There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
No Going Back for Us You don’t reply and I don’t blame you I left, said it like a promise as if better waited round the bend
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
The Grass Just Was Not Greener He spoke like summer, smooth and warm promised me no coming storm said he never broke a vow
I was born with unopened eyes, skin striped black with shadows of my ancestry, a roar that resonates in my bones calls me to the water,
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
God made People...Narcissists...OCD et al. Yet when they act their nature, we frown...the contradictions are stark... Bad guys aside...Does God punish?
By Novel Allenabout a year ago in Poets
When Did We All Collectively Lose Our Minds? I look at the World... And I Truly want to Know. Are We Truly This Blind to Reality?
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHMabout a year ago in Poets
I tried with everything I had... But life broke me once again... I'm so fucking tired of everything bad... Happiness is a distant memory of back then.
By Luna Verityabout a year ago in Poets
Naughts and Crosses I played once when my heart wasn't so swollen and red I didn't want to pop it so suddenly, but I did.
By Ruby Redabout a year ago in Poets
I have been gardening, for 15 years now and have grown a lot. No, it's not always success, but I learn, from trial and error.
By Seema Patelabout a year ago in Poets
I saw a sparrow today in the backyard garden, perched on a container in which I sow seeds, of tomato, cantaloupe, marigold, coreopsis,
The Chef Made Human Soup The bell above the café rang no one noticed what she sang a lullaby with sharpened notes while smiling wide and taking coats
Muted by a P.C. world, Pronouns are terrifying. Which bathroom? Are you...(insert ethnicity here)... but don’t ask, just smile.
By Tammy Castlemanabout a year ago in Poets
A dear friend once told me that my true colors chew through canvases and lick the sky. I bled blue once, not metaphorically, but literally,
By Lolly Vieiraabout a year ago in Poets
