There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
You want to know me? You want to understand my heart? You should read my words, then. Think about how they start. Usually raw and angry
By Ruby Redabout a year ago in Poets
That's puffed rice, a much-loved snack, I had learned to enjoy since early childhood in India, my homeland. We grew our own rice,
By Seema Patelabout a year ago in Poets
Love Under the Umbrella It rained all morning, soft and sly, the kind of rain that makes you lie and say you’ll wait, but wander close
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
If anger makes you a bad woman Why does the fire feel like home You hold it in till it cuts your bones But when you speak
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warriorabout a year ago in Poets
She's counting stars on a cloudy night Lazily stretching her arms toward the sky Her shoulders itch and ache where her feathered wings once grew
We had the magic You had the lies I had the tears We said goodbye Feet dragging in this dance From first to second chances
By Cadmaabout a year ago in Poets
All lies beget lies The darkness is where your truth resides Next to my heartbeat You’ve become the air I breathe Endless cycles of us
Like the gaps between frames in a filmstrip we overlook the gaps in our moment-to-moment thinking, choosing, doing, living.
By William Alfredabout a year ago in Poets
You want to vanish? Really disappear? Roll out of bed And look in your mirror *** Over 117 billion Human souls ever born
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Poets
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING… By Ross E F Lombardi . First thing in the morning… Do you? How do I put this…? . Do you ever get that feeling
By Ross E Fortune Lombardiabout a year ago in Poets
History is just a repeat. People need to know history. To avoid making the same mistakes again. People are constantly overwhelmed by their emotions.
By TheNaethabout a year ago in Poets
I wrote a story once Where I am a fox. Beaten, battered, shattered and bruised; Stitched back together with the wool of a lamb.
