Metaphor Poverty Poems

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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for eveyday food
   thus he sells the whole body
     poor homeless freedom...

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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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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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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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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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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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the beggars
              collect and eat
       ...

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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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-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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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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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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Shadows stretch out across this lost highway. 
Cool winds dance dying leaves as the sunsets cast.

At the edge of sky, hues of gold and Crimson...

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rich man sans virtue,
              it's truly plain and simple
   ...

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Rejection of worldly goods has been seen
as means for spiritual growth, to lead
a life in balance with HIS will, to wean
every material thing with no...

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