There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
I've been busy with life........ And can honestly say frick it I'm glad to be here but really can we just move on to something new
By Kia T Cooper-Erbstabout a year ago in Poets
“Execute the brutes!“ Once proclaimed, the masses sow Fallacies follow
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Poets
These days and for a long time it's been halloween just about three-sixty-five With the right lies, Jekyll wouldn't need Hyde
By Raine Fielderabout a year ago in Poets
~ ~ bile ~ ~ rises in me as I think of the pain ~ Pain ~ ~ ferments in me as I think of the grief ~ Grief ~ ~
By Paul Stewartabout a year ago in Poets
The Crimson Ground The land is torn. Shadows rise. Blood seeps deep, Where silence lies. A storm above. Its mouth is wide.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Consideration Of rain on the tin roof; late. Possibilities for connection Left dangling like snapped rope bridges. Melted chocolate left in the sun too long
By Ruby Redabout a year ago in Poets
In the shadows looking for light because I feel it is useless to fight I am sleepless night after night I worry for myself and my daughter
By Lacie Graysonabout a year ago in Poets
Roots are the echoes you inherit in your bones and breath, unshakable, endless. Yet, they can ache. A mother’s gentleness,
By Shehzad Anjumabout a year ago in Poets
Why are you seeking looking to others, examining the steps they take trying to walk a mile in their shoes, deep down you know
By Alexander Stoddartabout a year ago in Poets
We All Wear Masks... We Choose to Represent Ourselves in One Way or Another... Show the World what We Want them to See. But Here is the Thing...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHMabout a year ago in Poets
Broken Bones Don’t Stop Him Killing Me Rain hits the roof. He is downstairs waiting. I hear his breath. Like a beast. My arm still twisted.
Demon Doctor Gave Me Someone Else’s Eyes He held the silver tray, light flickered on the walls, I heard no sound at first,
