Human Rights Poems
#HumanRights
Human rights poems, poetry about a broad range of human rights issues. Human rights are integral to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language and religion. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom from slavery and torture, the right to work and education.
cloventongue89
Poem Published
Today 6:02am
Today 6:02am
Small Foxes
Is this the cure for freedom?
The salvation of control
Save my life through compliance
As you place your bid upon my soul
No visa's or id's necessary
Just proof of a vaccine
The dictates of democracy
Steal our republic and feed the machine
Exclusivity and segregation
Make rights hostage to safety
Ransom to reform to regress
Dismantled by the establishment
Sell me the curse you pass off to bless
Sanitize to pacify, the underlying fear of death
Mandates of the dirty
Trying to clean up a self made mess ...
The salvation of control
Save my life through compliance
As you place your bid upon my soul
No visa's or id's necessary
Just proof of a vaccine
The dictates of democracy
Steal our republic and feed the machine
Exclusivity and segregation
Make rights hostage to safety
Ransom to reform to regress
Dismantled by the establishment
Sell me the curse you pass off to bless
Sanitize to pacify, the underlying fear of death
Mandates of the dirty
Trying to clean up a self made mess ...
#lies
#corruption
#politics
#HumanRights
#deception
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1 Comment
Kementic1
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:35pm
Yesterday 9:35pm
250K
Another Grandmother, Mother or Daughter didn't come home today
and their love ones are worried if they are okay
They didn't show up to work or school
or maybe a play date at the pool
It has been 21 years now that Diamond and Tionda Bradley have been gone
and no one arrested for this wrong
Their info. in now a cold case
and sits in a bankers box some place
As a society we all pay the cost
as these love ones and family suffer the ultimate loss
and their love ones are worried if they are okay
They didn't show up to work or school
or maybe a play date at the pool
It has been 21 years now that Diamond and Tionda Bradley have been gone
and no one arrested for this wrong
Their info. in now a cold case
and sits in a bankers box some place
As a society we all pay the cost
as these love ones and family suffer the ultimate loss
#LifeStruggles
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#vulnerability
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1 Comment
djmarciniak26
Poem Published
15th Sep 2021 10:56pm
15th Sep 2021 10:56pm
Strip Club
I went to a strip club a few nights past
and watched women dance naked while
men threw money at them.
I danced with women for
money; to look at, to speak to,
to touch.
A ritual of midnight sadness,
of female energy exploited-
By thirsty vampires.
and watched women dance naked while
men threw money at them.
I danced with women for
money; to look at, to speak to,
to touch.
A ritual of midnight sadness,
of female energy exploited-
By thirsty vampires.
#corruption
#oppression
#power
#HumanRights
#vulnerability
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cloventongue89
Poem Published
11th Sep 2021 7:48pm
11th Sep 2021 7:48pm
Land of The Dying Dream
You speak like courage
But you act your cowardice
Tell me what's for our good
As we find ourselves enslaved
Tyranny gains its foothold on the terms of safety
Coerced to the trust of fradulence
Illegitimate authority
Our hearts are auctioned
Sold in bondage to the path of least resistance
When the fear of death meets the cost of freedom
Will we pay the dues of legacy
Or sell out the nation for the breath of our captivity
Mandates to comply
What conditions will we live in if we're too afraid to die?
Delaying...
But you act your cowardice
Tell me what's for our good
As we find ourselves enslaved
Tyranny gains its foothold on the terms of safety
Coerced to the trust of fradulence
Illegitimate authority
Our hearts are auctioned
Sold in bondage to the path of least resistance
When the fear of death meets the cost of freedom
Will we pay the dues of legacy
Or sell out the nation for the breath of our captivity
Mandates to comply
What conditions will we live in if we're too afraid to die?
Delaying...
#anger
#corruption
#politics
#CallToAction
#HumanRights
56 reads
2 Comments
slipalong
Poem Published
5th Sep 2021 7:29pm
5th Sep 2021 7:29pm
Collaborator at Kubul Airport
Collaborator at Kabul airport
#HumanRights
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cabcool
Poem Published
3rd Sep 2021 4:35am
3rd Sep 2021 4:35am
where life least hangs
i see an earthquake crush the haitian land
such misery i can never understand
for i am in a place safe on a rock
dreading no portent shake or aftershock
i see dead soldiers in afghanistan
silenced by isis whim and taliban
my streets of home are filled with idle men
no trace of proselyte or saracen
i hear mudcakes are served for banquet feasts
where hungry afrique children, like poor...
such misery i can never understand
for i am in a place safe on a rock
dreading no portent shake or aftershock
i see dead soldiers in afghanistan
silenced by isis whim and taliban
my streets of home are filled with idle men
no trace of proselyte or saracen
i hear mudcakes are served for banquet feasts
where hungry afrique children, like poor...
#LifeStruggles
#homelessness
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
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4 Comments
Alviola
Poem Published
27th Aug 2021 11:29pm
27th Aug 2021 11:29pm
There should never be too many activists
There should never be many activists,
too much salt swamps the mouth, wasabi
should only tickle, the sashimi
should almost only smell the soy sauce.
We have watched that one ant going left
and right and lost, we have chalked it in,
drawn borders around its neighborhood,
played with where it can and cannot go,
monster fingers shrink its universe
with moisture from the warm beer bottle,
the small thing sniffs at the...
too much salt swamps the mouth, wasabi
should only tickle, the sashimi
should almost only smell the soy sauce.
We have watched that one ant going left
and right and lost, we have chalked it in,
drawn borders around its neighborhood,
played with where it can and cannot go,
monster fingers shrink its universe
with moisture from the warm beer bottle,
the small thing sniffs at the...
#corruption
#oppression
#HumanRights
#inequality
#poverty
56 reads
7 Comments
Laluma
Poem Published
27th Aug 2021 6:00pm
27th Aug 2021 6:00pm
Capo Delgado
It seems too unbelievable at first
As if playing out a scene in a movie
Somewhere in a country far away
Remote from any homeland
Unfortunately
The truth is far worse than fantasy
As misfortune might have it
The danger lurks too close
To be ignored
And pretend
As if
It’s existence is of insignificance
As with countless occurrences
In our God forsaken continent
Specifically in the southern region
Time seems to be of no consequence
With no need to want to intervene
In places where timidity is a luxury ...
As if playing out a scene in a movie
Somewhere in a country far away
Remote from any homeland
Unfortunately
The truth is far worse than fantasy
As misfortune might have it
The danger lurks too close
To be ignored
And pretend
As if
It’s existence is of insignificance
As with countless occurrences
In our God forsaken continent
Specifically in the southern region
Time seems to be of no consequence
With no need to want to intervene
In places where timidity is a luxury ...
#hope
#freedom
#HumanRights
#despair
#disappointment
59 reads
7 Comments
missjem56
Poem Published
21st Aug 2021 1:26am
21st Aug 2021 1:26am
The Honeymoon
An unwanted marriage
The husband is the Taliban
The brides
Were all the women, and girls
Of Afghanistan
The 'husband' declared
That his wives
Would still be entitled
To all their rights
But everyone knew
Deep down inside
Once the 'honeymoon' period was over
And all the 'guests' were gone
The Taliban men, and man
Would commence their Taliban ban
Where all his 'wives'
Would soon have no rights
or freedoms
You can't always count on
Something that you would Bid-on
by Jemia
The husband is the Taliban
The brides
Were all the women, and girls
Of Afghanistan
The 'husband' declared
That his wives
Would still be entitled
To all their rights
But everyone knew
Deep down inside
Once the 'honeymoon' period was over
And all the 'guests' were gone
The Taliban men, and man
Would commence their Taliban ban
Where all his 'wives'
Would soon have no rights
or freedoms
You can't always count on
Something that you would Bid-on
by Jemia
#betrayal
#oppression
#HumanRights
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2 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
15th Aug 2021 9:58pm
15th Aug 2021 9:58pm
Ice... Ice... Baby
Sparkling diamonds on their such a joy to see, wear
From the jewels imbedded in my earlobes, adorned around my neck
To the crown of prominence resting atop my curly hair
Whose hands dipped into the Motherland to give me my illustrious shine
Sweltering in the heat to siphon consumerism out those diamond mines
Violating the earth of its unclaimed resource
My babies snatched from my arms, marched to labor without a choice
Conflict in the labor night and day
No feast to the table to eat
Gun toting under a political regime watchful eye,...
From the jewels imbedded in my earlobes, adorned around my neck
To the crown of prominence resting atop my curly hair
Whose hands dipped into the Motherland to give me my illustrious shine
Sweltering in the heat to siphon consumerism out those diamond mines
Violating the earth of its unclaimed resource
My babies snatched from my arms, marched to labor without a choice
Conflict in the labor night and day
No feast to the table to eat
Gun toting under a political regime watchful eye,...
#corruption
#politics
#TruthOfLife
#HumanRights
#philosophical
94 reads
15 Comments
Driqwright1490
Poem Published
7th Aug 2021 2:12am
7th Aug 2021 2:12am
Teamwork
Teamwork: teamwork makes the dream work. Two minds are better than one. The sayings are true, but do people understand the concept and what it means about working together? There are different people with their theories about life and working together, but one thing you can't go wrong with is working together with the right person can make things easier. Some people like to do things based on What he or she have been taught, what they saw, or just use to doing things by themselves. The reason why we as a people are so distant, divided, is because of trust. In a team, you have to trust your...
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
1st Aug 2021 3:54am
1st Aug 2021 3:54am
Blessed be the Fruit
(Parallels of Fictional Tales and Real-World Spells)
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
#HumanRights
#feminism
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
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4 Comments
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