Metaphor Poverty Poems
These Metaphor Poverty poems are examples of Poverty poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Poverty Metaphor poems written by international poets.
Before the brow grows cold
lazy bones, bound in poverty’s grip
in a garden, where hesitation weeds grow~
filled with s t r a n g l e d d e
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poverty, encouraging, extended metaphor, inspirational,
Farewell to Poetry
I have inked my verses
All day for so long
Poured my soul in pages
But got nothing in return
For being a full time poet
Poverty
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poverty, death, imagery, memory, metaphor,
The Downtrodden
Another man has passed away,
Another soul has passed away without casting a silhouette.
Another son is growing into another man,
Who will one day pass away like
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poverty, abuse, anger, class, extended
Cashing in
They're cashing in on our misery
By making us go in circles
While they keep promising to deliver
On nothing cause nothing they've said holds water
They're
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poverty, abuse, extended metaphor, leadership,
Homeless Freedom
for eveyday food
thus he sells the whole body
poor homeless freedom
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poverty, allusion, analogy, appreciation, extended
The Rich and the Poor
Rich man
it has comfort and is envied.
live in an amazing place
beautiful mansion...
Don't live in a hurry,
no distress...
eat the best
drinks what he wants...
Travel around the world,
but
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poverty, allusion, analogy, appreciation, extended
Bantu Poem, Shahiri Mussabwa 6
When a millionaire
Wants to prey on you
And you reject his offer
_______________________
To do your own thing.
You will become a living
Dead on this
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poverty, 12th grade, death, jealousy,
Life In My Land
Life in my Land
Life in my land is not by right
With greed, we are wound around
Hardened ruiners ravaging all we have
Like raptor they kill, devour
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poverty, fear, grief, metaphor, murder,
In the Fires of Retribution
Our final hour draws near
As the pillars of the earth
Are raised above the threshold
The human condition of primeval primitivity
It's tribal, and civilized devices
Our cherished, but
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poverty, bereavement, heart, metaphor, philosophy,
Seed
The tiny seed wasn’t certain it wanted to sprout
It had been through such trauma above the soil
winds buffeting it this way and that
striking sign
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poverty, abuse, fate, flower, life,
Human Beings Contrast
the beggars
collect and eat
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poverty, abuse, allusion, evil, extended
Terminal Frost
The ground is hard
from last night's snow
all creation has frozen,
slick ice from a day of infernal sun
Twilight has bled away to pitch-black onyx
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Categories:
poverty, allegory, allusion, america, analogy,
Cheeky Little Nile Bugalugs
-Cheeky Little Nile Bugalugs-
I could fall on a turntable and raise the roof. Let the beat drop, but what’s the point scallywags?
Crickets chirp unwanted truths
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Categories:
poverty, deep, forgiveness, lost, mental
Nocturnal One
Night catches wing
flies like dreams
jumped in shifting revelations
realities each new hue
a shade with a difference
a different order
of a
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poverty, allegory, analogy, angst, art,
Year of the Street Urchin
Another year of
Homelessness,
Joblessness,
And abject poverty.
Year after year
He wanders about the slums
Shoeless,
Trudging through mud
With bruised feet
Life's uncomfortable;
A
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Categories:
poverty, endurance, imagery, life, metaphor,