There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Unapologetic I am a spectrum of color Embodied... Some are not ready for that type of pain. Some will never wish to wake up
By Jade Bystrom5 years ago in Poets
Today it is aegean, A raging sea under a storm-- Choppy and abrasive. I slide into my binder And throw on my basketball shorts,
By Lauren Read Grullon5 years ago in Poets
My hair is blonde and shiny My teeth are pearly white My eyes are blue like cobalt But my soul is black as night * I hide under the mask of beauty
By Trish Gaudoin5 years ago in Poets
Some restless nights pondering over the "why's" A futile questionnaire towards imperfections. To blend in was her feeble try.
By Kalina Xiong5 years ago in Poets
The traffic light looms A blistered ruby spraying blood across the intersection It's light stutters, And shadows that crowd the line of faces enclosed in metal fortresses deepen for a brief moment,
By Tullia Sellen5 years ago in Poets
Man-made iron world, a world becoming grey, Nothing like the colours you'd expect to see in May, A great depression and mass destruction is heading our way,
By Danielle Bobbi Brennan5 years ago in Poets
Nearly black to almost white The Beauty of diversity Together move in flight In an endless eternity. Winter, spring, summer and autumn
By E.V.A. Sam (thesiralphonse)5 years ago in Poets
I see and hear the things they say about you and me: The kids who spat on me and the men who pet me. The women loved to tease
By Kim Yeoh5 years ago in Poets
White girl, That’s you, girl— Even if you were only born half, girl. Half white, half black— Half white coming from half white, half black.
By Sage England5 years ago in Poets
My first pair of boxer shorts were blue with red hearts. I didn’t choose that pattern, but they were on sale and my best friend said,
By Erin Stewart5 years ago in Poets
A different way of life Beacons you to join Leave behind the world you knew Take on this challenge Should you accept, Know that you will never be the same
By Renee5 years ago in Poets
I am an other. I don’t know why other than the tmesis of my birth shapes . that cold hard straight adjacency and fits just perfectly
By Stacie 5 years ago in Poets
