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Short Poor Man Poems

Short Poor Man Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Poor Man by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Poor Man by length and keyword.


Sunny Summer
sunny summer sun
everyone sweating, resting
but not the poor man....

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Categories: poor man, body, poverty, summer, sun,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member The Rich Man, the Poor Man
The rich man had one reason to smile,
The poor man only had a million......

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Categories: poor man, analogy, happiness, men, money, smile, society, wisdom,
Form: Carpe Diem
The Richest Man Haiku
a poor man feels free
for he knows God will be there
in each waking hour...

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© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poor man, god, inspiration,
Form: Haiku
Words
If words were money,
a poor man, he'd be,
ability limited,
no vocabulary.

(personal)...

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Categories: poor man, life, places, time, visionary,
Form: Verse
As the Poor Man Crossed the Street To the Money Tree
The poor man crossing
Got hit by a long limo.
                    "So close," said the tree....

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Categories: poor man, death, imagination, inspirational, life, political, visionary,
Form: Haiku



Betray a Poor Man
Once you betray a poor man
(His state may not change though),
Your heart is started to be called his kind....

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© Dora Rochi  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poor man, betrayal, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Summer Haiku
summer downpour
the poor man takes off his hat
collecting diamonds



For Andrea's Summer Short Forms Contest...

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Categories: poor man, beautiful, beauty, happy, nature, summer, sympathy,
Form: Haiku
Poor Prime Minister
Shri Lal Bahdur Shasthri,
Not only one time Prime Minister of India,
But also a PM since his birth,
PM,poor man,I mean!...

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Categories: poor man, leadership, poverty,
Form: Light Verse
Perspectives
There is a hungry rich man 
There is a content poor man 
The difference is in the being 
The experience is within the being...

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Categories: poor man, allusion, discrimination, integrity, irony, life, truth, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Seeds
The poor man goes without a want
and lives with what he needs.
While the wise man goes with who is poor
and lives for who he seeds....

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Categories: poor man, analogy, poverty, wisdom,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Rich Man, Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.

A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.

All shelter me
From this intolerable grief....

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Categories: poor man, angst,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Rich Man Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.

A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.

All shelter me
From this intolerable grief....

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Categories: poor man, angst,
Form: Prose Poetry
Poor Man
No one cares if a poor man is wise,
Though it's the reason that most are alive.
No one knows when a poor man dies
If his memorial does not survive....

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Categories: poor man, dedication
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Valentine Gift
(A Gift for life)

Alas a poor man
a material bounty
I cannot afford
unless the gift you except
one of my undying love.

© Harry J Horsman  2012...

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Categories: poor man, love,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Last Call
The three old Irish women stood over the casket.
They spoke
“Ah, poor man, he had a troubled life”
 “But now his problems are over”
“Or just beginning.”...

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Categories: poor man, humor, ireland, life,
Form: Free verse
Prince Charming
there once was a poor man named Dave
who was treated much like a slave
a vacation they took
and while casting his hook
he hooked for his princess a wave!...

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Categories: poor man, adventure, family, funny, people
Form: Limerick
The Need For Robin Hood
Society has lost those who dare;
no wealth to declare,
no voice for the meek!
Let Robin Hood speak, they'll get weak;
they will give the poor man his share!...

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Categories: poor man, abuse, america, change, evil, growth, humanity, judgement,
Form: Limerick
POOR BIG MAN

       
Poor man who believes himself
 very large...
 In the Andes mountain range
 he is a simple dwarf,
 In the immense desert,
 It's a tiny grain...!...

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Categories: poor man, allusion, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Love
Lovable beyond belief
Only thing someone would wish for
Valuable for power to make poor man rich
Exciting to high heights with feelings like flying like a kite...

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© Ashton Amy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poor man, beauty,
Form: Acrostic
Limerick - 1
There was a Young Man named Blount
He bought a note machine to count
The machine developed a bug
Instead of counting it did rag
The poor man lost all the amount...

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Categories: poor man, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Pool and the Fool
THERE WERE ICE CHUNKS IN THE POOL
THIS POOR MAN SHUFFLED LIKE A FOOL
WHEN HE JUMPED IN AND SANK
HIS SKIN TURNED LIKE PINK
PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS JUST PLAYING COOL...

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© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poor man, cute, funny, joy,
Form: Limerick
More Than One
I wish we could have more than one
I think it would be so much fun
One poor man just won’t do
For some women not even two
One rich, one cute, one smart, one dumb....

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Categories: poor man, fun, love, men,
Form: Limerick
Poor Bouffant Man
Poor man who thinks
         real ample he is, so in vain
         in front of Everest,
         is simple dwarf,
         in Sahara desert
         a tiny grain... !...

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Categories: poor man, irony,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Insane Reign
King George was feeling so sad His doctors said he was mad Despite his long rule He just looked a fool No wonder the poor man went mad 7th May 2015
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Categories: poor man, history, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Pool and the Fool
There were ice chunks in the pool
While the poor man shuffled like a fool
When he jumped in and sank
His skin turned light pink
People thought, he was just playing cool...

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© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poor man, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick

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