There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Rainbows are for skies, Not people Something I was told When i was young, impressionable and not very bold Perhaps if i never know happiness,
By Anna I5 years ago in Poets
All my life I have been me Not Brown, not Asian Just me, of incongruity. Leaving home I find myself in boxes Of immigrant
By Pulkit Arora5 years ago in Poets
after Gwendolyn Brooks’ “To the Young Who Want to Die” Laid a head down in the din of grasses gnashing with buzz bugs
By Candystore5 years ago in Poets
A Tapestry Untrue I Click Create And Suddenly Black is on White From the depths of My Soul Purged thoughts… I Write
By Krystal M. Harris5 years ago in Poets
When I was born (but long ago, and far From where you sit – in pews or coloured chairs – Painting o’er my body with your bizarre
By Tristan Stone5 years ago in Poets
nobody tells a little kid: “hey kid you’re using the wrong color” if they want their trees bright pink and their skies lime green
By Christopher Webb5 years ago in Poets
It looks better in colour. Can't you see that the greys hide the beauty of the flower in all its unyielding glory? Can't you see that the greys hide
By Benjamin Schofield5 years ago in Poets
In a black and white world Who dares to be grey? The man who watches himself spill red? And he can't do anything but bleed?
By Malcolm Xavier5 years ago in Poets
a million shades to the human condition our existence our essence refractions of brilliance a million tones to the human spirit
By Siobhan Sagessa5 years ago in Poets
If I gave birth to my pain What color would she be? Our veins press blue Against our flesh But we all bleed red you see
By Rain Christi 5 years ago in Poets
first I saw the cat & then the cat saw me turned and flinched then felt unthreatened once it saw my face . bars are closed or
By Leah B. Levinson5 years ago in Poets
Our aura is invisible to all, but does that mean its not there at all? Some days it’s true, I feel real blue, but isn’t that just like you and you?
By Nicci Forte5 years ago in Poets
