There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Memorial Day isn't just a calendar square. It isn’t just the smell of charcoal smoke and summer’s first heat. It is a debt that can never be paid back,
By Forest Green6 months ago in Poets
They say silence is empty. But have you ever stood in the quiet of a field of white marble? Have you felt the weight of the air,
I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree Oh, dear God, no. The cypress spreads her needled fronds, knees rising in river ponds.
By Harper Lewis 6 months ago in Poets
We remember those who have died But forget those who survived The ones who fought for our freedom And lost more than just their lives
By Stephanie Hoogstad6 months ago in Poets
Hiding From You I changed the roads I walked on Changed every place I knew Still somehow every shadow Reminds me too much of you
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
Dear child without a home "what's your name? " maybe it's the only thing they left you with that you got to keep when you were born
By Colleen Walters6 months ago in Poets
make it pretty, make it rhyme make it comfortable all the time. don’t you dare have the audacity to suggest you have the right to be
I suppose I should temper myself down, compose flowery, empty prose, and slap a rhyme on the end spew platitudes until thinking people drown,
Introduction This pantoum is inspired by the amazing drawing by Kaja, granddaughter of Ralph McTell. I have done several anti-war pantoums and think the form is perfect for what this image says.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Poets
Introduction I saw "Riot Of Liberty", a bronze sculpture by Whathisname (Sebastian Burdon), and thought that it perfectly illustrated what should be happening in the world now.
Our troubles remain, but for a moment, shelter in this fantasy.
By Ophelia Keane Braeden6 months ago in Poets
The Lord’s Prayer In My Voice My Style Our Father resting high in heaven Hear the trembling in my voice This world grows darker by the hour
