There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
“Twittle Poem Formula: * It is a 100-letter, * Four-line, * Very short, * Micro-poem.” Wire Editor Newman
By Denise E Lindquist3 years ago in Poets
yes this is about you i'm here to say and please believe me when i tell you i was hoping to never see this day you might have been wondering
By Bren3 years ago in Poets
We welcomed the sunlight No longer counting hours Until its disappearance Knowing its presence Would push along completion
By Katrina Thornley3 years ago in Poets
The ocean’s eyes twinkled like shiny sapphire Wooden unpainted crates stretched like a maze Unwillingly walking across the crates floating
By Cadma3 years ago in Poets
I almost feel alive again. Sure wish that you were mine again. Heal me, you’re the vitamin. Overdose me, you’re my vicodin.
By Desmond Razzano3 years ago in Poets
We stand at the threshold of change, The boundary between worlds, Where past and future intersect, And the present becomes unfurled.
By Subash Chandran3 years ago in Poets
I want all the finest things in life: A nice, expensive car, nice, expensive house. Everything has a price, but true love is priceless.
I stare at the screen Checkered with dark boxes Names and pronouns gleam Back in bright white Are you there? I ask, smiling
By Steph K3 years ago in Poets
Hesitate and drown: The void calls incessantly Words I don't intend to hear Crawling; opal spiders in my ears Weave their pearl webs on my mind
By Ryan Welch3 years ago in Poets
I may not look like a fight, But I’m a lover of the bite. My friends have fangs - Wild Children of the night. They taught me to howl
By Kali Mailhot3 years ago in Poets
Do you want to starve, they all ask around their frowns I don’t know how to answer, I don’t know what to say How will you
By Abby Jacobsen3 years ago in Poets
I've been pondering upon Liminal spaces, Those in-between places That are not quite real And seem out of sync With time and tide,
By Bex Jordan3 years ago in Poets
