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The Great Depression Poems - Poems about The Great Depression

The Great Depression Poems - Examples of all types of poems about the great depression 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 the great depression.
Premium Member Blame
...[Non-Fictional Preface: Fictional Old Folks Home/Apparition] "This is the story of two friends, both considered themselves start-up writers, whereas, one who was a bit more of an upstart,......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, confusion, death of a
Form: Narrative

Premium Member A Hunger Unfed
..."Robert Frosts', friend, Edward Thomas was an indecisive fellow, until that one day they took the other road Edward wanted, and of course, Robert's piece was not Edward's choice to say th......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, brother, depression, friendship, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Happy Number 110, Dad
... Happy Number 110, Dad Thanks to you I can recall Life before the Internet and the shopping mall I remember your office a cabinet, desk and chair Open the window ......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, dad, happy birthday, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Struggle til we die
...They say we struggle til we die, If that's the case I don't want to fight to stay alive, Feels like a crime, Stealing money from our pockets the government doesn't leave us a dime, Homelessness i......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, 12th grade, community, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ambushed
...I retrieve scrapbooks and photo albums from my bookshelf, frequently visiting their pages hoping to keep the very best of everyone who’s blessed my life from disappearing from my mind. I need my memo......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, family, memory,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Ludwig Knew, Clerihew
...Free market economist, Ludwig Von Mises Ably pinpointed economic diseases. Yet, when we’re told the feds fixed the great depression, Ludwig knew it was caused by fed intervention.......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, history, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
Peas In a Pod
...Amidst the trials of history's flow, Two leaders rise, with strength aglow, Their nations' fate upon their back, They stood, steadfast, with unwavering tact. One, a name that echoes still, FDR......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, history, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dear Mom
...This is a letter I should've written to you many years ago, To express my love and affection - so much to you I owe! Alas, I didn't tell you I loved you enough, that I'll ever rue; The things I wa......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, love, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Music You Are My Beloved Friend- Christen Kuikoua
...Music You Were Music You are As a Kid, You Were And still now you are What would I have been without your wings so strong Like thunder in my head You made me fearless and bold Oh, my dea......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, destiny, guitar, inspiration, leadership,
Form: Free verse
1920 To 1929
...I am the roaring twenties And the cotton club. I am Al Capone and his Thugs. I am the rise of Joseph Stalin. I am the age of science And penicillin. I am Walt Disney a......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ballad of Joyce Hill
...To her family she was coy but truly she would be their Joy, a country girl from Kingaroy - the fourth of eleven. Over hill and range she did tramp living......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, tribute,
Form: Ballad
Mom You Are My One and Only- Christen Kuikoua
...Mom, your love is a mystery: How can you do it all? Mother is such a simple word, But to me there’s meaning seldom heard. For everything I am today, My mother’s love showed me the way. You are ......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, age, appreciation, cute love,
Form: Free verse
A World That Pretends To Be Happy
...The pursuit of happiness is the American Dream but how can I be happy if I ain’t spending? What kind of world have we all come to live in where happiness is sold at filthy auctions? Add i......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, america, corruption, depression, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Stand Up For America
...I was born December 5, 1941 on the eve of Pearl Harbor And I remember the aftermath of the Great Depression, I remember the horrors and anxieties of World War II, This generation has l......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, america, patriotic, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Kiss To Build a Dream On
... Long long ago, when my parents first met, They Fell in love like everyone.... And Started that long treck. Perhaps like you, they fell in love! And they found out there was more Than j......Read the rest...
Categories: the great depression, how i feel, parents,
Form: Free verse

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