Slum Poems - Poems about Slum

...Things are not the same anymore-- People wash their hearts with mediocre Busted pieces spilled and cracked; Now a later point in time; Just like a candy-bar melting; Things won’t be ......Read More

...A busy Friday afternoon Exploding plane, but not an exploding cigar, as days of fun have long since gone. The Byzantine Empire never left Russia, either that or they were incapable of keeping se......Read More

...Another one inspired by the graveyard which stayed on the roadside after the church and residential streets demolished. A few graves of wealthy men but the rest covered over. The area once wealthy ci......Read More

...Just taking notes as I walk for the perhaps of a poem later. Fun to share real time first drafts. Walking from out of town to into town Passed a churchyard with no church Only steps remain where......Read More

... "Xmas comes and goes, but if we imbibe its true spirit, hope, joy and peace, like doves, will come to nest in our hearts forever" ~ By Poet Xmas gives hope to a world so glum......Read More

...The town I was born into was a grit incubating slum. It was the worst of places yet had some gruff-faced high-headed days. On those few times (days that did not seek to hammer me down into t......Read More

... I strongly pray for peace and shared respect. But I'd much quite prey on the nasty scum. Who are the ones who plant seeds of reject? I strongly pray for peace and shared respect. ......Read More

...Beware of politicians whose active manifesto Is always to speak ill of other candidates and opposition parties. They are the real problems! Beware of political goons and rumour-mongers, spin......Read More

...I'm scum, yeah a bum, I live in a slum, with a head of brick scars banging, to the sound of a shotgun. There's always a scrap, where there's ever a crumb, $hit happens in this crap, will a......Read More

... dark matter groovin' anti climatica drill midnight rain ether......Read More

...One One gun, one pull, one death. One dream - shattered in life. One time to sacrifice. One God, one son, one idol. One John, one King, one Bob. One nation, no value on life. One moon, o......Read More

... Little drummer boy with a rum-tum-dumb Beat out a melody in ghetto slum Fuzz drove slowly by Saw Santa in sky Consumed donuts as he fell on his bum Written 11-29-2022 Contest: a Funny Chr......Read More

... A man reached me at the market that day. He lifted two handcrafted seats on his head. He urged, "Won't you buy my chairs?" Today. Nobody took my chairs. All moved instead. I recal......Read More

... “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable Gift.” – 2 Corinthians 9:15 Another Christmas day has come Greeted alike in city and slum The King of kings is born on Earth To offer the......Read More

...I will tell you a sorrowful tale of an ancient time when the turning years carved grooves into vinyl, a time that changed everything and nothing. He was a lad, a stripling, knobble kneed and roug......Read More