There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Today I watched a black man on the ground In ripped jeans and no shirt His body of twisted muscle He snapped his arm up for my attention
By Justin Bedtelyon 5 years ago in Poets
Am I unfounded Or do I un-find things? Can you lose lessons? Do they fall out of you Like an over-filled slot machine When you learn too many of them?
By Dayn Kerns5 years ago in Poets
Never Again, yet we see nazis, goose-step down the street. Our streets, America, Our streets this time; not streets seas away.
By David Louis Stanley5 years ago in Poets
School suffocation It’s no vacation Sitting at home All alone The work load is a lot It’s like the teachers are on pot
By Willow Peddy5 years ago in Poets
When safety isn't based on luck, When "because I said so" has no weight, When we stop pretending harmful ways are best practices,
By @choosethesmiles5 years ago in Poets
PRESSURE & COMPASSION I can’t breathe From beneath the pressure Not the pressure of a knee on my neck For there is no pressure that my normal parallels stories of white privilege
By Melissa de la Cruz5 years ago in Poets
The parents were cooking The children still asleep A house of nine rooms And in the driveway a Jeep They went out
By Tina S5 years ago in Poets
"Don't vaccinate your children." She said "It will make them Autistic." As if people like me make her sick. What I wanted to say,
By Renee Rita Claudette Roy5 years ago in Poets
The first time I saw her, I didn't know that it was her. She was a rusty swing set in a red-clay Oklahoma field. But I should have known that it was her once I propelled myself into the air and felt her kiss my face.
By Mark Elliott Creative5 years ago in Poets
I feel the weight of my physical form like a boulder pressing down on my shoulders, Expectations of how I am supposed to be,
By Cassie Lear5 years ago in Poets
roving eye transcendence one scar please over repressed infection the new stretches outward my eyes only light
By susan marie loehe5 years ago in Poets
Surrounded by lowercase words, lowercase emotions and case sensitive devotions. Head is pulsing.. Brains on overdrive Heart is finally numb the pains been pushed aside. Sent in override, dreams of flying high. Flying high in every way.
By Jesenia Rivera5 years ago in Poets
