Friendship Poverty Poems

"The gift I got was a lesson of life about gratitude, friendship, and more I was taught." Gratitude poem by Max Burchett

by Maxwell Sebastian Burchett


I...

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At nights we’d sit out on the balcony drinkin
Breathin
That thick mug air
Of a New Orleans summer evening.
Livin as easy
As they’d let us
In the bowels of...

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Ashes and Thirst

Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes. 
We have all heard this many times... before. 
But how truly large, or small can...

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The NY EBS

There is talk of war. 
There is rumor and propaganda. 
There is concern and worry. 
No one wants to die. 
No one wants...

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Cake Mix

On the way home, 
I stopped at the store. 
I bought a cake mix, 
yellow, as they were out of 
chocolate and white. 

Yellow...

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There was a man
tormented,
abandoned...
He had no friends,
only flatterers...
He was so poor,
but so pauper,
that nothing had...
There was nothing, in fact he only had
  silver, gold,...

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Fawning and falling, there goes your heart butting 
in again. faded careworn jean jacket's pockets frayed 
no longer the deep indigo to match her eyes,...

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We were not born to a throne,
But we ain't poor people zone,
With God we won't walk alone,
Taught by the village and street,
We are to surrender...

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The old man gave the boy
half of his sandwich.
The boy gave the cur dog
half of his half.


John G. Lawless
1/6/2021...

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It roared deep in my heart
It thundered in my being
The pain of rejection scratched my soul and made a grating sound
All around the world was...

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Life is so much more than living.
It is following,
It is believing,
It is enjoying,
It is writing your own story as you live it.

Life is happiness,
Yet sometimes...

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Back in the day
We were dirt poor
Things were rough
Cocky and brazen
We had no fear
Always up
When school was out
For an escapade or two
Fishing at the harbor...

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FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
 
As the bitter Northern wind howled in the grey early morn,
Sat a young child half frozen, looking sad and forlorn,
He came from...

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Young and solitary homeless girl
With sky-colour eyes
Wearing a haggard 
And consumed makeup

The blond hair that betrays 
Your young age
Melted like golden filaments
On minute shoulders

Soon you...

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United


Let everybody hold hands and we can build bridges across the horizon.
Let all nations be of equal character and we can stand united as one.
Let...

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