I have known poverty in its fullness for about 10 years.
The kind where there is no car to escape the storm.
Admitedly it was virtually an experimental poverty compared to total homelessness since I had welfare, family, friends and best of all love to save me from abject poverty.
There is working poverty, poverty of the soul and many other flavors but I think people are undeservedly embarrased about the circumstances of poverty (the poor but proud crowd)

I recall how Monty Python tore me up with their "I was so poor that...joke"

I don't know if anyone else wants to share but I think I can reluctantly say of poverty that "If you haven't tried it, you have missed some great lessons of life"

My dad always said whether you are rich or poor its good to have money.