Poor man, married
He thinks post nor prior, poor man’s married,
He looks but sees no more, poor man’s married.
Late from office and empty-handed still,
Now catches up with chore, poor man’s married.
Get up when told gets up, sits when so told,
If he’s voice he’s not sure, poor man’s married.
A curse can be no worse, she sure can be,
Lifelong
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Categories:
poor man, humor, husband,
Form: Ghazal
The Rich Man, the Poor Man
The rich man had one reason to smile,
The poor man only had a million...
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Categories:
poor man, analogy, happiness, men, money,
Form: Carpe Diem
Poor Man Prayer
‘I leave am for God’
Is the poor man's prayer
When he submits to higher realms
Transferring judgement to higher forces
The answer to that prayer is often terrifying
When you take another for granted
Trampling on another because you are advantaged
Usurping communal wealth because you are in charge
Bleeding the flock you are supposed to pastor
It
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Categories:
poor man, betrayal, bullying, corruption, political,
Form: Free verse
Rich Man Poor Man
How terribly and awfully English was he
Stopped everything for his afternoon tea
Crumpets for his breakfast covered with jam
Sandwiches for a light lunch mustard and ham
He lived in a mansion in the country somewhere
Butlers to dress him and barbers to cut his hair
A rich man was he not particularly pleasant
Out each
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Categories:
poor man, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Rich Man, Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man
By Franklin Price
12/29/2018
A rich man and a poor man
Met out on a walk one fine day.
Being as different, as different can be,
What would you think they might say?
The rich man knew of the poor man
For he worked for him at the mill
And bolstered his pay making moonshine
At a still hidden up
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Categories:
poor man, drink, humanity, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Tinker a Rich Man--A Poor Man
TINKER A RICH MAN--A POOR MAN
how you a rich man
and you got a mortgage due
shouldn’t you be through
what you want to give
and why is it’s hard to live
shouldn’t you be true
I am a poor man
and I can hardly stand here
make it on my own
you’re torn and bitter
sworn to deliver nothing
must you
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Categories:
poor man, america, analogy, confusion, judgement,
Form: Haiku
Poor Man Beggar Man
She tinkers change someone left on the table
waiting for brunch at the Bluebonnet Bistro,
a hole in the wall with thick on the windows.
Lost deep to thought, this rock ‘n roll liberal
in her mid-twenties and sage satin stole,
pockets a penny that weighs down the satchel
strapped to her shoulder and swung under table,
asway just above cherry red
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Categories:
poor man, lost love, memory,
Form: Free verse
Rich Man Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.
A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.
All shelter me
From this intolerable grief.
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Categories:
poor man, angst,
Form: Prose Poetry
Rich Man, Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.
A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.
All shelter me
From this intolerable grief.
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Categories:
poor man, angst,
Form: Ballad
The Poor Man
The Poor Man
The Savior came a walking down a long and dusty road
when a poor man He saw walking alone
He said to the man
“Follow Me My son, and I will show you the way to My home”.
The man said to him in complete amazement
“I have no money sir, how can I repay this
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Categories:
poor man, christian,
Form: Free verse
The Thoughts of a Poor Man
These words I write could not explain
No could it hide my shame
Why does poverty have to bear my name
How I wish, I was born into the house of fame.
Maybe then I wont be so ashame
In Poverty there is no one, I can blame
How I try not for things to remain the same
They say, I should
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Categories:
poor man, change, class, community, cry,
Form: Free verse
Poor Man On a Bike
Poor Man On A Bike
There is a viral photo of an Indian/Bangladeshi on a bike...
With 5 little children and his bedraggled suffering wife....
They all are seated on the bike, one kid seated up on his neck...
Another was sandwiched between him and his wife seated behind.....
Another kid was seated precariously on the handlebar of the bike...
One
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Categories:
poor man, bangla, community, dad, family,
Form: Free verse
Betray a Poor Man
Once you betray a poor man
(His state may not change though),
Your heart is started to be called his kind.
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Categories:
poor man, betrayal, heart,
Form: Free verse
Poor Man
the house is gorgeous
perfect
for a lonely like me
no one around to
force me to talk
finally
peace and quiet
i have moved in my furniture
situated myself into my new life
time to live
my life
finally
days pass
before he shows up
“Do you know where Frank
is?”
he asked
he was distraught
but before I could answer
he left
sobbing
“Frank,
Frank…”
who was he?
the next
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Categories:
poor man, absence, loneliness, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Rich Man,Poor Man
If you had to live
the way I do,
then you too would
feel sad and blue.
To have so little good
and so much bad,
would leave absolutely anyone
feeling down and sad.
If you had to live my life,
even for just one day,
I'd understand if you turned to God
and got down on your knees
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Categories:
poor man, identity,
Form: Rhyme
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