Pockets



We're worn from worry-
Salvation Army serves us dinner,
we tried to get by, but we're thinner.
It's our family's first time here,
my parent's eyes are red from tears.
When the cost of living became
so high,
I heard my parents cry.

We're all filing in, quiet, as the
soup kitchen volunteers gently
smile,
we haven't smiled in a while.
There's many other children
here,
I wish there was more cheer.
I just saw two siblings of
another family,
put biscuits in their pockets-
hoping no one would see.
I understand that now,
I really do,
I just put biscuits in my
pockets too. ~

About this poem

This poem is about hunger in the U.S.

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Written on May 04, 2023

Submitted by on May 04, 2023

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Scheme ABBCXXDD XAEEXCXXAXAXFDF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 574
Words 122
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 15

Regina Elliott

Regina Elliott is sixty-five and resides in North Carolina. She was a 2020 Pushcart Prize nominee. more…

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