social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
A Crown for Lockdown: Part One
Introduction A crown of sonnets is a sequence of 14 sonnets, all based around a single unifying theme and also all connected, through the repetition of the last line of a sonnet as the first line of the subsequent sonnet. So, line 14 of sonnet one becomes the first line of sonnet two, and line 14 of sonnet two becomes the first line of sonnet three, and so on. The final line of the final sonnet must also be the first line of the first sonnet, completing the ring, or crown.
By Stephen Patrick Lee5 years ago in Poets
Why must Our Heroes be peaceful?
Why must our heroes be peaceful? Every year in school for a week or so, we were taught about the great inventors and business people. We heard of great leaders, activists and our many, many, many entertainers. All of whom were presented as peacemakers or peace keepers. There are a few notable showcases for contrast, absolutely, but by and large it is always the *nice* ones we prefer to focus on.
By Tony Felder5 years ago in Poets
