Represses me from fun, from the chaff, wraps me in grief,
Even...
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Categories:
workhouse, depression, emotions, work,
Form:
Free verse
Focus and BalanceIt's hard to stay focused
If your mind is never still
You'll never find your inner peace
If you don't meditate on your will
The will to practice with your whole being
You will never find the balance
To be authentic...
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Categories:
workhouse, meaningful, spiritual, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
When the Twig SnapsBrittle and broken, the eucalyptus snaps loudest.
Pulverized by constant wear
of boots on dusty trails.
Debris of lifeless memories
detached from vital source,
scattered broken on apathetic earth,
pummeled by the passerby.
A lifetime of transforming sunlight obliterated
in the spiraling downward...
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Categories:
workhouse, death, eulogy, farewell, life, nature, tree, tribute,
Form:
Free verse