social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
I Broke a Cycle
I’m a 45-year-old woman whose kids have never seen her drink. They have never seen her fall off her chair or down the stairs. They have never had to rescue her after a night at the bar or intervene while she got in a drunken brawl with some stranger.
By Melissa Steussy4 years ago in Poets






