Short Workhouse Poems
Short Workhouse Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Workhouse by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Workhouse by length and keyword.
Christmas Day In the Workhouse 4
It’s Christmas day in the workhouse
Just another grey day to endure
We are being treated to pot noodle
So Oliver won’t be asking for more...
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Categories:
workhouse, funny, holidayday,
Form:
I do not know?
Christmas Day In the Workhouse # 3
It’s Christmas day in the workhouse
Just another grey day to endure
We have been promised nouvelle cuisine
So Oliver will be asking for more...
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Categories:
workhouse, holidayday,
Form:
I do not know?
Double Or Twist
An orphaned Victorian child
On the streets,running wild
Fated to share a workhouse cot
Asked for a second helping from the pot-
A life of crime becoming his lot....
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Categories:
workhouse, people, places,
Form:
Narrative
The Workhouse
Children of darkness do not play under the Bluebird sky
nor do they feel the sunshine of a summer's morning
on little backs and faces..
instead they toil from dawn to dusk in rooms of
darkness with dirt floors and grey walls..
barefoot urchins from six to ten
hollow eyes that stare at sewing machines
where tiny fingers thread and weave garments
for rich ladies and gentlemen who buy the cloth of silk..
spun by little folk who had the misfortune to be born paupers.....
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Categories:
workhouse, sad
Form:
Couplet