Sad 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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 Still living 'bove ground
   inside a box, outskirts of town
 Begged every day, helped him pay
   for coffee,...

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When the sun goes down
She comes to town
Gazing all around
Yet no one has found    
fireflies lit the darkest night
cry of cricketers in...

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"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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Snowstorm over,
the Keeper opened the shelter doors,
Keeping his head low,
   eyes downcast,
watching only people’s feet.
His Keeper heart could not bear 
  ...

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Pleasing portraits plentiful
in this picture perfect residence 
neatly nestled in 
silk sheets of 
coastal Californian opulence 
the gleam of San Diegan splendor
like a coastline of...

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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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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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She pawned her ring
    went into hock
  Sold her long hair
    went into shock

  Took to the...

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“Journeys”

I reread “Grapes of Wrath”

Today,

Then went to El Paso

And stared at the wall....

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Downtown city lights
with breathtaking ambiance 
hides in her darkness
disparity ~homelessness
ensnared in her masquerade...



Inspired by numerous sightings of homelessness while traveling by train....

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Good morrow merry citizens
Here’s another Brexit gain
We may have our country back
But we can’t go live in Spain.
Record numbers now
Are all giving thanks
For the almost...

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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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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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"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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