Penniless Poems - Poems about Penniless

...The last best hope, the redneck pope the hicks are counting on, won’t need his travel kit when he’s on Ricker’s Island. Gavel it! He orders bedroom windows made of bricks: aspires to nothing high......Read the rest...

... Our love was like the afternoon sun, that melted those New York City streets. But you treated me like dried-up grass, that just crumbled underneath your feet. I can’t be who you want me to b......Read the rest...

..."I love words, because they're mine. Utterly, completely mine. I can share them with others. I can keep them to myself. I can use them over and over again. No matter what I do, they'll always be mine......Read the rest...

...Love was in the wrong places Out of luck, there'd none at all Veered cross his eyes on faces Ebbed men and numbers to call Twilight drops an altered star ......Read the rest...

...We dwelt together, one hand on a door handle. Keeping rooms --- a semi-settled living, parents still squatting in our heads, rent due spaces, red buses passing below or above, according to what......Read the rest...

...I’m a poet devoid of Cliff Notes dissection not my thing Don’t ask me to explain my words I’d rather hum and sing Explication penniless in ghettos of the word Where vagrants pu......Read the rest...

...The road you left behind left me penniless on the verge of losing everything is this what you wanted? Revenge? I'm making it work building myself up I don't have time for your heartle......Read the rest...

...TITANIC – A SCREEN PLAY They say we’ve hit an iceberg And the ship is going to sink. But I refuse to believe it; They’re over-reacting I think. Don’t they read the papers? ......Read the rest...

...I gave them all my riches, I gave them all my fame, I gave them all the things I loved That caused me woe and shame. Now I sit here penniless, With no one else to blame, Attempting to achieve ......Read the rest...

...red poinsettia “Flower of the Holy Night” a gift for Jesus Native to Mexico, the poinsettia is called "Flor de la Noche Buena" (Flower of the Holy Night) due to its resemblance ......Read the rest...

... Madness, How nice they felt To be free, From the dampness of humanity. They are plunged into a different universe A free life of toils A prodigal, Of a profilial, Feeding from oral......Read the rest...

...Etched across unyielding flesh One red line Crimson tears wept Upon linen fresh Flitting steel Lay two red lines Side by side Odious reminders of hope denied Chaotic confusion hid......Read the rest...

...Perpetually praising poet's perforce presence, particular poets persevere penniless, proudly, people present peonies, prizes, poet's perennial prose, poesy, pacific, provocative, purposeful, pai......Read the rest...

...Broken My rag doll had no arms I on the streets, no home a rainy cold day an old man, a stranger hugged me no legs on the streets, discarded he fed me broken bones, penniless s......Read the rest...

...ARGH! NO MORE MEDICARE! A worst nightmare loomed large notification courtesy Montgomery County Assistance Office caseworker implied medical coverage axed I felt hammered, nailed, shingled out.......Read the rest...