Poems About: POVERTY

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When I shiver with cold
a blanket Shiva does hold
in poverty he showers gold
my wishes from your mould read more »

ostentatious displays
of peacock privilege wealth

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Language, religion,
poverty, greed
are the causes
of many an read more »

That seashore community drew
artists, the yacht owning wealthy
and fishermen whose occupation
engendered poverty.... eddies read more »

At least spare a thought for the children the children of Poverty Street
They are homeless as young teenagers and against the odds they must compete
Their parents serving time for robbery and narcotic offences and most of their role models in jail
Their circumstance of birth is a huge mark against them the poor young people destined to fail. read more »

We need more love and understanding of others in the World we live in today
Materialism and greed for money is the cause of spiritual decay
The gap between the haves and the have nots keeps widening and too many live in poverty
How can you feel love if you are hungry and homeless love doesn't bloom amongst penury read more »

Only there is God
who can feel
the pain
and tears of poverty. read more »

On Poverty Street and Refugee camps far away
The struggles of life it goes on every day
The struggles to live in the face of despair
The have nots of the World have never been rare read more »

To reduce poverty is their stated goal
Yet the policies they demand
Always leave assisted countries
In a deeper, darker hole read more »