There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Jewish, Mediterranean, German, Austrian, Hungarian, Romani. European? White? Person of color? Unknown heritage. Ambiguity.
By Daniel Goldman5 years ago in Poets
Please oh please come with me I'll tell you all the ways I'll teach you all the things to know And which Gods you should praise
By Matthew Collett5 years ago in Poets
The young see everything in black and white I’m wrong of course Because I’m old enough to know better But how wrong was I really?
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Poets
I am black Black like the ocean deep Those quiet waters Carrying life In broken caverns I too hold life In the shattered depths
By Natasha McLachlan 5 years ago in Poets
The Obeah Man turns wine to blood This island thirsts for a cleansing flood. And when the rains pour and the earth slips into the ocean,
By A.M. Wilson5 years ago in Poets
Endure, endure, endure until the truth of the break down is the emotional shrapnel cutting through all your bull shit.
By Steve B Howard5 years ago in Poets
Sleep with the words you speak. notice how they move. listen. for the rhythm of their pause. savor the flavor. texture. tone.
By hadiyah 5 years ago in Poets
They did not question her virginity or survey her, or give her an IQ test just dragged her out by her hair and led her to the stake
By Michele Cuomo5 years ago in Poets
I am a mother I carry the seeds of life I birthed a nation from my womb. I carry the scars of the whip that tried To beat down the spirit of my ancestors
By LaShawn Denise Baker5 years ago in Poets
they took her from the Nation far from crystal meth far from the painful deaths, her father, brother, mother-dead
The Apple was delicious When she savored that first bite And in that very moment She saw what was "wrong" from "right" But what was wrong with knowing,
By Janet Grant5 years ago in Poets
Start I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I just wanted to say sorry. Sorry for being black. Sorry for being under attack .
By Robert Thompson5 years ago in Poets
