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Slums Poems - Poems about Slums

Slums Poems - Examples of all types of poems about slums to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for slums.
Premium Member Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
...Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories - Daniel Henry Rodgers Beneath stardust's scattered gleam, Her-story, a comet’s tail, blazing across time. ......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, freedom, girl, history, literature,
Form: Narrative



Delhi’s Slums
...In Delhi's heart, a tale untold, Of towering shadows, harsh and cold. Gleaming steel and vibrant lights, Hide a stark contrast, unseen at night. Pan across narrow, winding lanes, Zoom in on ma......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, city, voice,
Form: Narrative
The Fire Within: Tales of Lifelong Passion
...In the depths of Van Gogh's starry night, A passion burned, and a soul took flight. Colours swirled in a cosmic dance, His paintbrush, his fervent romance. Michelangelo with marble white, Carv......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, appreciation, endurance, inspirational, passion,
Form: Bio
Flyovers
...Progress seems proudly perched on flyovers, Sold on many a toll-dotted speedways. Each, pylon-pecked, on hinterland hovers, And not on friendly crisscrossing highways. They slyly gloat over......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Darlin
...She loves the ballparks, and goes to Symphany halls. She loves God but not religion. She cusses and curses, gets drunk on sailors, yet her heart’s an open daisy. In Kentucky they call her ‘d......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member More Quick Graveyard Poetry
...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 the rest...
Categories: slums, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Graves By the Roadside
... I can't get this poem to form. So just placing it here anyway. I found a graveyard with only the steps remaining of the church at the side of a busy road, with derelict car showrooms neighbouri......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Phantasmagoria of Nonsense
...I searched in vain for inspiration. I even climbed the sacred Parnassus Where all the muses reside. I danced with them Engaged in endless discourse. All in vain. Then I resigned to my fate. ......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, addiction, writing,
Form: Free verse
Mothers
...To all women who have contributed to the growth of humanity, through their relentless sacrifices, commitments, dedications, endurance, courageous deeds, and resilience. From the ones that would m......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, anniversary, mothers day, mum,
Form: Free verse
Our Love
...Our Love Our love, like hydrogen's bond, Is the simplest, yet profound. Like helium's lightness, we float, In each other's arms, we bloat. Lithium's fire ignites within, A spark that's alwa......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, feelings, first love, for
Form: Free verse
The Pale Mariachi By Fd Ravenskraft
...The Pale Mariachi by FD F.D. Ravenskraft He plays and delays and he obeys the tunes that command His ways. To lust only for it. the guitars need attention as the player mentions that I dedicat......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Arkham Asylum
... The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, a fictional psychiatric hospital and prison: part of the DC comics and first appearing in Batman #258, 1974, referred to as the Ark......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Underprivileged
...Uunacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol are contaminants.The substances are toxic,and their effects"can include abdominal pain,vomiting,diarrhoea,inability to pass urine,headac......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, addiction, boy, children, death,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Porcelain Doll
...Porcelain doll, with a face so pretty a country gal, ran away to the city Worked in a bar, dancing on tables beat shovelling sh-it, in Pa’s stables Looks for love, but only finds bums lowlife......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, age, allusion, girl, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Old Glory Yet Waves
...When I see Old Glory wave I picture Lady Liberty beckoning to boatloads of refugees ~ not cattle rustlers hanging in effigy When I hear Taps playing I think of young soldiers who gave t......Read the rest...
Categories: slums, america, holiday, prayer, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme

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