Poems about Gun Control
#GunControl
Poems about gun control and gun ownership. Different views on gun control and the effects of guns in society, including mass murder, self protection and gun sports.
Painting the Rses Black
For my sister who was murdered by a stray bullet 9/23/23
#heartbroken
#death
#GunControl
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Street Legal?
If you have no weapon you are not a man
Jordan " Try To Take 'Em! " as he grips guns,
the whole nation needs to be deprogrammed.
Beobert, pro-lifer, posed with guns in hand
arms her children even baby grandson,
if you have no weapon you're not a man.
The courts, the freaking courts back guns, hot-damn
grotesquely without dissenters, 'cept one,
the whole nation needs to be deprogrammed.
Hoodwinked by NRA's pundits then, scammed,
bastardizing the second amendment,
if you have no weapon you aren't a man.
...
Jordan " Try To Take 'Em! " as he grips guns,
the whole nation needs to be deprogrammed.
Beobert, pro-lifer, posed with guns in hand
arms her children even baby grandson,
if you have no weapon you're not a man.
The courts, the freaking courts back guns, hot-damn
grotesquely without dissenters, 'cept one,
the whole nation needs to be deprogrammed.
Hoodwinked by NRA's pundits then, scammed,
bastardizing the second amendment,
if you have no weapon you aren't a man.
...
#GunControl
#villanelle
93 reads
5 Comments
Armed To The Teeth
In a world awash with weapons, the fearsome parade,
Armed to the teeth, our society's charade.
With a Glock 17 in hand, some say they're safe,
But in this arsenal, we tread on perilous waif.
The Smith & Wesson M&P Shield gleams in the night,
A shield for some, a menace for others' plight.
The Colt M1911, a relic of the past,
In our modern world, a shadow it casts.
The Remington 870, a shotgun's embrace,
Power in every shell, in the wrong hands, a disgrace.
The AK-47, a symbol of strife,
In conflict and turmoil, it...
Armed to the teeth, our society's charade.
With a Glock 17 in hand, some say they're safe,
But in this arsenal, we tread on perilous waif.
The Smith & Wesson M&P Shield gleams in the night,
A shield for some, a menace for others' plight.
The Colt M1911, a relic of the past,
In our modern world, a shadow it casts.
The Remington 870, a shotgun's embrace,
Power in every shell, in the wrong hands, a disgrace.
The AK-47, a symbol of strife,
In conflict and turmoil, it...
#power
#GunControl
#weakness
205 reads
duty calls
#GunControl
#CallToAction
175 reads
0 Comments
"Smash Mouth" (Parody of "All Star" by Smash Mouth)
#politics
#GunControl
#America
#prison
#nonfiction
165 reads
0 Comments
Uninjured
1st incident:
31 year old man, gunshot wounds,
pronounced
“Dead at scene…despite immediate medical attention”
…Suspect not found
2nd homicide:
Older woman—shot & killed
adult man & woman with life-threatening injuries
“there were 2 children in the home as well,
and they were not injured”
Children?! NOT INJURED?!
Never mind the trauma
Never mind the years of fears ahead
for these “uninjured” survivors,
These witnesses to violence
Never mind the feelings they’ll experience
every time...
31 year old man, gunshot wounds,
pronounced
“Dead at scene…despite immediate medical attention”
…Suspect not found
2nd homicide:
Older woman—shot & killed
adult man & woman with life-threatening injuries
“there were 2 children in the home as well,
and they were not injured”
Children?! NOT INJURED?!
Never mind the trauma
Never mind the years of fears ahead
for these “uninjured” survivors,
These witnesses to violence
Never mind the feelings they’ll experience
every time...
#children
#violence
#GunControl
145 reads
Bronx Story
Shadows creep,
Deep in the heart of the Bronx, darkness seeps,
A world of pain and suffering, no escape in sight,
Where dreams go to die, swallowed by the night.
These streets suffocate in chaos and despair,
Lost innocence, young souls stripped bare,
A deadly code rules, blood always spills,
Chained by the devil, driven by his thrills.
At thirteen and fifteen, their lives torn apart,
Caught in the crossfire, hope ripped from the heart,
Foolish soldiers, chasing dreams of gold,
But the world they face is heartless and cold. ...
Deep in the heart of the Bronx, darkness seeps,
A world of pain and suffering, no escape in sight,
Where dreams go to die, swallowed by the night.
These streets suffocate in chaos and despair,
Lost innocence, young souls stripped bare,
A deadly code rules, blood always spills,
Chained by the devil, driven by his thrills.
At thirteen and fifteen, their lives torn apart,
Caught in the crossfire, hope ripped from the heart,
Foolish soldiers, chasing dreams of gold,
But the world they face is heartless and cold. ...
#dark
#LifeStruggles
#GunControl
#drugs
#LifeChangingMoment
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Vicky
I left a hicky on her neck.
Back in the city,
I wrote my number on the cheque.
Very risky,
like tempting Russians in roulette.
Plenty sticky.
Oh Vicky.
Chest of might.
Catch of delight.
Eye sight’s over-pleasured,
break my dyke.
Pluck the brains back of the matte black
barrel, left a crack in the bone marrow.
Narrow to the skin whack-a-mole with
her cherry, bluntly asking her to marry…
Hadn’t crossed my mind that instead I had to bury…
Dirt meet my shovel.
Flocked up birds lead the...
Back in the city,
I wrote my number on the cheque.
Very risky,
like tempting Russians in roulette.
Plenty sticky.
Oh Vicky.
Chest of might.
Catch of delight.
Eye sight’s over-pleasured,
break my dyke.
Pluck the brains back of the matte black
barrel, left a crack in the bone marrow.
Narrow to the skin whack-a-mole with
her cherry, bluntly asking her to marry…
Hadn’t crossed my mind that instead I had to bury…
Dirt meet my shovel.
Flocked up birds lead the...
#dark
#death
#GunControl
212 reads
7 Comments
Obstetricy
Some worth is established at every birth
as that's the rule of nature on Earth
with viability the keyword there,
and when once the lungs first fill with air
the newborn take their preordained form
with no regard for a genetic norm,
since by double helix twist decree
I will not be you and you won't be me
in the reproductory guarantee
where life itself loves diversity!
And the proof is there if you care to look
beyond monocultural gobbledygook
so often composed by the blasé mind,
as if confined within its own behind, ...
as that's the rule of nature on Earth
with viability the keyword there,
and when once the lungs first fill with air
the newborn take their preordained form
with no regard for a genetic norm,
since by double helix twist decree
I will not be you and you won't be me
in the reproductory guarantee
where life itself loves diversity!
And the proof is there if you care to look
beyond monocultural gobbledygook
so often composed by the blasé mind,
as if confined within its own behind, ...
#LGBT
#GunControl
#CallToAction #HumanRights
#CallToAction #HumanRights
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2 Comments
Loss
On a Tuesday morning in a tenth-grade math class, Sally smiled and held her paper up to her friend Jenny. Jenny gave her a thumbs up, pleased that she'd helped her friend overcome fear of math.
As the two of them shared this moment of elation, one of their classmates entered the room. The scrap of desks on the floor and screams filled the air, but Sally didn’t hear. She sat transfixed by the instrument of war pointed at her chest. She thought the boy was a friend, but today, she didn’t know his face.
Sally said, “Please wait.” She didn't recognize her...
As the two of them shared this moment of elation, one of their classmates entered the room. The scrap of desks on the floor and screams filled the air, but Sally didn’t hear. She sat transfixed by the instrument of war pointed at her chest. She thought the boy was a friend, but today, she didn’t know his face.
Sally said, “Please wait.” She didn't recognize her...
#sex
#murder
#GunControl
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4 Comments
AMERICAN SHOOT 'EM UP
dreamed
i was somebody
for a minute
like i held the keys
to the goddamned
kingdom and even
my sweat was holy
and it was real, baby,
and i just walked in like i owned it,
knocking that shit down
like i don't know what
my bullets rippin' right through
and them scatterin' like birds
and, man, don't act all high
and pious like it matters
when nothing goddamn matters
in this shit world
but politics and money
and your horse shit
so-called liberty,
not even this
(59 unique words)
i was somebody
for a minute
like i held the keys
to the goddamned
kingdom and even
my sweat was holy
and it was real, baby,
and i just walked in like i owned it,
knocking that shit down
like i don't know what
my bullets rippin' right through
and them scatterin' like birds
and, man, don't act all high
and pious like it matters
when nothing goddamn matters
in this shit world
but politics and money
and your horse shit
so-called liberty,
not even this
(59 unique words)
#death
#GunControl
#America
198 reads
3 Comments
Show and Tell
no more dolls
no more toys
no more games
by middle school
childhood is not just gone
its obliterated
an eighth grader
brought a gun to school
he's showing his friends
one of his besties
gets to hold the clip
this goes on
for three days
finally a student reports it
a week ago:
a lockdown
close to two hours
note in the high school boys bathroom:
"I'm going to shoot up the school"
underneath
a...
no more toys
no more games
by middle school
childhood is not just gone
its obliterated
an eighth grader
brought a gun to school
he's showing his friends
one of his besties
gets to hold the clip
this goes on
for three days
finally a student reports it
a week ago:
a lockdown
close to two hours
note in the high school boys bathroom:
"I'm going to shoot up the school"
underneath
a...
#childhood
#GunControl
#America #school
#America #school
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5 Comments
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