There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
I saw the lights and they did glow City streets where we abode I walked a path no one did know Suburban blights were no less slow
By Amos Gladeabout a year ago in Poets
the cost of survival can leave you in the red they don't tell you that growing up or maybe they do and it was just me who didn't know
By Lolly Vieiraabout a year ago in Poets
In my childhood home, not knowing was a risk. Don't know what tone of voice to use? Risk being punished for being rude.
I see the ways of the world, and stories brewing around us. Good life philosophy is important, but equally necessary is not to cross paths,
By Seema Patelabout a year ago in Poets
The Moon Took Mars The moon took Mars, I watched it go no sound, no light, just hush and glow a slip behind that silver face
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Remember the Day You Won First Prize Remember the day you won first prize grinning like mad with those wide bright eyes holding that ribbon like it meant the world
It’s Now or Never she Has To Go She didn’t whisper she didn’t weep she walked out fast while they were asleep Four little ones
Lots of Indian kids, from this generation are making a splash on the global stage— Beauty pageant, swimming, movies, chess, shooting..
So you got sick? You didn’t care for your precious body, but now you do, what will you do now? Let me tell you a story
Is it hard for me to express, Do I think I am showing more when I show less? Am I chasing the ones I love away, or how I think about love is not the way?
By Khanya Ndabangayeabout a year ago in Poets
The Patient Who Kills Patients He lies like stone still as death breath shallow, slow a final breath No fever burns no pain to show
In The Eyes of a Child The taste of copper Tickles the tip of her Split dry tongue ☢️💀🔥 As he lay On his back and stomach
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in Poets
