social commentary

There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.

No Hate, Just Meanin'
BJ. No hate, just meanin you see me here strugglin but breathin. Lookin. Watchin. Observin 'N Hatin. Paper piling up, creating its cousin tree
By Bae Jae8 years ago in Poets
Inner Child
As a kid you thought you would have it made But now you wait until you get paid Just to dump it all into bill after bill As you pop pill after pill
By Finn River Clemons8 years ago in Poets
Restricted
So much brutality So much loss Why won't it ever stop? The leaves fall to the floor Sometimes joining the corpses scattered below
By Bethany Hollis8 years ago in Poets
The Persistence of Memory
The darkness of the storm, Would give fear and hate In equal measure, As the raindrops beat upon the windows. A Man stared out into the darkness,
By Thomas Sebacher8 years ago in Poets
The Next Rung
We sit in our best, Comfy, middle class Houses. Some of us Reside in mansions. And when we see the Poverty of the World, we feel guilty.
By Skyler Saunders8 years ago in Poets
Capacity
Some make the false claim That war is business, But can you name the Dividends to be Found under all the Radioactive Debris? Can you point
By Skyler Saunders8 years ago in Poets
Howl
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Instagram, Facebook, all social media and internet and TV, insecurities, seeing competition,
By Keenia Dyer-Williams8 years ago in Poets
What Are We?
What are we? We are a million things. Most of us these days are slaves to social media. I've just updated Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Muckrack, Pinterest, Flipboard, Mix, Twitter, and YouTube, and I'm now I'm celebrating that on Wordpress.
By Shelley Dootson-Greenland8 years ago in Poets
Pretty Girls
pretty girls don't cry because it ruins their makeup, pretty girls don't read books because they want your knowledge to hide your pretty because boys don't want knowledge they want pretty.
By cheyenne 8 years ago in Poets
Woman
Woman A Sestina by Jessica Tucker She is the woman who sits at the empty bus stop With a hoarder’s mentality hanging on to
By Jessica Tucker-Perkins8 years ago in Poets
An Ode to the City of the Big Shoulders
You’ve probably heard a lot about this city. You may have seen it on TV, read about it in the newspaper, heard its name spoken by people who fear it.
By Sarah Yoder8 years ago in Poets
Money Is Thought
“More money than Blank” Is an expression Saying that someone Holds great wealth. The truth Is that since there is No Blank, the wealth stays
By Skyler Saunders8 years ago in Poets