Tags : Poverty

Underneath

Underneath

A Story by SparksInTheNight


The city is beautiful and glittering under the shine of the sun. But everyone knows of the people living underneath the city, in their subterranean wo..
Wilderness

Wilderness

A Poem by AJ Douglas


My purpose in life eludes meas I desperatelyseek beautyamid all the ugliness of thiswasteland of chaos and confusionstanding shoeless on shoresof aban..
Even If

Even If

A Poem by AJ Douglas


If in the past you had patronized the sandwich shop where I wasonce employed and baked every single loaf of bread or the pharmacywhere I stocked each ..
Ordinary People

Ordinary People

A Poem by AJ Douglas


"I've never done that, I've never been there,"I would repeat countless times in responseto your stories of the many places you'vebeenand all you've ex..
Din of Decadence

Din of Decadence

A Poem by AJ Douglas


I posed no questions before my erroneous conceptionI never asked to be or not to beSerenading deserted streets with dirges exploring absence in back a..
A HELPFUL FAIRY

A HELPFUL FAIRY

A Story by Peter Rogerson


Now where might it be more comfortable for a hungry and cold elderly lady than 2023 England?
Cloth

Cloth

A Poem by AJ Douglas


From our conception we wereconstructed of different clothdestined by fate never to sharea wardrobe or dresser drawerI of common cottontreated with no ..
Sweater

Sweater

A Poem by AJ Douglas


For as long as I can rememberlife has been like an itchy sweaterI can’t wait to take offa frumpy and unflattering dressshoes with holes in the s..
The Nevers

The Nevers

A Poem by AJ Douglas


The Nevers pile up like yellowed newspapers in a hoarder’s home threatening totopple over with the slightest vibration of my footsteps across th..
Arulilei

Arulilei

A Story by SparksInTheNight


Alturia's empire rolls out over the world, leaving a trail of misery and destruction wherever it goes. It brings death, slavery, and desecration of th..
Two Children

Two Children

A Story by SparksInTheNight


Malina-Deprassi was a world of extremes. The Big People had more than they ever could need. The Small People struggled to get by. Events occur which c..
A Motherless Child

A Motherless Child

A Story by SparksInTheNight


Why did they take her from me? Why did they put me in this strange place where everything is so big and shiny and I'm surrounded by all these strange ..
The Boy with the Bow and Arrows

The Boy with the Bow and Arrows

A Story by SparksInTheNight


Robbie Hode is thirteen. He is hungry, tired, grief-stricken. Sherwood Forest stretches in front of him, his little impoverished community lights a fi..
The Hungry Mouths.

The Hungry Mouths.

A Poem by Maximus


With Empty Stomachs.