Short Impoverished Poems

nation's tent cities....dreams sleep frozen in all
impoverished seasons...

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She is no lady of mine
For I am impoverished,
Black,
Dependent and coy, ---
Not her class.
I myself
Have told her so, ---
No lady of mine....

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~Golden is the heart vast riches in the mind
Impoverished poor are the feet that have no place to walk~


1/16/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr ©2021...

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I 
Hope
To write
Short Stories
to be enjoyed
by everyone who reads them.
To someday be published is but a lovely dream.
Even the impoverished can afford the luxury of a beautiful dream....

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Silver Spoons
Cabin in the Woods
Feeding impoverished bears porridge

Golden Plates
Dirty hairy faces
After dinner Mama Bear washing dishes

1/27/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2020...

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excessive rain impoverished the orchards, apples have fell, deer fed 
a cock-a-hooped doe ~ now survives the harsh winter ~ two fawn play joyful  



Ku Duet Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Silent One 
12-28-2019...

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Rich- impoverished



                               Multimillionaire
                      In heart miniscule love left
                            is just a damp squib!


      

                          ©  Anulaxmi Nayak,2015...

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I would dance upon the cratered moon,
for just one dance with thee.
I would sip the hemlock,
if touched by your lips the goblet be.
I would peculate the honeycomb,
and risk wrath of the bee,
if you had deigned to ask the honey
from impoverished me....

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Investigative of a Native

Report ironically appeared investigative,
About some people apparently native;
They looked in vein,
On impoverished plain,
And still never did find a place to live.

Jim Horn

Can you imagine them having a Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year.

4992...

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Sorrow is

the night’s rainstorm

lashing an impoverished psyche

wandering lost with loss 

‘neath weeping eaves in murky-minded alleyways

without an umbrella. 


Susan Ashley 
July 29, 2019


~ First Place ~
Premiere Contest: One Sentence Metaphor In Free Verse
Sponsor: Jesse Rowe...

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If I can help a smile to one face,
then have shared a Divine Grace;
if I can bring a sprinkle of love
to one heart, alone and aching, 
then I have played a healing part – 
and if I can raise one impoverished 
soul to the wealth of God's Presence
in body and in spirit...then I have
served that day well....

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As I get closer to dottering,
I put on Bach

and the music reaches out
through the centuries saying,

we are here for you,
we are your neighbors,

in spite of the early death,
and the cold impoverished

winters, wars,  
rights of kings, conquest.

My neighbors with their
smiles suppress their hates....

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One
we go
Two three through
this life for all
they seek the Fifth column
they had a Sixth sense to 
recompense the poor the weak impoverished Ones
Petrarch, Dickens, Marx, Harding-Davis, Riis, Mother Teresa,
In form rare to Multitudes, but not these souls,
Thanks to human kindness amidst the insanity-- Ah the Humanity!...

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two pieces of copper dont add 
  up to much but a skinny child.

  bricks and bones resonate against 
  poverty.

 now drunk impoverished prodigies
 chase the devil who wears new balance
 running shoes so he can flee 
 faster and faster.
 
 seratonin serenade with a little 
 wool over the eyes.  distracts a
 few and keeps them guessing....

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Trumpet sounds
penniless dignity
black and white
pavement heart
impoverished souls...

Downtrodden  parade
shameful faces
some look away
others wish you
a blessed day...

Help me Father
ease my hunger
a celebration
of family and friend
thank you Lord...

The soup kitchen
holy place
God help the hungry
who wake up
with the sun
until the day comes
when they can't......

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Sometimes leafless tree
looks attractive and scenic
when birds sit on it

The flowerless plant
enthrals everyone when
butterfly flies round 

Waterless river
is even more beautiful
when cute kids play there

Tasteless food items 
sound utterly delicious
when mother feeds us

Impoverished life
bestows happiness on us
when we boast small things...

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Perhaps memories are mere drops dripping from life
that splash upon impoverished floors hidden in the mind
swept away by shadows sweeping through lonely nights
leaving nothing but streetlamp dreams and unfulfilled wishes 
that may have been real in a twilight realm of another time
even so, your memory burns like an eternal flame lit long ago



6/18/18 
contest When line six is a perfect fix...

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I am broken and impoverished
 I dress in rags  torn threads holes in shoes
 I need a home a shelter
 I am related to the world in permanent vacation on the streets 
In these cities in the corners
 My job is being homeless 
And I don't want it 
I desire dignity and respect 
a chance to flourish
Won't you please come help me

1/15/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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You asked for an explanation 
for a flame. A bat 
flies in a passage of pain.
A poem becomes an accuser.

They were drowning 
the moon  
in a lake of blood.
A poem sails like a kayak.

The snow was falling 
like drifting lovers.
Stains were becoming bits of screams.
A poem delivers an echo.

The fear turns you blue 
in midst of knocks.
Doors had the outrageous locks.
A poem walks like a truth  



 Satish Verma...

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Impoverished, destitute no money to spare
This woman with green eyes and cascading hair 
On a mission to find something to wear
Impress she must as though she hadn't a care
Green velvet drapes hanging in her foyer
Torn down and fashioned just for her
This woman in green shown like a mare
Femme fatal, Scarlett O'Hara, as no others compare
Dressed to kill as only she dare
In the green dress that she did wear...

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" Seeking nothing other
than the pleasure 
of those impoverished lips,
did I find myself
impartial to the unrest
of those soulful sermons;
that left their permanence 
within these walls , where I've
found  the freedom to ponder 
such love without the necessity 
of many words, though I know
there is much to be said 
before this life draws 
to its final conclusion . "



Alfredo Gonzales (c)...

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When fire burning
Over the impoverished land
Not for long
I could see a beautiful image
In my mind.
But I don’t see your ugly appearance
Although worried of the spreading fire.

One day the fire will be extinguished
After it became widespread
And when it has gone
Your stingy ugly image will be seen again
Which cannot be driven away
Nor I remain far from you.
Rather unwillingly I will become
A part of you.


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We the people have had enough
Of insurrection and tyrannical stuff

Enough of scarcely getting by
Enough of the perpetual lie

Enough witnessing impoverished places 
Enough viewing despair on their faces

Enough of congress not working as one
Enough of never getting the job done

Enough of this stolen election thing    
Enough of this man who would be King

Enough fury and frustration
Enough dividing our nation

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hot, dry season over and done
nostalgia approaches in a dance of delight

dust and droplets of rain
start their tango creating an essence
known as petrichor.

inhale her deeply, memorize her smell
for she departs without sight or sound

welcome rain
cleansing the impoverished ground,
leaving behind her cool, fragrant spirit,

precipitating stark remembrance
as she hugs the dust of earth
relieving its thirst...

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I detest You
I love you
Your pick
Far-famed to all
Light-colored or dark
Affluent or impoverished
Young or aged
No one breaks free
You vicious but just
You don’t compromise
When it is time
You appear like the sun
You rob on daylight
You leave contusion, ageless bruises
You Rob in the dark
I speak to you cruel but fair
Why didn’t you give me a chance
A chance to say good bye
You so cruel but fair
I dislike you
I love you...

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