social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
This Poem Fails the Villanelle Test
Our life must be more than a test. Aim better and I'm sure that you'll Die glad with loving God impressed. They kept a score when I confessed, But if they're to outsmart the fool, Our life must be more than a test. They seem to know, but only guessed, And it's truly the honest who'll Die glad with loving God impressed. Don't kill delight to be the best. For reverence to conquer drool, Our life must be more than a test. The social ice leads to unrest. Before you linger as a ghoul, Die glad with loving God impressed. Why did I continue drinking beer? Much as I hope the earnest quest, ends gaining more than gold and jewels, Our life must be more than a test. Die glad with loving God impressed.
By A. S. Lawrence9 months ago in Poets
unreached. Content Warning.
Your absence is A terrible kind of safety: You left a world That would have tried harder To do the job itself. Your armor now Is wood and soil, but Better than the fragile heart And skin to bear the wounds. The space where you were Will never heal But there is comfort In the weight of knowing Nothing can touch you now. The relief feels Like burning and betrayal Like a mouthful of pills, Like a phantom limb Grateful for the severance.
By Mina Carey9 months ago in Poets
