There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
Well I'm all alone now, And I'm starting to fall down. Try to catch myself, But it's a little hard with no wealth. Yeah that's just how the world had to be,
By Kayla Patterson8 years ago in Poets
If mom died Would you take him away from me? My little brother Ruin the life that my family has built after you abandoned us.
By Torri Zimmerman8 years ago in Poets
Machines, innovation, inventions American sensations The light bulb, Cars, computers. We’ll be America’s suitors. Assembly lines, mass production
By Jason Pitts8 years ago in Poets
Born, raised, fed, and dressed on DuPont’s dime. Walk the line. Wild and Wonderful. Montani semper lerberi. Montani semper fi
By Rachel Propst8 years ago in Poets
Dulcet midnight hoots are luringUltraprecise prey below the groundSaintly feathered queen onlyKills when it’s needed as she's
By Chloe Gilholy8 years ago in Poets
And we all said me too The scrape of resistance in our gut Coming up like too much to drink last night Thrashed our throats too raw
By Natalie Schaffer8 years ago in Poets
Consumer life, we got what you need Consumer mind, all you need is greed Consumer clock, there's no time for sleep Consumer highs, now you're six feet deep
By Karyn Zen8 years ago in Poets
The suicide of an ego. This is not a suicide note. I do not feel like harming myself or others. This is merely a collection of thoughts from a half tormented mind.
By Jeremey Prather8 years ago in Poets
Gotta keep it in Your problems aren't the same. Not big enough, hard enough Don't take the same Toll as theirs. Your voice is too small, to ever reach a crowd;
By Final Thoughts8 years ago in Poets
The world is upside down… so the flat-earthers' must be free fallin’ Speaking the truth Has become a sin Insecurities, vanities, and egos…
By Tami Wasitew8 years ago in Poets
Meta-history veers into the realm of philosophy Events gloriously progress towards their allegory Petrarch elegantly dances on his poetic pages
By Patrick Ouandji8 years ago in Poets
Homelessness, the state of having no home or permanent residence, from birth, three weeks in, place to place, state to state, city to city,
By Diamond Dreams Movement8 years ago in Poets