Rationing Poems - Poems about Rationing

A Walk with Father

...He leads me through East London,
docks, pubs, among the stray dogs, the
River Thames lapping at low clouds.

We find the second-hand player in a street
where the shops are dusty holes under the ...

Two Worlds

...When I was little,
life was supposed to be filled with laughter,
sticky fingers from melting ice cream,
and afternoons lost in make-believe,
toy cars and plastic dinosaurs battling in the living ...

SIPPING COFFEE

...SIPPING COFFEE

There was a time a few decades ago
Well yes, many more than just a few
And post war rationing we still faced
Finding real ground coffee was tough
At least in homes of the common...

Women, mysterious entities, from heaven to earth descended

...Women, mysterious entities, from heaven to earth descended,
Ancestral magic that encircles and teaches the universe,
Like sirens from the depths, the misunderstood and adored temptation,
With eyes...

Hang On

...My country in Africa - though I am Indian in origin -
Lies torn and tattered, corrupt and corrupting
No water for weeks, only Mandela's Charity trucked in some (2 trucks today) 
After a whole week...

Routines

...he sat there in his room
gently shaking his head as
he chalked ducks on the floor
which then he carefully fed
over in the corner 
watching him with glee
the asylum keeper counted
from one to n...

Thought Police

...Thought Police

Be careful what you say, 
be careful who you say it to. 
It might be heard... 
by someone that does not like it!

They will come to your door, 
and even the score, 
even if t...

Disinformation Governance Board They Are Taking Away Free Speech

...Friends our Government are setting up a Governance board to censor you, tag you, give you a fine, or put you in jail if you voice an opinion they don't like. They hired Nina Jankowicz to monitor all ...

Sanctions and Ukraine

...Determined is the USA
Who thinks they understand the Ukraine!

They knew Sanctions did not prevent a thing!
They said, “More dead tonight ,sure-thing.”

“Thank you, very much,’ The USA Presiden...

Rationing Prayers

...I used to pray with conditions attached... 
The I'll do this if you'll only do that type of soiled tripe..
The epitome of mind blemishes and ramblings 
that I knew would never bear anything signif...

Drowning In Debt

...He goes through each day 
obsessing over how to 
increase his earnings. 
Times are hard. 
He's drowning in debt; 
his bills gradually piling up.
Creditors bug him so much, 
he feels like screa...

Sweets

...sweets

after the war in Norway, there were little in the way
of sweets and what we could buy was rationed.
But all was not lost, my mother melted sugar in a frying pan 
when the sugar became li...

My Clear Window

...The world outside my window
I view with one eye open 
while laying on my pillow
Birds are chirping and singing their songs
perched upon their tree of choice 
they know where they belong
I smell...

My Clear Window

...The world outside my window

I view with one eye open 

while laying on my pillow

Birds are chirping and singing their songs

perched upon their tree of choice 

they know where they belon...

- Norway In Virus Quarantine -

...A significantly different day
                 No bread or milk
empty for toilet paper
Reduced opening hours in grocery stores
-  Home insulation with
   respiratory infection
Rationing on medi...

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