social commentary

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

More Is Less
More is more Are you sure More cold Less warm ... Less is less Only in a circle or under duress when the mouth breaks
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Poets
PLANET PEACE..
I look upon a planet desiring for a magnitude of peace Altogether realizing it is the moment we must cease The beauty that has been incorporated into our earth
By Barbara Falo5 years ago in Poets
Refuse The Sadness
Today I refuse to look at the sadness in the world. We try so hard to better our lives struggling to pay bills. Stay healthy and be loved. Its hard to walk past the many people you can just tell are struggling. The homeless and addicted are the obvious but what about the old lady who lives alone and has to walk in the heat with a walker to get her food. Or the eight year old kid who got himself up and is walking to school with nothing in his stomach or the guy driving to work who is battling health issues and cant take off to get the help he needs because he is the bread winner. I can sense it i can feel it I see it all the time And it makes it hard to not be affected. I sometimes resent my own happiness. I stopped trying to help. I try to convince myself that its not my problem and ignore it. To me its a reminder of how close we are to being in that position. How fragile life is. It can and is and could be any of us. So i try to put the good karma in motion. Not so much for me but for my family. I figure if i help a kid. Maybe someday my kid will need help when im gone and someone will help him. Circulate goodness. We all need someone. Most of us have someone and someone's. Can you imagine not having anyone.
By LonerMan5 years ago in Poets
A Fools Death. . .
How arrogant they are . . . How prideful they are in their limited ways of thinking How shameful is it to mask your shame by oppressing and forcing your ways on others to feel some sense of security and acceptance within yourself
By Geizael, The Great Wicked Destroyer5 years ago in Poets
New Era
New era! ….. “I crave you all day” “I cant stop thinking of you” Minds so depraved, By the thing that we do, In the worlds where we live,
By Tamama Khan5 years ago in Poets
Are we free?
The system is designed to keep us all slaves, governments around the world are sick and depraved People who work hard and contribute, they're forgotten tossed in a heap like refuse
By Billy Rose5 years ago in Poets
My Life Matters
So many thoughts as I lye awake in this bed. In my 37 years of living, there were plenty times I feared for my life. Scared, that I would even be the culprit.
By BJ5 years ago in Poets
Rockstar
Green Stage lights illuminate the fog like dragons breath, tumbling through stomping feet. Thousands of faces gleaming with sweat.
By Colin M Yetman5 years ago in Poets
Fed With Lies…
When the irrationalities of the world Are tryin’ to hit With a double power Of the systematically deployed strategy
By Moon Desert5 years ago in Poets
An Illusion in Disguise
We have so many poor Rapping on the door When will thee let ye in Greed is only a deadly sin Our destitute ways tugging on your soft parts
By Charles Van Voorhis5 years ago in Poets
not enough
i cry out for help but no one hears no, thats not it they all hear but no one cares not enough, im not enough for anyone
By Chani5 years ago in Poets
We Tossed the Stones Away
11,000 years ago or so we Homo Sapiens and a cousin or two tossed the stones away stepped out of a hard age Traded scrabbled ground
By Carolyn F. Chryst5 years ago in Poets