social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Just Do What You’ve Already Done
Even though you may be loved unconditionally by family, it also can feel like you can’t win. How many times, especially growing up with your parents, have you been told to do something one specific way, and then when you do, you’re told it should’ve been done another way?
By Gabriel B. Shames5 months ago in Poets
Bankruptcy and Watermelon Belly
The incorrigible grifter husband filed for bankruptcy. Shaming his parents. Shaming his wife. His easy way out of paying his creditors - some of them small business owners who knew his father well and thought, wrongly: Like the father, so is the son.
By Andrea Corwin 5 months ago in Poets
