Poverty

Imagine life without your phone, could you stand it?

Imagine life without a proper bed, how well would you sleep?

Imagine life without proper food water and even shelter, could you survive?

These conditions aren't just fake,

They are real!

Poverty for goodness sake!

They don't even get a proper meal.

Not just food,

People search far and wide for water.

They travel for kilometres just for a bucketfull,

And if they stumble and slip,

Well tough luck for them.

Despite our funds,

They still suffer

Now take a moment to think,

Could you survive against poverty?

Rhyme Scheme

"These conditions aren't just fake,

They are real!

Poverty for goodness sake!

They don't even get a proper meal"

Rhetorical Question  

"Imagine life without your phone, could you stand it?

Imagine life without a proper bed, how well would you sleep?

Imagine life without proper food water and even shelter, could you survive?"

A Small Deer in a War Zone

A small deer happily prancing along,

Even through the trodden muddy banks,

Even through the war-torn land.

No proper food to eat

No proper place to call home.

A small deer happily prancing along,

Even through the shrapnel filled forest.

Even through the cratered hills.

No one to stay with,

No where to be safe.

Despite these setbacks,

The deer remains happy,

The deer remains hopeful.

The form of poem is free verse.

The poetic techniques are:

Repetition - "A small deer happily prancing along"

Imagery - "Even through the shrapnel filled forest.

Even through the cratered hills."

Symbolism - "The small deer represents the people who remain hopeful even though they are in a war zone."

Bullying

Bullying, it's not cool,

And in fact, all it does is that it makes you look like a fool!

At school, all you classmates will be talking quietly,

About how you pick on that one guy,

And how that guy was very innocent and shy.

Don't you realise what you're doing is wrong?

Don't you realise that even though bullying does make you feel strong,

It is just all for just a short while?

You may think you're superior,

But others just think "What an idiot!"

Then one day you get a call,

The school says the guy you bullied is gone.

Couldn't take it any more,

Had to commit suicide

Because he couldn't abide.....By your lack of respect.

Bullying, it's not cool.

I composed this piece and the form of this poem is free verse.

The poetic techniques are:

Rhyme Scheme - "Don't you realise what you're doing is wrong?

Don't you realise that even though bullying does make you feel strong."

Imagery - "The school says the guy you bullied is gone.

Couldn't take it any more,"

Rhetorical Question - "Don't you realise what you're doing is wrong?"

Destroying Home By queen0kid

 

Polar bears and penguins,

Non to hunt, they all died. 

Couldn't find that piece of ice, 

To rest their weary bones for the rest of their lives 

There goes Alaska, Antarctica, 

With the ice all melting... 

There goes half the world maybe?

What was that? 3.5 billion people dying?

Flooding the world, and we try to fly? 

Go to Mars, And ruin our Earth?

A failing species, can't even keep our home?

What? Did the carbon monoxide get to your head?

We're getting too lazy to walk a block, we drive instead? 

Too lazy to protect, we always fight. 

Think of the planet the gave us a home! 

All we do is destroy!

Global Warming people! I love my home!

The composer of this piece is queen0kid (poetry website user).

The form of this piece is free verse.

The poem is about a how global warming is rapidly becoming a big problem because it is killing the wildlife, affecting the water levels and affecting the air quality. The poem is talking about how we are the cause of global warming as we are the ones who start wars which causes severe pollution. The poem also talks about how we are heavily dependent on vehicles which is causing all the air pollution.

The message of this poem is that we need to learn how to preserve our planet as well take it for granted. The message the poet is trying to get out is that we should be considering ways to stop global warming. Another part of the message the poet is trying to get out is that we should not be relying on vehicles as heavily as it is damaging the environment.

The tone of this poem is understanding and realisation of what is happening to our planet.

Some techniques used are:
Rhyme Scheme - "I know what poverty looks like—it looks back right smack in the eye Striking a discordant note, one cannot forget, the hardest of hearts cry"

Imagery - "I know what poverty looks like—it looks back right smack in the eye"

Rhetorical Question - " What? Did the carbon monoxide get to your head?"

My opinion of this poem is that it clearly shows how the public needs a serious reality check. The poet clearly states that we are careless and do not think ahead to what might happen to the world when global warming gets too out of hand.

Not a Single Person Deserves to be Poor By Dine Racoma

While the general trend through time is for the poor to become poorer

And the rich—they become richer and richer, I cannot help but wonder

Can someone come up with a sure fire solution to the widespread poverty

Afflicting millions the world over. What will it take to eradicate this reality?

International NGOs, development banks, churches, rich countries

Financing firms, charitable organizations, individuals, philanthropists

Have come to the rescue, through loans, technical assistance grants

And direct aid, still poverty is evident despite infusing these funds

I know what poverty looks like—it looks back right smack in the eye

Striking a discordant note, one cannot forget, the hardest of hearts cry

Poverty is not just an issue of lack of money, it is a pool of many things

Global concerns like war, famine, hunger, sickness, a litany of sufferings.

Not a single person on earth deserves to be poor, but this is stark reality

Aren't all creatures created to be equal to enjoy the world’s bounty?

It’s high time that all nations sincerely unite, work hand in hand

And as individuals we can do our share, in our own little way, yes, we can!

Composer - Dine Racoma

Form Of Poem - Lyric

What is the poem about?
The poem is about how we cannot still rid the world of widespread poverty and how the rich are becoming even richer than before. The poet is also saying that there are many organisations as well as people that are trying to help the many people in poverty by sending funds. However poverty is still evident despite these funds. 

What is the message of the poem?
The message of the poem is that poverty is not just about the need for money it is also the consequences that come with the lack of money - diseases, lack of hygiene, no proper shelter, no proper food and water. The poet is trying to tell everyone as well as the nations to come together end this worldwide epidemic.

What is the tone created in the poem?
The tone created in the poem is that the world needs to take a reality check and how we need to understand that people are living in absolute poverty. Also the tone urges us to come together and end poverty once and for all.

What are some techniques used in this poem?
Rhyme Scheme - "I know what poverty looks like—it looks back right smack in the eye Striking a discordant note, one cannot forget, the hardest of hearts cry"

Imagery - "I know what poverty looks like—it looks back right smack in the eye"

Rhetorical Question - "Aren't all creatures created to be equal to enjoy the world’s bounty?

My Opinion of the Poem

I think that this poem is a clear example of how we need to have a serious reality check. Many people have not had the taste of poverty therefore they do not really show any concern to the people who are in poverty. By reading this poem it can make people realise that we really do need to end poverty because as its says in the poem, that everyone was created to share the world equally.

Took the Children Away - Archie Roach

This story's right, this story's true

I would not tell lies to you

Like the promises they did not keep

And how they fenced us in like sheep.

Said to us come take our hand

Sent us off to mission land.

Taught us to read, to write and pray

Then they took the children away,

Took the children away,

The children away.

Snatched from their mother's breast

Said this is for the best

Took them away.

The welfare and the policeman

Said you've got to understand

We'll give them what you can't give

Teach them how to really live.

Teach them how to live they said

Humiliated them instead

Taught them that and taught them this

And others taught them prejudice.

You took the children away

The children away

Breaking their mothers heart

Tearing us all apart

Took them away

One dark day on Framingham

Come and didn't give a damn

My mother cried go get their dad

He came running, fighting mad

Mother's tears were falling down

Dad shaped up and stood his ground.

He said 'You touch my kids and you fight me'

And they took us from our family.

Took us away

They took us away

Snatched from our mother's breast

Said this was for the best

Took us away.

Told us what to do and say

Told us all the white man's ways

Then they split us up again

And gave us gifts to ease the pain

Sent us off to foster homes

As we grew up we felt alone

Cause we were acting white

Yet feeling black

One sweet day all the children came back

The children come back

The children come back

Back where their hearts grow strong

Back where they all belong

The children came back

Said the children come back

The children come back

Back where they understand

Back to their mother's land

The children come back

Back to their mother

Back to their father

Back to their sister

Back to their brother

Back to their people

Back to their land

All the children come back

The children come back

The children come back

Yes I came back.

The composer of this piece is Archie Roach

The form of this poem is Song Lyrics

The poem is about how the English settlers took the aborigine children away from their parents when they came to colonise Australia. They started teaching the children their traditions and traits. They also unfairly claimed the land that belonged to the aborigines.

The message of this poem is to show how the English settlers were unfair to the aborigines by taking their children away from them to teach them their ways lying to them as well. Archie Roach was one of the children who were taken away

The tone created in the poem mainly how unfair and unjustly the settlers treated the aborigines even though the land belonged to the aborigines. Also the settlers didn't have the right to take their children away.

Some techniques are:

Repetition - "Took the children away" - This phrase is used often to say that they took the children without any actual permission.

Rhyme - "Like the promises they did not keep...And how they fenced us in like sheep"

Image - "He came running fighting mad.....And our mother's tears were fighting mad" - This shows how their father was trying to refrain the settlers from taking the composer and his brothers and sisters.

My opinion of this poem is that this poem clearly shows how even though they were treated unfairly and the hurt emotionally and physically. However they kept their hopes up and the children who were taken away (aka Stolen Generation) came back to their families.