Call To Action by Top Critiquers Poems
#CallToAction
call to action by top critiquers poems. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Nose Candy Or Nose Ring
Bodies laid upon the battlefield as a many patch worked quilt
Our masters were proud of the loyalty and carnage, bearing no guilt
We wanted their possessions, while they wanted to control us
Our masters looked upon the continuous killing without an ounce of disgust
There were secrets being kept, conspiring between supposed opposing heads
Their destinies were forever entwined regardless of how many were reported dead
From their towers they watched tortures drawn out, along with head shots
Screaming warriors disemboweled, and left on the fields to rot ...
Our masters were proud of the loyalty and carnage, bearing no guilt
We wanted their possessions, while they wanted to control us
Our masters looked upon the continuous killing without an ounce of disgust
There were secrets being kept, conspiring between supposed opposing heads
Their destinies were forever entwined regardless of how many were reported dead
From their towers they watched tortures drawn out, along with head shots
Screaming warriors disemboweled, and left on the fields to rot ...
#humankind
#CallToAction
#inequality
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3 Comments
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
127 reads
9 Comments
The Essence of The Woman Within
This sentiment of the soul cherished since the Garden of Eden, our sweeter scent, wanted, needed from way back when
Smooth emollients when used to pamper the suppleness of our skin
The temple must consume organic healthy food choices
In union women, you must get in the routine to check your breasts
It is our private awareness raised in unified voices
We must take care of our minds, our bodies, it is the gate well to give credence to the soul
Through the tears of pain may your sisterhood always be there to console
A kiss to the wind to let the...
Smooth emollients when used to pamper the suppleness of our skin
The temple must consume organic healthy food choices
In union women, you must get in the routine to check your breasts
It is our private awareness raised in unified voices
We must take care of our minds, our bodies, it is the gate well to give credence to the soul
Through the tears of pain may your sisterhood always be there to console
A kiss to the wind to let the...
#women
#sun
#water
#CallToAction
#feminism
237 reads
3 Comments
Modern Day Viking
yea
you don't have to look defeated..
a Warrior retreated
feel depleted...
from mistakes repeated
take inventory of the soul
one day at a time
get back to grass roots of what it is
to be you
man down?...man up
there's a blessing in every lesson
in every honest confession
don't allow your faults to lessen
your greatness
manage the damage
as best you can
focus on those gifts and talents
while...
you don't have to look defeated..
a Warrior retreated
feel depleted...
from mistakes repeated
take inventory of the soul
one day at a time
get back to grass roots of what it is
to be you
man down?...man up
there's a blessing in every lesson
in every honest confession
don't allow your faults to lessen
your greatness
manage the damage
as best you can
focus on those gifts and talents
while...
#men
#inspirational
#CallToAction #mythology
#CallToAction #mythology
158 reads
6 Comments
A Police Officer Story
#CallToAction
403 reads
2 Comments
TO THE VETERANS THAT SERVED
I AM A VETERAN AN OLDE SOLDIER 👏 There is something I need to say about the establishment of those, we elected to stand up for us the citizens 🤨 I'm gonna keep it real for the American dream is dead???🤔 For I know someone out there somewhere are asking, what is that all about and what does that mean??🤨 For example what that means if you were a veteran, and became HOMELESS AND PUT OUT OF YOUR OWN HOME 🏡 For don't you see👁️👁️ what is happening in the world 🌍 day in and day out, because of the DEMOCRATS AND BIDEN...
#dialogue
#CallToAction
#StreamOfConsciousness
#symbolism
#epic
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0 Comments
Revolution Ad Infinitum
I need to get up
and let my apparent sins
boil in the morning kettle.
The snake I was afraid of as a child
has now drowned.
At the T-junction I will turn left
and heading in the other direction
let opposites-of-true pass me by
on the other side.
The edaphon* are quietly at work …
a glorious display of co-operation.
In a few months
I will put my spade into the compost-heap
gently lift out some humus
and spread it around, cultivating life. ...
and let my apparent sins
boil in the morning kettle.
The snake I was afraid of as a child
has now drowned.
At the T-junction I will turn left
and heading in the other direction
let opposites-of-true pass me by
on the other side.
The edaphon* are quietly at work …
a glorious display of co-operation.
In a few months
I will put my spade into the compost-heap
gently lift out some humus
and spread it around, cultivating life. ...
#environment
#animals
#nature #CallToAction
#nature #CallToAction
661 reads
21 Comments
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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0 Comments
Because I can't shit upwards
Because I cannot shit upwards,
I use my shit to convince those being shit on
to rage against those shitting on them.
I will become the shitter
to catalyze the mission,
but know I shit with love, with passion and compassion,
with the guts and the bile to see what is causing the problem and die trying to fix it.
If it didn't require shit,
I would use a different expedient means.
"Computer learning"
While writing this poem
autocorrect started correcting "shit" to "shot,"
but, by the...
I use my shit to convince those being shit on
to rage against those shitting on them.
I will become the shitter
to catalyze the mission,
but know I shit with love, with passion and compassion,
with the guts and the bile to see what is causing the problem and die trying to fix it.
If it didn't require shit,
I would use a different expedient means.
"Computer learning"
While writing this poem
autocorrect started correcting "shit" to "shot,"
but, by the...
#humankind
#CallToAction
#HumanRights #inequality
#HumanRights #inequality
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2 Comments
wear a mask, you dumb arses
a midsummer nights dream
ends with a masque and yes
I know that maybe they steam
up your glasses ..
ends with a masque and yes
I know that maybe they steam
up your glasses ..
#CallToAction
323 reads
3 Comments
The Silence of the Hands
the words of the moment
are the ones I didn't say
that I didn't think before saying
that I didn't invent...
from thinking so much
the words of the moment
are a velvet tongue
an umbrella
an overcoat
the words of the moment
went unnoticed
like the eyes of the suffering
the smile of the one who pretends
the dust at the feet of those who flee
the words of the moment
repeat in the teeth
echo in the cavities of the teeth
hurt like cavities
are like spikes that never pierce
are like bridges that don't last...
are the ones I didn't say
that I didn't think before saying
that I didn't invent...
from thinking so much
the words of the moment
are a velvet tongue
an umbrella
an overcoat
the words of the moment
went unnoticed
like the eyes of the suffering
the smile of the one who pretends
the dust at the feet of those who flee
the words of the moment
repeat in the teeth
echo in the cavities of the teeth
hurt like cavities
are like spikes that never pierce
are like bridges that don't last...
#humankind
#evolution
#CallToAction #inequality
#CallToAction #inequality
303 reads
2 Comments
Communism 2.0
Who am I, who are you?
Can this world be true?
Or are we all in fact
Stuck inside a shoe?
Who is that, who are they?
Is the world in dismay?
Or are we all broken
Beginning to decay?
Who are you, who am I?
Is reality a lie?
Locked inside your head
Are you ready to die?
Who are they, who is that?
Can you handle the crack?
We’re tangled in absurdity
About to attack!
Who am I, who are you?
What’s a girl to do?
We need a better plan
To create the world anew
Who is...
Can this world be true?
Or are we all in fact
Stuck inside a shoe?
Who is that, who are they?
Is the world in dismay?
Or are we all broken
Beginning to decay?
Who are you, who am I?
Is reality a lie?
Locked inside your head
Are you ready to die?
Who are they, who is that?
Can you handle the crack?
We’re tangled in absurdity
About to attack!
Who am I, who are you?
What’s a girl to do?
We need a better plan
To create the world anew
Who is...
#politics
#CallToAction
#rebellion
69 reads
2 Comments
DU Poetry : Call To Action by Top Critiquers Poems