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Lost Poverty Poems

These Lost Poverty poems are examples of Poverty poems about Lost. These are the best examples of Poverty Lost poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Refugee by Max Burchett
"He was a refugee in his own country, my home too. How can that be?" Refugee poem by Max Burchett

by Max Sebastian Burchett

I met a...

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Categories: poverty, addiction, death, drug, life,



Hurricane Road
Those dingy streets are filled, 
with lost souls forgotten.
Their hopes have long faded, 
and each dream lies rotten.

Each life holds a story, 
that will never...

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Categories: poverty, poetry,

Premium Member Povertys National Anthem
Slender man walking a dusty, country road,  
Clothing on his back dirty, ragged, and worn,   
Had been cruelly bullied, poked and ridiculed,...

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Categories: poverty,

Premium Member Sir Frowns a Lot
Grumpy, griping all the time,
Out of work without a dime.
Seen around the town a lot.
They call him Sir Frowns A Lot.

Used to work for the...

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Categories: anger, grief, poverty,

Poverty
In the bleak night, ‘pon lonely street of Capitol Bye Pass,
Mine stomach’s growl, louder than thunder’s clash,
Mine lips, pink and cracked like parched earth’s skin,
I...

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Categories: poverty, africa, america, earth, meaningful,



Poverty Unkind
In a World brimming with wealth and grandeur,Where opulence dazzles on every corner,A tale unfolds of disparity and strife,
Where poverty thrives, tormenting countless lives.
Inflation, a...

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Categories: poverty, america, life, sad, together,

Din of Decadence
I posed no questions 
before my erroneous conception
I never asked to be or not to be
Serenading deserted streets with dirges 
exploring absence in back alleys
reciting...

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Categories: poverty, angst, class, humanity, loneliness,

As I Am
I give my all ,  when I write these words , your probably sitting back , thinking this guy's, really had the nerve ,...

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Categories: poverty, anger, depression, emotions, heartbroken,

Premium Member Homeless
Homeless

Tears sizzle-n-swelter
From the Arizona sun
While Mercedes, Bentleys,
And Porches proceed …
Homeless can’t … move on. 

Triple digit asphalt
Skin turns a crusty shade
Passer “buyers” ignore strife
Pass judgement...

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Categories: poverty, america, august, discrimination, health,

Premium Member A Desperate Future
No Mercy for the weak,
Say the ones with the power.
The outlook is so bleak,
And more desperate by the hour.

No Future for the poor,
When governed by...

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Categories: america, pollution, poverty, power,

Premium Member Captive
“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only...

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Categories: angst, pain, poverty,

Robbed
We've lost many people already 
To the undying thirst of drugs
That seems to extinguish,
everyone who cares enough to partake 

It's like a fire that continues...

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Categories: poverty, abuse, addiction, body, drug,

Beggar
"A hand that gives receives" 

Sad ! Sad to see we've been reduced to nothing but beggars
Lining up on the streets to receive 
The same...

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Categories: poverty, absence, abuse, betrayal, community,

Premium Member The Chair Peddler
A man reached me at the market that day.
He lifted two handcrafted seats on his head.
He urged, "Won't you buy my chairs?" Today.
Nobody took my...

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Categories: poverty, analogy, community, encouraging, hope,

Premium Member Illusions
Dripping darkness, doubt, despair
Melancholy, secrets kept
From the heart who knows only
To breathe and believe, to see
What is good and kind and alive
To give – what...

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Categories: poverty, addiction, angst, anxiety, conflict,


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