There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Don’t be belittled by their interpretation. It does not need their approval, to feel worthy. Their thinking is often rooted in selfishness.
By Seema Patel2 years ago in Poets
On the walk today, I saw this woman — she was jogging on the dirt trail near the canyon’s edge. Good habit sure, but something was wrong.
Note: we just had our election up here in the Great White North, and it seems like things are heading down a particular path.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
I know of a monster— It is a horrid beast. It wants to destroy my world And see to my defeat. It rips apart my plans, It antagonizes me.
By Mark Stigers 2 years ago in Poets
Silence on vocal.media, Why is no one liking my poetryor Or commenting much anymore? It’s been a few days—everyone has gone.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 2 years ago in Poets
Questions compound as experiences expound; forgetting, as we traverse down the stalk, what we are made for, what we search for.
By Chaia Levi2 years ago in Poets
Darkness in its deepest sonder, desolation in its truest bareness, all embraced my shattered skin, Enclothed in the tightness of survival, the light that belied in its invisibility propelled me to keep my hope akin.
By Hridya Sharma2 years ago in Poets
I have a demon— It gnaws at my spine. The pain that it infects Is always on my mind. Oh, I can take a pill Or use a nice salve.
He called it his own renaissance - not a crisis - as if flinging 1990s cologne on a midlife bonfire was anything but arson.
By Ellie Hoovs2 years ago in Poets
I don't just not feel pretty I am disgusted by the very idea The word makes my skin crawl with vitriol It takes every ounce of good grace
By K.B. Silver 2 years ago in Poets
the sufferer who hates to be thought of as a victim the witness who knew before we did and the narcissist who couldn’t care less
By ⸘jason alan‽2 years ago in Poets
Present front and center limp but rigid like a mannequin eyes unfocused every fingertip touch each nodded instruction inhabiting me
