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.
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Another Dutch/English one:
Er is veel eer gerelateerd geweld
Tegen Syrische vrouwen en meisjes
Mogelijk ook nog femicide
Toch nog sex toerisme reisjes?
Thailand spant de kroon - klinkt morbide
Hoe je als man munt uit hun kruis kunt slaan
Het uithuwelijken is bonafide
Gegadigden komen te voet en gaan
Pijlsnel als ze horen hoeveel geld…..
Beschaving komt al gauw in het nauw
Wie neemt het op voor de Syrische vrouw
W9jan2024
There is a lot of honor-related violence ...
Er is veel eer gerelateerd geweld
Tegen Syrische vrouwen en meisjes
Mogelijk ook nog femicide
Toch nog sex toerisme reisjes?
Thailand spant de kroon - klinkt morbide
Hoe je als man munt uit hun kruis kunt slaan
Het uithuwelijken is bonafide
Gegadigden komen te voet en gaan
Pijlsnel als ze horen hoeveel geld…..
Beschaving komt al gauw in het nauw
Wie neemt het op voor de Syrische vrouw
W9jan2024
There is a lot of honor-related violence ...
#MothersDay
#HumanRights
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Atomic Breath
#politics
#CallToAction
#freedom
#HumanRights
#NaPoWriMo2019
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Same Tree
Kill each other over our religions
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us...
end other lives for what we believe
we've taken men
hung them right up there
for the color of their skin
right up in our tree
that tree we carved our names into
heart with an arrow
shot clean through
hate them for what they believe in
hates us back for the very same
take these guns onto the fields
our blood runs onto its leaves
those leaves that fell so beautifully in autumn
this cool crisp morning won't let us...
#religion
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
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Shut Up and Read
Are you aware of the facts?
Racist fucking lies
Government is corrupt
Earth born Genocide
Do you truly give a fuck?
Society's ultimate demise
Warning before we deconstruct
Authorities killing minorities
So much useless crime
Who's serving the time?
Your told to obey these fools
You coward in the shadows
You act more like a pack of mules
Racist fucking lies
Government is corrupt
Earth born Genocide
Do you truly give a fuck?
Society's ultimate demise
Warning before we deconstruct
Authorities killing minorities
So much useless crime
Who's serving the time?
Your told to obey these fools
You coward in the shadows
You act more like a pack of mules
#corruption
#politics
#rhyming
#HumanRights
#inequality
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celebrating International Woman's Day! A poem:
Hear me roar
As quietly as a lioness
With the same finesse
So fine
The empty shadows
That fall
On empty walls
Of long forgotten heroines
Obscured by those
That censored the books
That have dug in the hooks
Of control
Yet the lionesses
That labour on
As the sweet song
Of equality lingers
Poised, and poignant
Elegant, and civilised
Human, and humane
Controlled
By the will of some men
Again
And again, and again
Adore the roar
This is what we should all strive for
by Jemia
As quietly as a lioness
With the same finesse
So fine
The empty shadows
That fall
On empty walls
Of long forgotten heroines
Obscured by those
That censored the books
That have dug in the hooks
Of control
Yet the lionesses
That labour on
As the sweet song
Of equality lingers
Poised, and poignant
Elegant, and civilised
Human, and humane
Controlled
By the will of some men
Again
And again, and again
Adore the roar
This is what we should all strive for
by Jemia
#women
#LifeCycle
#HumanRights
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Slaughter
Israel
Led by its dictator
Benjamin Netanyahu
Commiting crimes against humanity
Israeli troops
Now slaughtering
Starving Palestinians
Around aid convoys
Whilst also destroying
The infra structure of Palestine
Netanyahu is a monster
And that back him
Like Biden, and Sunak
Are supporting a genocide
A slaughter of the innocent
Whilst Europe
Are still buying Russian oil
Transferred onto neutral ships
by Jemia
Led by its dictator
Benjamin Netanyahu
Commiting crimes against humanity
Israeli troops
Now slaughtering
Starving Palestinians
Around aid convoys
Whilst also destroying
The infra structure of Palestine
Netanyahu is a monster
And that back him
Like Biden, and Sunak
Are supporting a genocide
A slaughter of the innocent
Whilst Europe
Are still buying Russian oil
Transferred onto neutral ships
by Jemia
#corruption
#murder
#oppression
#war
#HumanRights
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Bro-Flakes
If MAGA only searched their soul
as often as they bitched
then they would know some self control
like people peace enriched:)
But it's not easy thinking free
when rage is all you've got,
and white privilege, conveniently,
in charge of every thought.
It's a cage known as THE COMFORT ZONE,
which fears of strange abuse
from changing habits to atone
for morals in disuse.
And so we find them destitute
of hope for future fun
without solving their next dispute...
by triggering their gun.
as often as they bitched
then they would know some self control
like people peace enriched:)
But it's not easy thinking free
when rage is all you've got,
and white privilege, conveniently,
in charge of every thought.
It's a cage known as THE COMFORT ZONE,
which fears of strange abuse
from changing habits to atone
for morals in disuse.
And so we find them destitute
of hope for future fun
without solving their next dispute...
by triggering their gun.
#violence
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights
#ignorance
#inequality
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migrant workers
the pain is etched
on each face,
heavy loads being carried
under constant strain,
moving to gather crops
in the blistering sun,
weathered skin
under shaded hats,
bone, muscle and souls
all sore and tired,
moving back and forth
finishing the day's labor,
still overworked and underpaid
so a few rich can have more,
while the poor are nourished
by strong will and determination.
on each face,
heavy loads being carried
under constant strain,
moving to gather crops
in the blistering sun,
weathered skin
under shaded hats,
bone, muscle and souls
all sore and tired,
moving back and forth
finishing the day's labor,
still overworked and underpaid
so a few rich can have more,
while the poor are nourished
by strong will and determination.
#identity
#earth
#consumerism
#HumanRights
#culture
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A Bullet Waits For No One
A bullet waits for no one,
Regardless of your color, race or name,
It has but one purpose,
Regardless of its origin or its aim.
A bullet doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor,
It has no logic or emotion or stand,
Because whether it’s in war or peace time,
A bullet doesn’t care where it lands.
No matter how you put it into perspective,
A bullet has no conscience or any patience,
It can save a life by taking another one away,
Or it can take multiple ones without any sense.
Border patrol: Sir, you have to...
Regardless of your color, race or name,
It has but one purpose,
Regardless of its origin or its aim.
A bullet doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor,
It has no logic or emotion or stand,
Because whether it’s in war or peace time,
A bullet doesn’t care where it lands.
No matter how you put it into perspective,
A bullet has no conscience or any patience,
It can save a life by taking another one away,
Or it can take multiple ones without any sense.
Border patrol: Sir, you have to...
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights
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Street Corner Pundit
People overlook what is right under their nose
like when the Emperor didn't have on any clothes
It took a kid to state a simple fact
While others whispered but, failed to act.
They were being blindly obedient to authority
Sadly, in this country that's the majority
"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose"
and standing up for my people is the way I choose
The one thing I know is true
The system is out to screw me and you
While the powers that be dream of a new evil and how to fund it
I will...
like when the Emperor didn't have on any clothes
It took a kid to state a simple fact
While others whispered but, failed to act.
They were being blindly obedient to authority
Sadly, in this country that's the majority
"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose"
and standing up for my people is the way I choose
The one thing I know is true
The system is out to screw me and you
While the powers that be dream of a new evil and how to fund it
I will...
#power
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights
#inequality
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1 Comment
The Other America
Blacks here live in places like N'awlins, B-more and Chiraq
where hard working people have to watch their back
Because from both the cops and criminals we are under attack
and the courts will not cut us any slack
Our country is divided by an ethic, religious or political wall
in order to survive my people climb mts. that are Everest tall
We live on a social-ecomonic isthmus
Where crimes on us by both Whites and Blacks we witness
At best, for us the glass that hold life's joy is only half full
but, least we are no longer...
where hard working people have to watch their back
Because from both the cops and criminals we are under attack
and the courts will not cut us any slack
Our country is divided by an ethic, religious or political wall
in order to survive my people climb mts. that are Everest tall
We live on a social-ecomonic isthmus
Where crimes on us by both Whites and Blacks we witness
At best, for us the glass that hold life's joy is only half full
but, least we are no longer...
#oppression
#racism
#freedom
#HumanRights
#inequality
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Your Brother In The Struggle
We came here as his chattel
sold on auction blocks like cattle
Our women he raped and disrespected
even today they remain unprotected
They laughed, smoked, ate and drank
while bodies of hung black men rotted and stank
Now shoot us like rabies carrying dogs in the street
or take us to jail after our heads they beat
It is sad to see
that after 300 years we are only semi-free
All these things in my mind I juggle
as I remain your Brother in the struggle
sold on auction blocks like cattle
Our women he raped and disrespected
even today they remain unprotected
They laughed, smoked, ate and drank
while bodies of hung black men rotted and stank
Now shoot us like rabies carrying dogs in the street
or take us to jail after our heads they beat
It is sad to see
that after 300 years we are only semi-free
All these things in my mind I juggle
as I remain your Brother in the struggle
#oppression
#racism
#freedom
#HumanRights
#inequality
121 reads
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