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.
Periwinkleblue
Kathy A.
Kathy A.
Poem Published
Today 2:37am
Today 2:37am
Love Reigns
Thorns are everywhere
Roses very few,
Lack of choice
Causes despairing
Disparate news.
News is a silent
Dirth of ugliness,
Lack of choice
Giving flowers voices
On airs pure currents.
Life finds a way
To do it's dancing,
Lack of choice
Flowers bloom today
Without a knowing.
Retribution roams,
No hesitation,
Lack of choice
Should not be norms,
Abolish factions.
Bring to life one faith
Let all men be glad,
Lack of choice
Where love reigns the path,
Let...
Roses very few,
Lack of choice
Causes despairing
Disparate news.
News is a silent
Dirth of ugliness,
Lack of choice
Giving flowers voices
On airs pure currents.
Life finds a way
To do it's dancing,
Lack of choice
Flowers bloom today
Without a knowing.
Retribution roams,
No hesitation,
Lack of choice
Should not be norms,
Abolish factions.
Bring to life one faith
Let all men be glad,
Lack of choice
Where love reigns the path,
Let...
#love
#TimeHeals
#HumanRights
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DougR732
Douglas732
Douglas732
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 1:09am
20th Feb 2020 1:09am
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil
When we come across evil what shall we do?
Pretend it’s not there, push it out of our view?
If evil happens, let it happen to someone else.
This may feel cold at first, but eventually ice melts.
Is this the view that society shall take?
Shall we let evil prevail and good we forsake?
Do we turn our heads at the homeless and needy?
Become self-centered and selfish, teach out kids to be greedy?
Times have sure changed my faith is almost hopeless.
Making the world a better place should be our focus.
It’s o.k. to sell drugs, but using is bad? ...
Pretend it’s not there, push it out of our view?
If evil happens, let it happen to someone else.
This may feel cold at first, but eventually ice melts.
Is this the view that society shall take?
Shall we let evil prevail and good we forsake?
Do we turn our heads at the homeless and needy?
Become self-centered and selfish, teach out kids to be greedy?
Times have sure changed my faith is almost hopeless.
Making the world a better place should be our focus.
It’s o.k. to sell drugs, but using is bad? ...
#corruption
#homelessness
#HumanRights
#ignorance
#inequality
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2 Comments
Stoney223
Poem Published
19th Feb 2020 3:18pm
19th Feb 2020 3:18pm
THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE
A question for the depth of the mind? When you look at someone, who has become homeless regardless of there reasons why it happen? What is your reaction, as you stare as you walk on by for what does your eyes say that your mind wants to speak, as you pass them on the streets for everyone has a story to tell for everyone, had what you take for granted wishing that this didnt happen to them. ...
#LifeStruggles
#homelessness
#misunderstood
#HumanRights
#poverty
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4 Comments
PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
14th Feb 2020 12:49pm
14th Feb 2020 12:49pm
Instigators of Hate
You covet everything I have and you suppress my ability to achieve.
Selfishness and greed will certainly devour you.
I am the same human being as you are and I have the right to life.
Do I have to die so that you can stay alive and strive?
Are we not able to live among one another in peace and unity?
Is the world not big enough for you and me to live in simultaneously?
What trouble or inconvenience have I caused you?
You despise me so much and you are conspiring to kill me,
But you call out to me for help when your back is against the wall. ...
Selfishness and greed will certainly devour you.
I am the same human being as you are and I have the right to life.
Do I have to die so that you can stay alive and strive?
Are we not able to live among one another in peace and unity?
Is the world not big enough for you and me to live in simultaneously?
What trouble or inconvenience have I caused you?
You despise me so much and you are conspiring to kill me,
But you call out to me for help when your back is against the wall. ...
#politics
#war
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
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tomyaccusers
Poem Published
10th Feb 2020 11:10am
10th Feb 2020 11:10am
DUMFRIES RAPE CRISIS CENTRE, NHS, POLICE
Council of Europe
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS;
CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS;
SECTION 1
Article 8.
Right to respect for private and family life.
Everyone has the right to respect for his private life and family life, his home and his correspondence.
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS;
CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS;
SECTION 1
Article 8.
Right to respect for private and family life.
Everyone has the right to respect for his private life and family life, his home and his correspondence.
#HumanRights
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NewBeginnings
Poem Published
9th Feb 2020 11:37pm
9th Feb 2020 11:37pm
Truth Be Told
I really feel the need to get away from consumerism and materialism. From the wealthy corporations, busy cities, and billionaires; the fast food industries, tech giants, and pharmaceutical companies that rule this country
—perhaps, even the world. Away from this destructive machine that humanity has created... And the restless blur of a society that never sleeps.
We are supposedly "the greatest country on Earth", yet we are divided more than ever; and clearly the system that we have in place is broken, yet the mad maestros continue to conduct this cacophony of sound right...
—perhaps, even the world. Away from this destructive machine that humanity has created... And the restless blur of a society that never sleeps.
We are supposedly "the greatest country on Earth", yet we are divided more than ever; and clearly the system that we have in place is broken, yet the mad maestros continue to conduct this cacophony of sound right...
#politics
#MentalHealth
#consumerism
#HumanRights
#philosophical
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11 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
9th Feb 2020 6:21am
9th Feb 2020 6:21am
XtraordinarY
XtraordinarY
#HumanRights
#masculinity
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4 Comments
PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
8th Feb 2020 2:21pm
8th Feb 2020 2:21pm
We Must Act Now
(For the missing persons and their families)
The photo of an adolescent is on the front page of the newspaper.
Another case of a missing student is on the television.
Have you seen any of these persons?
Do you have any knowledge of their whereabouts?
Who is responsible for the strange disappearance of these children?
Who will take the blame for this cruel game?
Adults, teenagers, babies, nobody is safe anywhere.
Some persons have been reported missing since last week,
Others were last seen about a month ago.
Where have the inhumane...
The photo of an adolescent is on the front page of the newspaper.
Another case of a missing student is on the television.
Have you seen any of these persons?
Do you have any knowledge of their whereabouts?
Who is responsible for the strange disappearance of these children?
Who will take the blame for this cruel game?
Adults, teenagers, babies, nobody is safe anywhere.
Some persons have been reported missing since last week,
Others were last seen about a month ago.
Where have the inhumane...
#CallToAction
#HumanRights
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fieryangelsouljia
Poem Published
4th Feb 2020 5:19pm
4th Feb 2020 5:19pm
City Ramblings
A small band singing on a busy street
I’m walking by molding with the city crowd
watching me watching them
ignoring the passion passing through their ears lost somewhere on graffiti walls
tall buildings overlooking the piss
in alleyway holes, homeless shooting up
dreams of butterflies floating on political lies
and tied down,
Well we’re all tied down and-
We’re missing accountability
we’re lost on this Dream-
we’re lost on the things we long for
but can’t ever be
we’re missing our stability
walking...
I’m walking by molding with the city crowd
watching me watching them
ignoring the passion passing through their ears lost somewhere on graffiti walls
tall buildings overlooking the piss
in alleyway holes, homeless shooting up
dreams of butterflies floating on political lies
and tied down,
Well we’re all tied down and-
We’re missing accountability
we’re lost on this Dream-
we’re lost on the things we long for
but can’t ever be
we’re missing our stability
walking...
#strength
#hope
#LGBT
#HumanRights
#tolerance
46 reads
1 Comment
Ahavati
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2020 1:25am
2nd Feb 2020 1:25am
As if it already is—
If your fate is to drown, you can choke
on a teaspoon of water ~ Jewish Proverb
Conversely, if your fate is to succeed
slipping in dog shit at the right moment
can lead to victory
The Cosmos is mercurial—
beautiful, but mischievous;
honest only over the long-term—
in short, seems a procurer
manhandling a whore
It never forgets to balance—
creates infinite ways to resurrect
a traveler with a karmic surplus;
or,...
on a teaspoon of water ~ Jewish Proverb
Conversely, if your fate is to succeed
slipping in dog shit at the right moment
can lead to victory
The Cosmos is mercurial—
beautiful, but mischievous;
honest only over the long-term—
in short, seems a procurer
manhandling a whore
It never forgets to balance—
creates infinite ways to resurrect
a traveler with a karmic surplus;
or,...
#hope
#politics
#universe
#HumanRights
#morality
190 reads
21 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
28th Jan 2020 10:35pm
28th Jan 2020 10:35pm
The Beast
This piece is for the migrants who died,
Or survived,
Or have been maimed,
For the poor in search of a better life,
Praying,
That their dreams come true,
When they faced the Beast.
Those who traveled thousands of miles,
Along the countryside,
Through cities and towns of Mexico
On the way north,
Through the dangers and perils
Of gangs and robbers
Crooked cops,
Beaten and raped,
Who have lost limbs
Under the wheels of the iron horse
But the Beast doesn’t care.
This is for the countless stories ...
Or survived,
Or have been maimed,
For the poor in search of a better life,
Praying,
That their dreams come true,
When they faced the Beast.
Those who traveled thousands of miles,
Along the countryside,
Through cities and towns of Mexico
On the way north,
Through the dangers and perils
Of gangs and robbers
Crooked cops,
Beaten and raped,
Who have lost limbs
Under the wheels of the iron horse
But the Beast doesn’t care.
This is for the countless stories ...
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#HumanRights #LangstonHughes
#HumanRights #LangstonHughes
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4 Comments
Frustrated_prole
Poem Published
28th Jan 2020 9:53pm
28th Jan 2020 9:53pm
The Nurses of the N.H.S
What fire and beauty dwells within the nurses of the N.H.S
They are the blood of the healthcare machine
Pumping through the heart of it all
Triple shifts without breaks
Burning at their superhuman strength
Surrogate Mothers and fathers of the endless hospital night
Tend and mend the broken, feed the weak
For a salary cut with knives
In the eyes of a nurse
The bed blocker becomes a man
The bag of bones, a woman
In the eyes of a nurse There is no gender, race, age or wealth
There is only healing and watching and Love ...
They are the blood of the healthcare machine
Pumping through the heart of it all
Triple shifts without breaks
Burning at their superhuman strength
Surrogate Mothers and fathers of the endless hospital night
Tend and mend the broken, feed the weak
For a salary cut with knives
In the eyes of a nurse
The bed blocker becomes a man
The bag of bones, a woman
In the eyes of a nurse There is no gender, race, age or wealth
There is only healing and watching and Love ...
#corruption
#politics
#HumanRights #greed
#HumanRights #greed
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