There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
I. Here is a rhyme for this troubled time, when a scourge operates a scraping bot and steals people's stories, a lot!
By Dean Traylor23 days ago in Poets
The Locksmith’s Mirror It came from a house that shouldn’t be there no number, no road just turned up in the van, boxed like meat
By Marie381Uk 23 days ago in Poets
I did a surgery yesterday, it seems that having the right person is a little bit more complicated than I had hoped! Truth-be-told, most of us don't really know how to speak on the topic!
By 365poetry23 days ago in Poets
I will give a caring role entirely I will only care in a two faced way that leaves a hole entirely I will be very polite to you at every moment
By Seashell Harpspring 23 days ago in Poets
Attention! Attention! Pay close attention! Silence your dissention Dispel needless tension Conform with convention There's no need to mention
By Judey Kalchik 23 days ago in Poets
Times grow darker as we navigate the interregnum between the Old World and the World to Come. * What you are seeing is an empire dying.
By David Muñoz23 days ago in Poets
My father is a liar. When you meet him at the sore, sweet manners he will deplore. The charm painted on thick. I warn you of his ire.
By Laura Lann23 days ago in Poets
Osteo-Arthritis Please Find A cure I dread the nights arthritis pain from 2018 life hasn’t been the same can’t sleep pain from toes to knee
How many layers Constitute acceptable? What fabric is most modest? If my underwear is antique are my values antiquated?
By K.B. Silver 23 days ago in Poets
I used to feed jealousy like a stray cat little bites of my attention, a soft “it’s fine,” a scroll at midnight with my jaw clenched.
By Milan Milic23 days ago in Poets
Everybody is a liar. The world is a stage afterall; And we are the actors, Playing stupid fools. Be it puppets or masters
By Rosie J. Sargent23 days ago in Poets
Protesting is for someone with a heart! Oops, did I say that? That can smart. Sometimes I wonder when I hear the rhetoric.
By Denise E Lindquist23 days ago in Poets