There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Don’t You Ever Want To Change 12/24/11 You are as you ought to be You are who you are There’s no way to change Even if you wanted to, period.
By Thor Grey (G. Steven Moore)5 years ago in Poets
Differ January 22, 2011 I find it hard to say, Just how I feel. I’m told it should be easy, But the words just
Discovery 3/17/12 A whole new place A new one to explore Not a new race Rather the same as before Been here all along
People live, no one is not tired! In order to shoulder the responsibility, I have to get up early and be greedy. I have to struggle for the family behind me.
By Mila Raejon5 years ago in Poets
There are at least two meanings to everything A bird in the sky is both liberty and escape A mouth on a breast is nourishment and luck
By Patrick M. Ohana5 years ago in Poets
Empty mind, A Hollow Heart, Chocking the memories which are tearing you apart. Making way thru the oozing pain, Now what's there to loose and what to gain.
By waqar jameel5 years ago in Poets
To all my failures, my misses, The roads that traversed me downright, The planes following the hisses, All those who disciplined my might.
At every bus stop in America, little girls holding the hands of their mothers tight and steady like a heartbeat. They watch the men at work.
By Savannah Eve Henley-Rayve5 years ago in Poets
When will summer come? I’ve waited so long. Trudged through the mud, the snow The whispers of blue-jays and Cackles of crows
By SJ5 years ago in Poets
“Red stool tops Red faces Pink noses Pink laces Recalling colors of the past And burnt fingertips Lighting fireplaces,
By Sierra Katherina5 years ago in Poets
I wrote this poem approximately one year ago, in 2020, right after my town's Black Lives Matter Protest. A message to the Government, and anyone that sees,
By Eli5 years ago in Poets
GENERATION Z... They call us the “iGeneration”, The trophy Generation, Generation ME, The ‘socially awkward’ Generation, The apathetic Generation,
By A. Marie Graham5 years ago in Poets
