There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
The Locksmith I gather your nights one by one, turning each key inside my mind. I gather the breaths you try to hide,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 12 months ago in Poets
Where are my readers from I wonder who is reading these quiet lines. what part of the world. From what location, or corner of the world
I own a jacket just for storms that start inside the phone, a second skin I keep for bad news, heavy and overgrown. It hangs beside the door like rain that never learned to fall.
By Milan Milic12 months ago in Poets
Love That Cuts and Heals Your words could scar the heavens, Your breath could calm a storm, I lived inside your balance,
From bunker safe, little Marta Lovely peeps out her head Momma, the mushroom clouds are awfully pretty today Come on back Marta Lovely, time to hie thee off to bed
By Novel Allen12 months ago in Poets
You could have lived out your life in peace, Enjoying the fruits of your labor. But instead of living the dream, You rebuffed it all to be a hater.
By CT Idlehouse12 months ago in Poets
I retreat inside, hoping to find something That resembles me While eschewing most others Unable to grasp those tenebrous connections
By Billy Sandra12 months ago in Poets
Echoes on the breeze Exhaust fumes, contrails Linger as reminders ~ Poesy these lines For my erudite Verbosity Can’t replace
By Paul Stewart12 months ago in Poets
Our kitchen is a harbor where the dishes learn to drown, a coastline built of chipped white cups and forks that face me down.
Gathering Memories I gather the days I lived, holding them close, feeling their weight, before they fade. I gather the hours I lost, moving like ash,
Festering Just beneath the surface Lies, percolate Forming a pustule Expanding and pulsating The more gingerly You handle them
By K.B. Silver 12 months ago in Poets
The calendar hangs smug and flat, a grid of bossy squares, Each little box is a rented cage for sanitized affairs. It circles dates in lipstick red and calls them “must” and “should,”
