Poems About: POVERTY

Feeding off dump sites
Government preaching about human rights
The minds hunger now difficult to fight
The authority’s pledge I’ve learnt to recite read more »

Their skin soaks up the heat
Leaving it as black as the midnight sky,
Their eyes wide, white, pleading
Begging to the passersby. read more »

Fill the rivers,
With poverty’s tears,
Only then will they be filled with innocent water.
The brick that fills poverty’s throat read more »

I over heard two fellows arguing about poverty
Whilst I sat in the cafe drinking coffee
And in truth I could not help but overhear them
As they sat at the next table to me. read more »

21st century cries.

World has advanced in many ways, yet poverty still cries.
Looking at this old man with tears in his eyes. read more »

Life spectators
from high living status
with their Owl binocular's eyes
dwell on wealth while munching pie, read more »

To get a card of
Below poverty line
I have to spot a person
Who has a link with Maoists. read more »

Poverty looks like
bare feet; skin and bones
a silent sob, and one too many loans. read more »

Poverty exudes odors
Desperation takes on hues
Uncertainty loudly clamours
Homeless move about read more »

War is a common solution for a lot of things,
countries go to war and so do gangs and teams

Its kind of crazy and kind of a shame, read more »

Forty Word Poem:

Poverty-trapped and poverty-stricken
To consider children in need is our mission. read more »

It is the deadliest valley,
And poverty is the burden they carry,
slender is the path, for Just is their rally,
Their wish and ruler's will, does vary. read more »