Poverty In A Modern World Poem by Dave Alan Walker

Poverty In A Modern World

Rating: 5.0


An egotistical backlog
of creditors
waiting in line

Waiting
to take the cloths
off your back
and the skin
off your bones

All to make money
and to make you broke
while the politicians
who got into power
laugh and smirk

Saturday, January 7, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: political
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Swetha V 07 January 2012

good write sir. i like it

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Ahmed Khaled 07 January 2012

NOthing more than thinking in the poor proves the tender humanity that lies beneath in the very heart and soul depths, again you prove to me my dear beloved friend that you are big true humanity besides being very gentle poetry talent, , , , , , , , thank you for this beautiful effecitve poem, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , PH.D: : : AHMED KHALED

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Vipins Puthooran 07 January 2012

humanity dies in the hands of the mighty man.... Great poem! ! 10++

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Eric Cockrell 07 January 2012

and therein lies the problem! great poem!

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Ruth Walters 11 February 2012

True, the politicians all seem so smug in their ivory towers don't they. I dislike all of them, Tory, Liberal, Labour, etc etc.... but however much I dislike them I have to admit that we need some sort of order to the chaos and so we need government, but more fairness in the world. Then again, I love fairytales.

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Lawrence H 13 January 2012

very well composed & structure poem about poverty...sometimes, i think poverty from from our own stupidity and greed. Actually, we have enough of everything if everyone share all the world resources EQUALLY together, stop wars or fighting, then Poverty is history or thing of past. This poem Rating 10/10 for you.

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Pheko Motaung 13 January 2012

A very good poem.The politicians have messed up the world...and our lives! Thanks for your kind comments about my poems.Really appreciated.

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(De Va) 09 January 2012

your words never cease to amaze me. you have a way of taking a political problem and laying it open for the world to understand...blessings...

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Raj Arumugam 09 January 2012

A brief but power-packed poem on life that can often strip us to our briefs(!) ....sad and true how the innocent can be stripped bare

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