Call To Action Poems
#CallToAction
Call to action poems, a style of poetry which motivates the reader to take notice and make changes in their life, for the good of a cause. Highlighting issues in society, and attempting to provide solutions, to encourage the reader to take action and help deal with the problem. Call to action poems try to change peoples' mindsets, and inspire them to move beyond apathy and inaction.
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What Do You Not Understand About Death
Do you think death understands time
showing up as a final act
stopping the music
nullifying encores
That's not your only death
Some deaths are tiny
Staying seated when you want to dance.
Suppressing your opinion
Staying with the same hair color and style for decades.
Some deaths bury you three feet under.
Being the exact same person you were a year ago.
Avoiding relationships because you've been burned.
Keeping a job you loathe.
Neglecting your health.
Not actively striving to be better at...
showing up as a final act
stopping the music
nullifying encores
That's not your only death
Some deaths are tiny
Staying seated when you want to dance.
Suppressing your opinion
Staying with the same hair color and style for decades.
Some deaths bury you three feet under.
Being the exact same person you were a year ago.
Avoiding relationships because you've been burned.
Keeping a job you loathe.
Neglecting your health.
Not actively striving to be better at...
#death
#inspirational
#TruthOfLife #CallToAction
#TruthOfLife #CallToAction
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A-i Lover
#rejection
#sex
#funny
#CallToAction
#PopCulture
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Best Absorbed Written
For a long time I believed poetry was lyrics for those who could not sing
And I was consumed by what I could not compose
My brave soul possessed uncourageous lips
And I despised the small quiet characters that seemed to sum up my existence
But art is not meant to be taken but gifted
And although I perceive my poems as weak
I hope you find power within them
For my words in this lifetime
are best absorbed written
And I was consumed by what I could not compose
My brave soul possessed uncourageous lips
And I despised the small quiet characters that seemed to sum up my existence
But art is not meant to be taken but gifted
And although I perceive my poems as weak
I hope you find power within them
For my words in this lifetime
are best absorbed written
#silence
#CallToAction
#WritingPoetry
#PopCulture
#art
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Silver-tongue Killer
Evasion, deflection, misinformation,
Misdirection, bedazzle, obfuscation.
Health Tzar, you have blood on your hands,
Medical charlatan, snake-oil salesman.
Defund, bully, silence,
Obliterate, ruin, delicense.
Anti-medicine man, how do you sleep?
Guilty of mass murder, your grim reap.
Weaponise fear, dupe, manipulate data,
Vilify, deceive, propaganda agenda.
Dr. “I am Science”, you are, ironically, the disease,
Poetic justice insists that I prescribe you your own drugs,
Finally bring you to your knees.
Misdirection, bedazzle, obfuscation.
Health Tzar, you have blood on your hands,
Medical charlatan, snake-oil salesman.
Defund, bully, silence,
Obliterate, ruin, delicense.
Anti-medicine man, how do you sleep?
Guilty of mass murder, your grim reap.
Weaponise fear, dupe, manipulate data,
Vilify, deceive, propaganda agenda.
Dr. “I am Science”, you are, ironically, the disease,
Poetic justice insists that I prescribe you your own drugs,
Finally bring you to your knees.
#sadness
#anger
#CallToAction
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Is There Life on Mars?
Such barren fields of verse eye sees
the only crop is withered angst
all fertilized by me! me! me!
such arid lines of verse to read,
Aye', and here's the rub writ on sleeves
and at the risk of seeming crank,
seek outside self just look and see
then you might write some poetry.
I swear I'd see more life on Mars
dumb robots squeak much sweeter tunes,
no trilling larks but lasting marks
than those writ here without a spark,
no canals for sure so no barques
no maid Thuvia too or Barsoom.
it seems to me the...
the only crop is withered angst
all fertilized by me! me! me!
such arid lines of verse to read,
Aye', and here's the rub writ on sleeves
and at the risk of seeming crank,
seek outside self just look and see
then you might write some poetry.
I swear I'd see more life on Mars
dumb robots squeak much sweeter tunes,
no trilling larks but lasting marks
than those writ here without a spark,
no canals for sure so no barques
no maid Thuvia too or Barsoom.
it seems to me the...
#rhyming
#CallToAction
#triolet
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be a man
BE A MAN
Be a man
stand up
man up
Be strong
Be hard
Be sexy
Provide
Protect
Worship
Give me what I want
be my King
no time for paupers
Need me
feed me
long for me
Come on
gun up
be the soldier
the priest
the lover
the father
Make my dreams
come true
He heard the words
and pulled the blanket
back over his body
Another man stood
in the usual queue
for the food bank
he remembered the words
...
Be a man
stand up
man up
Be strong
Be hard
Be sexy
Provide
Protect
Worship
Give me what I want
be my King
no time for paupers
Need me
feed me
long for me
Come on
gun up
be the soldier
the priest
the lover
the father
Make my dreams
come true
He heard the words
and pulled the blanket
back over his body
Another man stood
in the usual queue
for the food bank
he remembered the words
...
#LifeStruggles
#CallToAction
#culture
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Snowflakes
As someone who has been around for a few decades, I have noticed a disturbing trend among the younger generation. It seems like kids these days are more like "snowflakes" than ever before. They seem to have a sense of entitlement and a belief that they are owed something just for existing.
Instead of working hard and earning their way in life, many of them seem to think that they can just play the race card, the transgender card, or some kind of mental health illness to get their way. It's almost as if they see these things as a free pass to success, rather than as the...
Instead of working hard and earning their way in life, many of them seem to think that they can just play the race card, the transgender card, or some kind of mental health illness to get their way. It's almost as if they see these things as a free pass to success, rather than as the...
#anger
#CallToAction
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god Given Rights
floods
genocide
infanticide
murder
plagues
pillars of salt
all
clearly documented in
his good book
sword of god
blood of the lamb
vengeance is mine
historically
god is a leading cause of death
inquisitions
jihads
crusades
“it’s gods will”
“it came from god”
translation:
“i have no meaningful
way to justify my beliefs”
let’s stop using
the god excuse:
last refuge of a person
with no answers
no...
genocide
infanticide
murder
plagues
pillars of salt
all
clearly documented in
his good book
sword of god
blood of the lamb
vengeance is mine
historically
god is a leading cause of death
inquisitions
jihads
crusades
“it’s gods will”
“it came from god”
translation:
“i have no meaningful
way to justify my beliefs”
let’s stop using
the god excuse:
last refuge of a person
with no answers
no...
#spiritual
#CallToAction
#philosophical
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The Masquerade
The supermarket masquerades
as parades of stores on high streets,
wherein shop keepers ply their trades
in supermarket masquerade,
Where newsagents and florist played
by assistants and so discrete,
one thinks ' shop-keepers ' portrayed
in supermarket masquerade.
And the butcher with their sharp blades
pretends they've prepared cuts of meat,
they are merely playing charades
of destroyed shops on high-streets.
And I have seen how these degrade
and make desert of the high street, ...
as parades of stores on high streets,
wherein shop keepers ply their trades
in supermarket masquerade,
Where newsagents and florist played
by assistants and so discrete,
one thinks ' shop-keepers ' portrayed
in supermarket masquerade.
And the butcher with their sharp blades
pretends they've prepared cuts of meat,
they are merely playing charades
of destroyed shops on high-streets.
And I have seen how these degrade
and make desert of the high street, ...
#CallToAction
#triolet
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refugee
It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the
door when someone in danger knocks.”—Dina Nayeri
i am a refugee
whose parents had to flee
from economic suicide,
where ceaseless chronic ills collide
with human dignity.
i come from india,
escape somalia;
from haitian port, a dingy boat
flails out of sort to stay afloat
on wild caribbea.
plucked up from myanmar,
the 2017 war
hot on the heels of man and beast,
despite appeals from lay and priest,
how i have wandered far!
...
door when someone in danger knocks.”—Dina Nayeri
i am a refugee
whose parents had to flee
from economic suicide,
where ceaseless chronic ills collide
with human dignity.
i come from india,
escape somalia;
from haitian port, a dingy boat
flails out of sort to stay afloat
on wild caribbea.
plucked up from myanmar,
the 2017 war
hot on the heels of man and beast,
despite appeals from lay and priest,
how i have wandered far!
...
#oppression
#CallToAction
#HumanRights
#suffering
#inequality
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Grateful week—Tuesday
This morning I remember
What a great privilege for my family & myself
Having access to modern healthcare
I am thankful
For the progress made in science
Solutions found to ailments
and continued research to develop more
I mourn for those who DON’T have access
And am glad some people DO care for their plight
In my gratitude I find
Renewed interest in helping others
I wish warmth and health
Love and happiness
For ALL
this grateful week
& beyond
What a great privilege for my family & myself
Having access to modern healthcare
I am thankful
For the progress made in science
Solutions found to ailments
and continued research to develop more
I mourn for those who DON’T have access
And am glad some people DO care for their plight
In my gratitude I find
Renewed interest in helping others
I wish warmth and health
Love and happiness
For ALL
this grateful week
& beyond
#humankind
#CallToAction
#gratitude
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Last Stand
Rules
are made 2 B
br ok e n
Rules
are just the temporary guidelines spoken
to casually keep everyone under thumb
Can't have everyone running around
being free to be who they are you know
It's just too dangerous without REGULATION
And RELIGION
Better penn the people ...
are made 2 B
br ok e n
Rules
are just the temporary guidelines spoken
to casually keep everyone under thumb
Can't have everyone running around
being free to be who they are you know
It's just too dangerous without REGULATION
And RELIGION
Better penn the people ...
#anger
#politics
#CallToAction
#frustration
#HumanRights
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