Homeless stories, books, poems, and more

First draft for chapter one complete only so I can use the read aloud option.. Read More

Tags: homeless, woods, wigwam, homeless-girl, homeless-woman

A Night on The Street

By Trindin Wright

Short Story / Non-Fiction

May 24, 2021

There is a word used that some may find offensive, although its use here is the only word fitting. This is a true story written in real time of my experience after the mother of my sons terrorized me, but then got a protection order against me. This is my… Read More

Tags: palestine, homeless, israel, psychology, framing

A Man's Bad Situation

By RJohnson

Article / Non-Fiction

May 23, 2021

This is a true story about a man who had a problem Read More

Tags: food, homeless, adversity, problem

De Ja Moo

By Agathos-Daimon

January 27, 2021

A short story which considers the attitudes of two long-term friends to homelessness when one is self obsessed and the other is more socially conscious. Read More

Tags: relationships, winter, homeless, charity, friendships

when the sky is blowing her whistle

By Derina Peng

Poem / Poetry

September 18, 2020

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

Based on an actual incident at a harbor where I saw a girl and a homeless... It is new style of my writing too. Read More

Tags: death, life, society, fate, homeless

A Home For The Homeless

Short Story / Humor

September 05, 2020

Comments: 3

Cover image: Hua Ling on Unsplash. Read More

Tags: ghosts, haunting, homeless

Rapture on the Corner of Dudley Street and Blake

By Robert Erich Rhodes

Poem / Other

August 22, 2020

Tags: homeless, homelessness

The Real Thing

By Thomas Aubin

Short Story / Literary Fiction

August 10, 2020

The residents of Gates Bridge receive a strange visitor: a man in a suit who seems to look for someone... Read More

Tags: short, story, the, bridge, homeless

Vol II Have Truck...Seek Shelter...Around Sacramento Delta Country

By S. Pearce

Book / Non-Fiction

February 23, 2020

Comments: 3

Volume II continues the Diary of living in the Sacramento Delta after having lost residence and job and seeking both. I am now in Month Five. Read More

Tags: homeless, california, jobless, houselessness, solano-county

Parallel world

By pfb

Poem / Poetry

February 16, 2020

It’s easy to slip into a world of homelessness, mental illness or both. Do you think it could happen to you? I can’t answer that, but here’s what I do know: No one is exempt. Read More

Tags: rich, fate, homeless, poor, bad-luck

Down and Out in Lake Geneva

Article / True Confessions

October 04, 2019

Tough Love. I don't believe in combining those two words into one phrase that has any meaning...but am I wrong? Read More

Tags: wisconsin, homeless, shelter, enable, lake-geneva

What Led Me Here..

By C. Edwards

Short Story / Religion and Spirituality

September 04, 2019

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The story of a man named Jaun Soto and his path to becoming a better man. The second thing I've posted in the style of first person. Hopefully It reads well. I'm not very confident in this style, so any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you. Read More

Tags: abuse, homeless, church, alcoholic, betterment

Alone In The Forest

Short Story / Children Stories

September 02, 2019

Shelves: 1

The Veterans House

Tags: child, homeless, cats, canada

Christmas Canyon

August 27, 2019

Comments: 5

Shelves: 3

It was late December, and the Santa Fe River was little more than a half-frozen stream. Darby sat down between the water and a large lump of rumpled brown cloth that contained his friend Albert. The lump straightened out, revealing itself to be a sleeping bag, its position carefully tucked… Read More

Tags: christmas, homeless, santa-fe

Zack

August 14, 2019

Shelves: 1

Zack prepared himself for the confrontation. Winter had been hard. So very hard. He hadn’t really been ready for that kind of cold. He’d thought he was ready, but it was the wind off that lake that nearly did him in. He’d been saved by the boathouse. But everything was… Read More

Tags: homeless, orphan, cats

Lost

By Jim McGranaghan

Short Story / Non-Fiction

August 02, 2019

Comments: 54

Shelves: 32

This is a homeless story Read More

Tags: life, loneliness, homeless, stuggle

The Fight of Francis

By C. Edwards

Short Story / Thrillers

July 12, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The tale of a stray man named Francis and a night he will never forget. Read More

Tags: fight, homeless, victim, abduction, brutal

Look Away

Short Story / Flash Fiction

June 15, 2019

Comments: 7

The Free Verse Poetry House

A story of 150 words. Cover image: pixabay.com Read More

Tags: short, homeless, jungle, 150-words, forest-fire

A Mother's Street Home

By Odin Roark

Poem / Poetry

May 06, 2019

Comments: 1

As Mother’s Day approaches, many would argue waking up is more than opening one’s eyes. (Image by rebel circus) Read More

Tags: homeless

Living in Cardboardboxes

By Diegonovelist

Short Story / Humor

March 10, 2019

The Dysfunctional Poetry House

Shitty Pants, a bum, is called upon to scout and monitor a drug deal going down near his flat. Read More

Tags: drugs, homeless, bum, african-american, drug-dealing

Under The Bridge

By ShadyBrady

Poem / Poetry

January 27, 2019

Comments: 1

There, but for the grace of God... Read More

Tags: homeless

For Giving

Short Story / Flash Fiction

December 24, 2018

Comments: 7

Shelves: 2

Tags: homeless, kindness, festive

Picky Eater

By 88 fingers

December 19, 2018

Tags: homeless, manhatten

Guilt

By Bobi Leutschaft Poitras

Poem / Poetry

December 17, 2018

Comments: 3

Tags: lost, alone, dream, homeless, guilt

Season of Giving?

By MxB

Poem / Religion and Spirituality

December 11, 2018

Comments: 2

Written 05/12/2018 and 06/12/2018 for my school's Christmas concert. Read More

Tags: christmas, jesus, homeless, seasons-greetings, holidaays

I Don't Understand

Short Story / Flash Fiction

December 07, 2018

Comments: 7

Written from the foxe's pov. Read More

Tags: progress, homeless, displaced

The One Person

By M0NI

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 25, 2018

Two brothers stick together through life's hardships. But how do they face the truth of their uncanny relationship? Read More

Tags: childhood, home, solitude, homeless, homelessness

Where the Walls Cry

By S.Gunn

Poem / Poetry

November 15, 2018

Shelves: 1