#poverty poems on Hello Poetry

Abraham Avalos Aug 2018

It's two in the morning & I can't fall asleep
My mind is feeling restless
From all these thoughts that never leave
I remember simpler days
Wishing I could move away
Five years down the line
Now look at where I stay
Sleeping in my homies truck
In a sketchy parking lot
Up & early before dawn
Plug my headphones
Music on
Off to work that 9 to 5
Putting in that over time
Cash my check then realize
IRS took every dime
**** this government of mine
Take our checks & say it's right
Swipe my card & get declined
They make it hard to stay alive
**** I'm tired of this life
But I ain't thinking suicide
For if I do they satisfied
Much rather fight for what is mine
Is there a way for this to change
If there is then lead the way
Living bumy day to day
Tell me how the **** can one maintain
When they come up on your pay
A fallen victim to their game
I now start to contemplate
Faster routes like
Slang some dope & push that yay
Pass me the yak I popp the cap
Take a swig & I knock it back
Lord forgive me for my sins
Might just bust my first break in

- Abraham Avalos

#life #struggles #poverty

Pauper of Prose Aug 2018

Fretting When We Miss the Forbes List

With filthy fingers crusted in mud,
In ignorance we blissfully rub
Precious people and meaningful moments the wrong way
Until reflecting in our catalogue of memories one day
We see their true worth, the staggering figures of what they cost
And wisely lament on our poor loss

#rich #poor #poverty #precious #time #muse #longing #reflection

Isaac Spencer Aug 2018

Coins

One dime, two,
I count coins,

I don't want them to know,
I'm buying lunch with change.

#poor #broke #poverty #change #hungry #hunger

Homunculus Jul 2018

Duality

In African badlands,
the ravages of
famine starve
children daily.
In American ghettos,
African children
are given
guns and drugs,
and taught to make
war and profit,
or starve.

#society #duality #america #culture #poverty #war #gangs

Laura Jul 2018

American Money

In America
You're either rich or ******
Or privileged enough
To be ****** by the rich
Medical bills
Car insurance
Groceries
Utilities
Student loans
******* that nobody can afford
Yet everybody pays for
Because this is America
And we need to have it all
In America
I'm ******
Because I'm not a millionaire
And that's the kind of salary you need
In order to survive

#america #money #poverty #job #economy #rich #****** #bills #middleclass #upperclass

Tribhu Jul 2018

What Does The World Look Like

What does the world look like?
Through a homeless person or a nomad's eyes.
Is it a world colored in black and white?
Tell me, how long do they survive.
What does the world look like?
Through a guilty or a sinner's eyesight.
Is it a world filled with beautiful lies?
Tell me how miserably and desperately
We, the holy souls wish for them to die.
Tell me, oh sacred souls!
Have you lived their lives?
Have you ever wondered for once!
What does the world look like?
Oh, how blindfolded we are,
And how miserable inside.
We thought we lived in a better world
But we judge a sinner's sin,
Yet we hide away our endless vice.
We fill our mouths with lies and filth,
We believe the truth is what we disguise.
Oh scared souls! You blindly claim,
You deserve to live better
While sinners and nomads burn in flames,
When you ride for heaven
Because you are a saint,
The sinners must walk to hell,
Because they are the society of shame.

#poverty #sin #misery #life #lies #pain #sad

nish Jul 2018

.if only stars would fall on Sunday

you make a wish
upon a star
but little do you know
another being, far away
is wishing on it too

perhaps there is
the slightest chance
both wish for one same thing
like ending hunger, poverty
lack of education
or economic stability

but each of us
will take the time
wishing for our own

all i know is human nature
differs prayer from a wish
when we pray, we ask that god
bless all that is amiss
but when we wish upon a star
all thought for others leave
we wish only for ourselves
its what we've come to be.

for wishes seem so magical
and give our childish hearts some hope.

#stars #human #wish #magic #hope #god #poverty #hunger #education #chance

Jabin Jul 2018

Poverty

I
Don’t
Need
Your
*******
Advice.

But some money would be nice.

#poverty #need #money #mean #nice #greed #suffering #advice #funny #humor

Brent Kincaid Jul 2018

LITTLE PO' BEEP

Little Po’ Beep was fast asleep
When poverty came and found her;
She never quite saw
The Republican laws
Crash all her hopes around her.
The Beep's favorite daughter
Felt that she oughta
Be able to salvage a bit
Of the life she had
Before things went mad
And went reeling to hell from the hit.

Little Po’ Beep felt the cost was too steep
For taking a nap when she’s tired.
She truly believed
At least a few of the thieves
Needed to be indicted and fired.
She would gladly affect
A wring of the neck
Of the jerks in Washington who ground her
Like so much cheap meat
Starving dogs wouldn’t eat
No help from the dumb peers around her.

Little Po’ Beep wished she could learn
Some way she could turn
The slick words from Congress against them.
She’d take all their assets
And kick them where they sat
Then show them some tar and some feathers.
She’d set up a rail
Outside of the jail
And ride them from town in bad weather.

#nursery #rhyme #updated #poverty #crooks #politics #poetry #kincaid