There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
My mind comes to rest in gazing at you, golden sundrops on my soul.
By Colleen Waltersabout a year ago in Poets
This is a continuation of my poem 'Born of the dark' ********* Between the sheets of silence I weep. While winds of time stand still
By JBazabout a year ago in Poets
I am a closed book, waiting to be opened— not by just anyone, but by hands that turn pages with care, by eyes that read between the lines,
By Annie Edwards about a year ago in Poets
Killer Storm Lightening strikes wow The sky turns white, rain falling A tree stands but dead
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
The mortal mind lives one time The author lives a thousand The mortal soul tastes death but once The author dies in droves
By Alexander McEvoyabout a year ago in Poets
We are all made of stars hippy sentiments, truth glittering sparks of creativity and life light up the world burn brighter than
By Paul Stewartabout a year ago in Poets
Some of us were born with open skies in our bones— born to run, to dance, to name the wind as kin. But they still build cages.
By Zakir Ullahabout a year ago in Poets
They never had to lock the doors— just built walls around the idea of who I was allowed to be. Taught me early how to fold myself
what lives in the silence of a Dead Sea of Thieves swallowing up a small mercy—-a sword inside of a raw stone, nothing to squeeze out of,
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a year ago in Poets
In All of Her Weighty Glory 👸🏾 by Tiffany Gordon@Rubenesque #Voluptuous @Plump #Fluffy @Stout
By Tiffany Gordonabout a year ago in Poets
"Bite your tongue, Carol," That's what you all told me, Trying to silence me into shame, Because you were too blind to see his game,
By Carol Ann Townendabout a year ago in Poets
Will somebody hold me down? Like a clown, talk of the town I have become— Recruiting and sacking wives like they're on contract.
By Mischief Muchanetaabout a year ago in Poets
