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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
Small-Town Herpe-s	EL UU	I do not know?	poverty, abuse, addiction, analogy, conflict,
The Reaping	Regina Elliott	Haiku	children, food, poverty,
A Promise Forgotten	Kurt Philip Behm	Rhyme	destiny, poverty, solitude, symbolism,
Untitled 3	Matthew Abuelo	Free verse	atheist, corruption, poems, poverty,
B26-P15- MY LOVE FOR YOU IS FOREVER	Jerry Wells	Prose Poetry	poverty, 8th grade, appreciation, homework,
Poverty Soup	Trevor McLeod	Quatrain	poverty, abuse, analogy, introspection, metaphor,
Poverty	Trevor McLeod	Quatrain	poverty, analogy, community, corruption, destiny,
HISTORY OF HOMLESSNEISS	kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr	Prose Poetry	depression, poverty,
Poverty	Trevor McLeod	Quatrain	poverty,
TILTING	Line Gauthier	Senryu	people, perspective, poverty,
Untouchable II	Gregory R Barden	Rhyme	analogy, poverty, prejudice, racism,
Space	Jasmine Koria	Shape	community, family, international, poverty,
Mind of an hungry beggar child	Emmanuel Adedayo Ojelade	Imagism	emotions, lost love, poverty,
SENRYU-04	MAHTAB BANGALEE	Senryu	poverty,
PENNILESS	Line Gauthier	Senryu	poverty, bird, food, happy, innocence,
The Fear	Ashley Domenech	Rhyme	poverty, death, fear, god, introspection,
THE WEAK STILL CRIES	MOSES KISIANG'ANI MAKHAKHA	Rhyme	political, poverty, prejudice,
BLACKMAILS	MOSES KISIANG'ANI MAKHAKHA	Free verse	political, poverty, pride,
Biblical Spurn	Rico Leffanta	Limerick	poverty, bible, corruption, gospel, heaven,
Easington Colliery 1972	Tony Kirk	Prose Poetry	pollution, poverty, religion, work,
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : XV and XVI	T Wignesan	Dramatic Monologue	abuse, children, god, poverty,
Poverty Will End	Bernard F. Asuncion	Acrostic	poverty,
The Night Train Home	Sitabz Garg	Free verse	poverty, absence, child, home, mother
Trip to the Moon	Olusegun Akanbi	Lyric	adventure, places, planet, poverty,
The Ragpicker	Namit V Shah	Free verse	poverty, humanity, irony, meaningful, people,
A Deep and Troubling Truth	Kudzai Mhangwa	Free verse	hurt, pain, poverty,
THEY NEED A VISIONARY	Olajide Oribamise	Acrostic	poverty, corruption, dream, freedom, humanity,
Broken People Can Take A Hit	Marc Acrich	Prose	poverty,
Game of Thrones	Lynn Kimani	I do not know?	poverty, 11th grade, africa, conflict,
Little Dieter	Jessica Amanda Salmonson	Quatrain	poverty, animal, food, humor, nonsense,
Please help us	Emmanuel Adedayo Ojelade	Imagism	children, imagery, poetry, poverty,
Inequality, shame and blame	fauxcroft wade	Free verse	poverty, angst, betrayal, corruption, emotions,
FOR THE CHILDREN OF BEGGARS	Emmanuel Adedayo Ojelade	Imagism	poverty, childhood, children, humanity, imagery,
The Politician's Welfare	Trevor McLeod	Quatrain	corruption, introspection, political, poverty,
WATER	Line Gauthier	Haiku	children, family, home, poverty,
broken now, now	Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings	Free verse	poverty,
SEPTEMBER	Line Gauthier	Haiku	new year, poverty, school,
STATUS KNOCKOUT	MOSES KISIANG'ANI MAKHAKHA	Didactic	poverty,
Public Property	Gail Foster	Sonnet	humanity, integrity, poverty, pride,
THE DELICATE WAIL	MOSES KISIANG'ANI MAKHAKHA	Light Verse	poverty, pride,
Why should I text first	Trittya Yelane	Acrostic	poverty, poems, poetess, poets, political,
The Hitch Hiker	Catelyn Meeker	Free verse	poverty, deep, humanity, lonely, lost,
Headline Rhyme	Billy TheKidster	Couplet	poverty,
WE SLUM DWELLERS	Felix Abonyo	Rhyme	confidence, poverty,
in our own little bubbles	fauxcroft wade	Free verse	inspirational, poverty, uplifting,
Less Human	Chris Jim	Lyric	discrimination, hope, love, poverty,
What Make a Man	OBIAJE PETER EDIGAH	Rhyme	poverty, art, crazy, desire, dream,
UBI, never let needy hungry on the face of earth	faysunKle fay's unKle	Prose Poetry	poverty, care, change, giving, humanity,
Poverty	Mashudu Nemadzivhani	Free verse	encouraging, endurance, poverty,
A Beggar's Work	Rico Leffanta	Verse	career, culture, humanity, poverty,
A bedtime prayer for the homeless	roger turner	Rhyme	america, inspirational, life, poverty,
UBI, what if I'm missing the necessary Solve it, opportunity for statues Short version	faysunKle fay's unKle	Prose Poetry	poverty, change, freedom, humanity, money,
UBI, what if I'm missing the necessary Solve it, opportunity for statues Long version	faysunKle fay's unKle	Prose	poverty, change, freedom, giving, humanity,
Urban Canvas	Christen Foster	Bio	poverty, corruption, history, humanity, imagery,
Great Hunger In Their Lives	Regina Elliott	Free verse	america, food, poverty,
Strength	Gershon Wolf	Epigram	community, poverty, strength,
critical slam	dwayne williams	Free verse	deep, me, poverty,
A Simple Fruit	Emily Young	Free verse	life, poverty, world,
Heart of Gold	Jang Jae Yul	Light Verse	poverty, change, hope, nature, paradise,
IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY - continued: VII and VIII	T Wignesan	Free verse	anti bullying, money, poverty,
Poor Millionaire	Kevin Shaw	Limerick	future, money, nonsense, poverty,
plenty poor	cs parker	Free verse	america, poverty,
Chor Bazaar	Afroze Ali	Rhyme	poverty,
kindness	A.D Tharp	Free verse	poverty, change, i love you,
Fire damage	John Smallshaw	Rhyme	anger, fire, poverty,
Inequality is the Gloom	Sowjanya Bhat	Free verse	poverty, boy, children, food, money,
Longer Chains	David Welch	Rhyme	abuse, city, political, poverty,
LOST CHILDREN OF THE STREET	Line Gauthier	Free verse	children, poverty, society, solitude,
I HAVE A DATE- IAN MUNYWE	ian munywe	Free verse	africa, anxiety, poverty, work,
Overnight billionaire's	richard nnoli	Epic	poverty, africa, betrayal, corruption, leadership,
Give Me Fire	Chris Jim	Blank verse	poverty, africa, corruption, gender, political,
Cracked Faces	Michelle Rensburg	Narrative	environment, perspective, political, poverty,
Poverty in the streets	Ayathandwa Mpofu	I do not know?	hurt, poverty, sad,
The Thoughts of a Poor Man	Patricia Garcia Howard Bramble	Free verse	poverty, change, class, community, cry,
Haunting Fruits and Innocent Wishes	Richard Lamoureux	Prose Poetry	boy, confusion, journey, poverty,
The two-faced river	Elliot Msindo	Political Verse	poverty,
HOMELESS HEARTS	levi johnson	Free verse	hope, humanity, poverty,
Fight Poverty	Bernard F. Asuncion	Haiku	poverty,
Billy's Revenge	Tom Cunningham	Rhyme	jealousy, poverty,
Friday Feelings	Joe Maverick	Rhyme	poverty,
Lost man	Ayathandwa Mpofu	Personification	poverty,
The Little Match Girl	Denis Briggs	Lyric	child, courage, death, poverty,
All Hail The Queen	Marc Acrich	Prose	poverty,
SCARS	ian munywe	Free verse	poverty, childhood, deep, how i
Poor Stewards	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Narrative	discrimination, poverty, society, truth,
a tent in the woods	cs parker	Free verse	adventure, america, poverty,
NOT ASHAMED TO BEG	Damilola Muyideen	Bio	poverty, caregiving, giving, hope, how
Rescue Them	Leo Larry Amadore	Free verse	poverty, abuse, angst, anxiety, childhood,
Tough lodgings	John Smallshaw	Rhyme	care, god, poverty,
Beggar child	Carlo Lazzari	Dramatic Verse	childhood, poverty, solitude,
SORROW BORROWED FROM TEARDROPS	Line Gauthier	Free verse	poverty, africa, children, growing up,
Trudeau Cry	Trevor McLeod	Quatrain	poverty, absence, anger, assonance, missing,
How about a quarter a game	Evan no	Carpe Diem	poverty, adventure, courage, desire, life,
The Homeless Girl	Carlo Lazzari	Dramatic Verse	poverty, character, child abuse, childhood,
The Rope	Mrimon Guha	Political Verse	poverty, anger, food, grave, perspective,
Leaders	Patricia Garcia Howard Bramble	Free verse	poverty, change, confidence, discrimination, feelings,
Exes and Ohs to the tune of Sixteen Tons	Amy Sell	Lyric	poverty, angst, good night, guitar,
Tall Proud Man	David G. Moore	Didactic	poverty, abuse, anger, depression, discrimination,
On the Street	Felicia Jarvis	Rhyme	bird, poverty,
FALLEN BY THE SIDE	Line Gauthier	Free verse	poverty, loneliness, mental illness, perspective,

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