There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
If you are really proud of your own virtue, you don’t need to get applause and approval because virtue—if you really have it—
By William Alfredabout a year ago in Poets
I was born a have-not Into a family of have-nots. Preachers and teachers Are generally low on the economic scale. As a youngster, I longed to be a have.
By Julie Lacksonenabout a year ago in Poets
Does it matter what church, there’s only one God Walls divide, bells ring, names are spoken, but heaven is wide. One god listens,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
I dream of a glistening jewel blue and green perfect and pristine not guarded with barbed wire crisscrossed with black marker lines
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in Poets
Before me, the black and white squares of life, Of which I'm part, a piece made for the game. Slipped from woman, experience's knife
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Poets
When the ocean drowns the earth When the ocean drowns the earth When the ocean drowns the earth, poison clouds take our air
Bury me under the weeping willow Bury me here, under the willow, where roots twist, where shadows fall, where the wind carries,
The Green Eyed dog Don’t go near the green-eyed dog, its eyes are like two orbs, gleaming in the night, with secrets untold,
I stood where two paths broke the earth, Not carved by maps, nor marked by worth. Each wound into the woods unknown, Where silence made the trees its own.
By Atiqbuddyabout a year ago in Poets
"More!" cries the tyrant from his gilded throne of greed. "Have mercy!" cries the worker, who wants only what he needs. "Help!" cries the Earth, engulfed in flood and in fire,
By K.M Andersonabout a year ago in Poets
Are same sex couples more possessive When love is tested do we hold tighter, do we kiss longer, do we guard harder. The world still watches,
Make My Future Look Bright I open my hands to the morning, sunlight spilling over my fingers, I want the world to see me,
