social commentary

There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.

Waiting for Change
I walk out the supermarket doors “Ma’am” ringing in my ears Reminder of a curse Placed upon my birth I smiled and said thanks of course
By Niamh Hennessy 4 years ago in Poets
Columbaria
Ever since I sent my hair away, off, away to who knows where, to live now only shushed deep in my own, do as vestige, as some sort of failed monk.
By Grayden McIntyre4 years ago in Poets
LOSING CONTROL
I watch with a weary world for the decision to be read, Under the beating burn of the sun’s beam, crowds cry out with fear as they slowly see a right die.
By David Muir4 years ago in Poets
Green Flash
Green Flash They say On the rare breathless moment Setting sun succumbs to becalmed sea At far precipice of endless azure ocean
By Donald J. Bingle4 years ago in Poets
Holy Wisdom
I am naught but a space A parcel of air entombed by man Beautifully entombed, that I grant My dome floating like a vision
By Matt Pointon4 years ago in Poets
Where do I fit in?
Where I Fit In How can one dream without sleeping? How can one sleep without a bed? How can one have a bed without a house?
By Joseph June4 years ago in Poets
After a Narcissist
The glow still hangs about you when he walks in... He sees it and your shoulders tense You swallow a bit and force yourself to stand straight and not slump
By Melissa Eaves4 years ago in Poets
Desaturated
After the parade that I didn't attend, I clutch my imaginary flag. ~ Pink, yellow, and blue It sums me up, how our summers seem to sag.
By Jenna Sedi4 years ago in Poets
After the Rainbow
Festivals of colors Joy celebrates Uniqueness In Rainbow Colors Sizes Shapes Hoards join Togetherness Supportiveness Of collective Each piece Uniquely Needed Until Dispersal Reintegration Society still Stubborn Slow to Embrace Distinctive Qualifications Beyond visible Quantifiable Advantages Choosing Instead Deliberate Ignorance & Unawareness Homogenizing Demanding Palatable Sameness Preferring Conformity Rather than Discomfort Laden in Awareness Of distinctive Characteristics Personalities Excavating The self To sooth Remaining Everyone else Is this sameness Really what Society Wants For IT Is not For me I love my Unique self Invariably Always Will For I Am Here & now To be ME Freely Whole Self I
By Treasa Cailleach 4 years ago in Poets
Beyond
When the smoke clears The revelers find their slow ways home to lives that are their own When the battles are won And the bets are off
By Melissa Eaves4 years ago in Poets
Bugs
My place in this world is insignificant. I wander, dazed, beneath heavy footfall, I shelter under trees, a single blade of grass.
By Jenna Sedi4 years ago in Poets
Learned
I learned Another Lesson Of size Does Matter When victimized As a small child By those older Larger and Having
By Treasa Cailleach 4 years ago in Poets