There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Dragged from pillar to battlefield camp - to be favoured is not as glamorous as first it sounds. Other wives are unloved, and sleep in luxury - while I am favoured
By TheSpinstress 6 months ago in Poets
Sharks Gather Near Dark The water changes long before the eye can see it, A dimming that settles gently over what once felt safe,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
I thought this site was about creative writing...🙄 Why can other people publish font-embellished titles and poems, but mine's " not approved"?
By Colleen Walters6 months ago in Poets
Challenge prompt: Write a satirical poem that repeats one line at least three times. Each time it appears, its meaning should shift or deepen.
By Denise E Lindquist6 months ago in Poets
Cause Of Death, Stingray The shore lay quiet with a promise it did not keep, Water clear enough to quiet any rising doubt,
It's very easy to not care, When you were raised on silver spoons. Shrouded in designer brands, As soon as you were out the womb.
By CT Idlehouse6 months ago in Poets
Aunty Betsy And The Eagle Aunty Betsy lay sunbathing in the garden light, Radio humming softly through a lazy summer afternoon,
Jesus Healed My Broken Mind I was not right for a long time, My thoughts would turn on me without warning, One minute I was steady, the next I was falling,
Acid Rain The sky once held a softer kind of blue, A gentler breath that settled on the land, Now clouds arrive with something sharp and thin,
The Mermaid And The Bermuda Triangle She was not lost, though the maps said she should be, Not broken, not drifting without any guide,
I’ve never been good at saying yes. Even to the simplest of things. Yes, buy me a coffee. Yes, I’ll go with you to Germany.
By Mariana6 months ago in Poets
Corpses On The Seabed Dwell The wreck lies open like a wound that never closed, Timbers split and scattered across the ocean floor,
