social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Mind for the Mind !
Who invented this sad language and these all sad words that make you feel even more sad more low and unloved who invented the word death to make You feel even more fearful and scarred
Disappointment
Discovering one’s lesser importance Involves a bruised ego but also pain Spreading out like spilled blood in discordance Atrophying self-worth, love and the brain
Patrick M. OhanaPublished 7 months ago in PoetsToo Much Girl
Too much to handle. Too much to contain. Too much of a much-ness. Too selfish and too vain.
Rachel LightfootPublished 7 months ago in Poetshaiku september five
talk about music talking about what you love reminds me to love . . . [9/24/23] . . .
kory salajkaPublished 7 months ago in PoetsGravediggers.
Bury me standing. In a wave of propaganda. Are you proud of yourself? Boom. You. Dropped. The. Mic. Like a legend.
Celia in UnderlandPublished 7 months ago in PoetsGrown
Growing up, I had endless amounts of trouble. Yet, you still remained.
That Weird Neighbor
Halloween thunder. Under boards, slashed bodies stacked Code eight. Children stare. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew FrommPublished 7 months ago in PoetsStatistics
System's gear in full production Framed profile in a geometric grid Good in performance Proactive Functional until exhaustion... Denial.
Lia DelgadoPublished 7 months ago in Poets12 Years a Slave -Now Free
I bought tobacco a beautiful tin, an accessory to glamourise my shameful sin I had a beautiful lighter that looked rather regal and hand rolled typically with something illegal
Kayleigh Fraser ✨Published 7 months ago in PoetsNot for Sainthood
If I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then Perhaps would be a happier when If I did know then what I do know now I’d have still screwed it up .. somehow
Andrew C McDonaldPublished 7 months ago in PoetsIt Encircles, and Engulfs
What if it were all debunked? these apocalyptic future scenarios of robot takeover/..................[?] simply by the ordinary reality
Rob AngeliPublished 7 months ago in PoetsDid We See?
We saw what we reap. Pretended not to. Now these knots are too tangled, Things too complicated To see them right through