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.
try not to die tonight
no matter
where you
are tonight
no matter
what you
are doing:
at the end
of a bottle
at the end
of your wits
at the end
of the road
at the end
of a gun
try not to
die tonight
don't let the hypocrisy of
this world steal your courage,
make you feel small, or force
you to compromise the golden
child you are
tomorrow will
come
it may not be a
great tomorrow,
but it's a start
sometimes all
that is...
where you
are tonight
no matter
what you
are doing:
at the end
of a bottle
at the end
of your wits
at the end
of the road
at the end
of a gun
try not to
die tonight
don't let the hypocrisy of
this world steal your courage,
make you feel small, or force
you to compromise the golden
child you are
tomorrow will
come
it may not be a
great tomorrow,
but it's a start
sometimes all
that is...
#humankind
#CallToAction
#heroic #SelfWorth
#heroic #SelfWorth
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13 Comments
Unfathomable
I can’t fathom the exploitation
I can’t fathom the situation
It’s recreation
It’s all a laugh
A hallucination
I can’t pretend I understand
I won’t pretend I can withstand
All the demand
It’s all a joke
It’s a damned land
I can’t pretend I comprehend
I won’t accept being condemned
Means to an exit
Means to an end
It will all depend
Depends on your fascination
Depends on your determination
To seek the truth
To seek the proof
The falsity
The validity of
Oh what’s...
I can’t fathom the situation
It’s recreation
It’s all a laugh
A hallucination
I can’t pretend I understand
I won’t pretend I can withstand
All the demand
It’s all a joke
It’s a damned land
I can’t pretend I comprehend
I won’t accept being condemned
Means to an exit
Means to an end
It will all depend
Depends on your fascination
Depends on your determination
To seek the truth
To seek the proof
The falsity
The validity of
Oh what’s...
#anger
#corruption
#CallToAction
#greed
#poverty
46 reads
5 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
178 reads
6 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
133 reads
9 Comments
A Police Officer Story
#CallToAction
405 reads
2 Comments
an uncommon sense of destructive senselessness.
they thought supposed unknown
with a trite hidden face
intended brutal stark malice
and pure dark hearted abhorrence
on full display
a misled wrath enraged,
inflamed to explosive ignited
'tis truer than-- and now an abundant disgrace
as bigot's evil desperately perpetrated
purposeful
down through to very bone, encouraged
riled to such gross severe,
belief of an uncommon pointless hate
all goodness and sense
left wilting to forsake
bloodied.
bullied.
beaten.
killed.
instigated by A...
with a trite hidden face
intended brutal stark malice
and pure dark hearted abhorrence
on full display
a misled wrath enraged,
inflamed to explosive ignited
'tis truer than-- and now an abundant disgrace
as bigot's evil desperately perpetrated
purposeful
down through to very bone, encouraged
riled to such gross severe,
belief of an uncommon pointless hate
all goodness and sense
left wilting to forsake
bloodied.
bullied.
beaten.
killed.
instigated by A...
#anger
#hate
#hope
#CallToAction
#freedom
484 reads
21 Comments
The Best of the Best
I'm so excited! I'm hosting my first ever Poetry Competition on DUP. It's called 'Simply The Best' and I would love for you to come and support my efforts.
I suspect most everyone here has written a poem that they feel is better than the rest of them. Here's your chance to show it off. It's going to be like the battle of the bands but for poets instead of musicians.
Good luck everyone and most importantly, have fun! Show us your beautiful work!
I suspect most everyone here has written a poem that they feel is better than the rest of them. Here's your chance to show it off. It's going to be like the battle of the bands but for poets instead of musicians.
Good luck everyone and most importantly, have fun! Show us your beautiful work!
#beauty
#CallToAction
#WritingPoetry
322 reads
4 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
304 reads
2 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
132 reads
2 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
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
662 reads
21 Comments
DU Poetry : Call To Action by Top Critiquers Poems