social commentary

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

Kourtney Risher8 hours ago
Noise
It’s all noise. A cacophony of opinions, rattling around in the sponge in your skull. If you allow it, the voices can thin your blood, depriving you of the oxygen that keeps your heart ticking. The no...
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Margaux McCarthy10 hours ago
Ocean of Lies
Equality is for what I strive; Passion is with what I thrive. It simply takes drive; We just have to dive Into this ocean of lies And purify the water with time. It's not a task for one For this battl...
80
They imploded the Kingdome today. Odd—I would have thought an 80 million dollar roof would have hovered after the explosions, but it didn’t. It fell like the 80 million dollar lump of concrete and til...
b ga day ago
eros
It can be disputed exactly how many versions of love there are according to greek myth and philosophy. But I know for a fact that no amount of eros, could have prevented the inevitable. This isn't a c...
By the Window
Sitting by the window is a blessing At least it is much less of a trauma. In one glance everything is still. At closer examination.. We see the vibrations The leaves are tingling. The clouds move in a...
King
My will is primordial My being dates before time The world is mine I was born a giant Born to impose I'm impulsive and I can't be stopped. My parents tried to tamper with my spirit as a child... I had...
A.C. Zempleni2 days ago
The Instigation
It is the instigation Of the masses into classes In order to segregate and create hate among the races By all of the media's pretty painted talking faces. It is their intent to draw our attention away...
b g2 days ago
Invisible
i see you but do you see me do you really see me the invisible child silently screams dismissed for another back burner charity case i see you but do you see me do you really see me the invisible chil...
Danni Greer2 days ago
Existence
Settle down and stop telling people they don't exist. It gets very disheartening after a while. You can believe what you will, but my gender identity is not an opinion. It is a fact, whether you like ...
The Irony of Religion and Hate
Hate begets violence as victims become perpetrators; Ignorance fuels anger while death causes intolerance; Religion and blasphemy predict opinions diverse; Heaven and Paradise enjoin symmetrical grave...
Deanna 2 days ago
'Like a Girl'
You throw like a girl, you run like a girl, words you can't get away from. You scream like a girl, you fight like a girl, giving them the impression you are not strong. You wear a dress that shows too...
The World as We Know It
A new year imparts its soft lips of forgiveness a whisper of grace humanity, faith renewed hope challenges the villain Evildoers strike their poison a fatal dose mortal dreams die fast yet the dawn of...
Morgan Evans3 days ago
My Lullaby Mercy
My eyes are like glue can’t sleep under the florescent dreams Spent my formative years on a farm pretending to drive motorcycles in the big town I don’t watch the news much I don’t care for the Salisb...
Grow Up They Said...
"Grow up" they said "To where?" Where the grasses are green The floor cold and dead Names on stone in a row? "Grow up" they said "To where?" Because the day i was born I began to die Running against t...
C.E. Zulin4 days ago
On Motivation
I wanted to tell a story: About motivation; About the feeling it makes as it tingles down the sharp recesses of your spine; As it inches ever closer, to the combatant fabrications of your mind Where i...
Rutes M4 days ago
Outside the Photo
Why do we live in a world where we believe happiness only belongs in photos? I have to let you know that photos are the hardest things to see. Where our breaths have stopped, smiles are frozen, and dr...
Kourtney Risher5 days ago
The Vault
Benjamin Franklin cried in the corner. His cotton blanket bleeding chlorophyll, saturating the gold encrusted floor. Bound in chains, his sadness turned into rage. His primal scream, masked by the red...
Kourtney Risher5 days ago
A Generation Angry
A generation angry is a caged animal, a bear poked on countless occasions by those who wear its fur while filing its claws. A generation angry has blood contaminated by the ticks that suck the hope ou...