Poverty In The 21st Century Poem by Winston Harding

Poverty In The 21st Century

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It's the 21st century
The media displays it day and night,
Poverty.
Poverty across the globe lies
Poverty cries out from the belly of little boys
Little girls, parents too
Desperately searching for food,
Shelter, clothing, for love,
Companion, for attention
Those with plenty, refuse
To amend, a world haunted by
Poverty.

Is poverty affecting the rich?
Are their poverty the same
As the poor in financial constrains?
For they, too, poverty of love
I see poverty in the learned
I see poverty in those whose
Selfish acts are destroying society.
I see poverty in all level of humanity

The world is still an imperfect place
Yet life is still beautiful, the wind
Blows, we see it not, give thanks
For what you possess, now go,
Help if you can along the way,
Help to eradicate poverty
In your surrounding, widen
Your boundary across your
Country, to nations of the world.

Help to fight poverty, now!

Winston Harding

Sunday, September 2, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: poverty
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Anthony Binns 12 November 2019

This poem touched me, for as we are living in this century, i have faced poverty. On my street I see it daily. Will it ever end/ Winston Harding capture it right on.

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Jazib Kamalvi 19 September 2018

A refined poetic imagination, Winston. You may like to read my poem, Love And Iust. Thank you.

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