social commentary
There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Sea "Shell"
Fire and Water: A ridiculous combination, unless, you imagine what’s left over. The soot which cannot be washed away by the water’s swaying. A reminder of how a shotgun shell finds itself in the ocean, when its purpose depends on land, on dry, on explosive heat and pushed bee bees from the barrel, meant to be scattered in flesh, not plopping innocently into the ocean’s waters, sifting to the bottom—later to be found by the unsuspecting, picking up the black plastic: “What is this?” As he was raised without ever seeing a shotgun shell or the damage it could do.
By Emily Fritz8 years ago in Poets
Freedom of Paint
I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom of speech since I heard that in Canada it is against the law to misgender someone. Also, since I heard about the guy that trained his pug to do a Nazi salute. I’ve come to the conclusion that intention is integral to freedom of speech. However, no one knows the true intention of the person expressing themselves, except the person who is expressing.
By Victoria-Louise Sweet8 years ago in Poets
Seventeen
(Note: This is a very touchy subject, and all respect goes to family and friends of the victims, I sincerely hope and pray that something will be done about these lives being lost. I really want to help by spreading awareness of the victims and trying to tell a little bit of their stories as best as I could find out about them. I know it's not a super big window as to who these people were, and only those who were close with them could tell us that. But all the victims sounded like wonderful people, and not a single one of them deserved to go in such an unfair way. Each individual had so much ahead of them, and they were all so different and unique. And again, all families and friends of the victims have my sympathy and respect.)
By Donia Schenkels8 years ago in Poets
