There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Breathe in the dust of the dead, blowing endlessly through the empty streets. Long rows of useless cars rusted to heaps barely recognizable to those
By Katie 5 years ago in Poets
the tv glows in the dark like a fluorescent being, ready to spew out amazing feats and stunts yet also crawl through the muck of humanity,
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Poets
Good and evil, Heaven and hell, Right and wrong, We as people would like to think we can control these things, We are so mistaken,
By Kristen Renee5 years ago in Poets
Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust, Bang Bang Another brother down on the ground, and a sister died in her own bed What's the fuss
By Kevin Wesley Goodson5 years ago in Poets
they all said they couldn’t have anticipated the end of a world that was ready to burn, tinder and paper up in flames as a warning,
I have a whimsy bouncing around inside my head. Its a gnat of an idea, bothersome......almost, in it’s ability to distract me.
8 AM wake-up call, another day for another dollar, or so it goes with that minimum-wage life, and your head felt like it barely hit the pillow
biting your tongue has never been your strong suit, but nowadays you feel you can’t say a word without igniting a culture war—online or off—
Only narcissists get upset When called out on their trash I’m out here chasing my dreams And they selling me nightmares
By Cadma5 years ago in Poets
Many have argued for more than a year Much of the story still not made clear Taking notes, trying to share Honestly no words, math or pictures could encompass this despair by lives taken by this plague
By Artist For Sanity5 years ago in Poets
Tonight, I am just gonna cry until my brain changes to the dream channel If the remote control works off course... Tonight, there is nothing but a hug to sort it all out
By Lizgonmad5 years ago in Poets
I think, That the positive of this, Is the future, The newness that my heart shall nurture, Nonetheless, How long will it last?
