Poems About Consumerism Seeking Honest Critique
#consumerism
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
12th Nov 2024 00:45am
12th Nov 2024 00:45am
A Faustian Dream
Behold the loutish MAGA derision
as specimens of imbecility
marked by a semantic imprecision
yoked to emotive volatility
and a co-occuring need for action
in the to and fro of their Adderall
foundering for instant satisfaction
in conservative seas of folderol
said to be legitimate worldview
by people enslaved to a joystick
and techno feudal endorphins askew
reinforced at every media click
to warrant their manipulated thoughts
to goose-step quickly into MAGA bots.
as specimens of imbecility
marked by a semantic imprecision
yoked to emotive volatility
and a co-occuring need for action
in the to and fro of their Adderall
foundering for instant satisfaction
in conservative seas of folderol
said to be legitimate worldview
by people enslaved to a joystick
and techno feudal endorphins askew
reinforced at every media click
to warrant their manipulated thoughts
to goose-step quickly into MAGA bots.
#addiction
#consumerism
#humankind
#SelfHarm
#technology
74 reads
4 Comments
Alois_inwriting02
Poem Published
11th Nov 2024 5:09am
11th Nov 2024 5:09am
Young Man’s Game
Will Mother Maybelle
miss
me
when I’ve
gone?
Perhaps not.
Regardless-
In no more than
twelve
years
Time, there’ll be a
new, fresh-
faced upstart.
and while my hopes so dear
rest neath the willow
as his horizons begin to clear
may no one remember for to shed a
solitary tear.
Still I’ll leave
pieces
of
me
true to a foregone narrative—
long ago
conceived.
Thus, here on my
mind is
ever inscribed this ...
miss
me
when I’ve
gone?
Perhaps not.
Regardless-
In no more than
twelve
years
Time, there’ll be a
new, fresh-
faced upstart.
and while my hopes so dear
rest neath the willow
as his horizons begin to clear
may no one remember for to shed a
solitary tear.
Still I’ll leave
pieces
of
me
true to a foregone narrative—
long ago
conceived.
Thus, here on my
mind is
ever inscribed this ...
#consumerism
#fate
29 reads
1 Comment
Pete_25
Poem Published
6th Oct 2024 11:30am
6th Oct 2024 11:30am
Advertising Space
Corporate lined suits
Have us by the balls
Penetrating moves, from
Leather plush walls
Here they are, the gullible
Planting little seeds
Minion fed commercials
Fill our daily needs?
The next big thing?
Companies invest in billions
We follow like sheep
In our flock BUY the millions
'JINGLE CRAZY SLOGANS
CAST THEIR WICKED SPELL
DON'T FORGET YOU'RE WORTH IT
ANTI-AGING L'ORÉAL
FINGER LICKIN' GOOD
YOU'LL FIND AT K.F.C
SKITTLE, TASTE THE RAINBOW
BROTHER CAN'T YOU SEE'
...
Have us by the balls
Penetrating moves, from
Leather plush walls
Here they are, the gullible
Planting little seeds
Minion fed commercials
Fill our daily needs?
The next big thing?
Companies invest in billions
We follow like sheep
In our flock BUY the millions
'JINGLE CRAZY SLOGANS
CAST THEIR WICKED SPELL
DON'T FORGET YOU'RE WORTH IT
ANTI-AGING L'ORÉAL
FINGER LICKIN' GOOD
YOU'LL FIND AT K.F.C
SKITTLE, TASTE THE RAINBOW
BROTHER CAN'T YOU SEE'
...
#consumerism
#money
112 reads
14 Comments
michaelslove2
Poem Published
3rd Oct 2024 7:06am
3rd Oct 2024 7:06am
Spirits At War
Spirits At War
When I looked into your eyes
sometimes I would see warmth, compassion.
Other times I would see death and destruction.
I never knew which it was going to be
when I looked at you and you looked at me.
For a time I lived a lie in red anger.
Out of viciousness I believed it was always lies, cheating
and I hated every one of you.
Since I have realized through others that my belief is not so true
and therefore not fair to despise all of you.
Now my beliefs are based on percentages.
The majority...
When I looked into your eyes
sometimes I would see warmth, compassion.
Other times I would see death and destruction.
I never knew which it was going to be
when I looked at you and you looked at me.
For a time I lived a lie in red anger.
Out of viciousness I believed it was always lies, cheating
and I hated every one of you.
Since I have realized through others that my belief is not so true
and therefore not fair to despise all of you.
Now my beliefs are based on percentages.
The majority...
#consumerism
#culture
#LifeStruggles #morality
#LifeStruggles #morality
66 reads
2 Comments
James_A_Knight
Poem Published
1st Oct 2024 11:46pm
1st Oct 2024 11:46pm
Daily Black and White
The man opened the newspaper
To see how the world had changed
Since yesterday's newspaper
The paper wrapped round his face
Filled his ears
Covered his eyes
Silenced his mouth
Read his mind
Suffocated him until
He forgot his name
He turned black and white
To see how the world had changed
Since yesterday's newspaper
The paper wrapped round his face
Filled his ears
Covered his eyes
Silenced his mouth
Read his mind
Suffocated him until
He forgot his name
He turned black and white
#consumerism
#freedom
#politics
81 reads
6 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
29th Sep 2024 1:46am
29th Sep 2024 1:46am
Skin
Feel comfortable in my skin
My skin is flaking like I’m a Mummy
I see the cells in my epidermis
Clock is ticking but I disagree
In the long stretch of a Kentucky Derby
Camera flashes looks like we have a photo finish
A nose just above the finish line
You are crowned with Roses
But I feel comfortable in me
Fireworks in the sky above me
I crawl back into my skin
My skin saves me from bad weather
In the final quarter we are striding 12 legs strong
...
My skin is flaking like I’m a Mummy
I see the cells in my epidermis
Clock is ticking but I disagree
In the long stretch of a Kentucky Derby
Camera flashes looks like we have a photo finish
A nose just above the finish line
You are crowned with Roses
But I feel comfortable in me
Fireworks in the sky above me
I crawl back into my skin
My skin saves me from bad weather
In the final quarter we are striding 12 legs strong
...
#consumerism
#morality
#mythology #tradition
#mythology #tradition
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0 Comments
drone
Poem Published
14th Sep 2024 12:47pm
14th Sep 2024 12:47pm
Tuning Away
On
The turning
Away
From those downtroden
Thoughts
One once believed in
On
The turning
Away
From what one cared for
And now
One is
Following trends
That never make no sense
Living your life
In a feedback
Loop
Where let's Pretend
Is all the rage
Where Theory is king
Its a rot that some how
Is turning you Hollow
On the wings Of deseased Dreams
You blindly
Follow
The turning
Away
From those downtroden
Thoughts
One once believed in
On
The turning
Away
From what one cared for
And now
One is
Following trends
That never make no sense
Living your life
In a feedback
Loop
Where let's Pretend
Is all the rage
Where Theory is king
Its a rot that some how
Is turning you Hollow
On the wings Of deseased Dreams
You blindly
Follow
#consumerism
108 reads
0 Comments
O_Dee
Poem Published
13th Sep 2024 8:11am
13th Sep 2024 8:11am
Sales
We are sorry to hear you are not
entirely satisfied with our product.
Our try before you buy policy
assures you of our speedy returns.
To arrange collection please select a date,
allowing one hour either side of your selected time
for our qualified engineers to attend.
We advise all of our customers
to have a clean, quiet space,
a supply of dry towels
a spoon
and plenty of running water available.
Please allow 24 hrs
before resuming physical activity.
Whilst your current purchase
may not...
entirely satisfied with our product.
Our try before you buy policy
assures you of our speedy returns.
To arrange collection please select a date,
allowing one hour either side of your selected time
for our qualified engineers to attend.
We advise all of our customers
to have a clean, quiet space,
a supply of dry towels
a spoon
and plenty of running water available.
Please allow 24 hrs
before resuming physical activity.
Whilst your current purchase
may not...
#consumerism
63 reads
0 Comments
RyanBlackborough
Poem Published
4th Sep 2024 1:31am
4th Sep 2024 1:31am
Pretty plastic
Pretty plastic people.
Pretty plastic play.
What you see is what you get.
And it's always the same.
As I look into the camera.
Back out through your eyes.
We know each others secrets.
Yet "believe" the other's lies.
Pretty plastic people.
Pretty plastic play.
What you see is what you get.
it's easier that way.
It's not superficial.
This glorious facade.
Keeping up the act.
Is always super hard.
Pretty plastic people.
Pretty plastic play.
What you see is...
Pretty plastic play.
What you see is what you get.
And it's always the same.
As I look into the camera.
Back out through your eyes.
We know each others secrets.
Yet "believe" the other's lies.
Pretty plastic people.
Pretty plastic play.
What you see is what you get.
it's easier that way.
It's not superficial.
This glorious facade.
Keeping up the act.
Is always super hard.
Pretty plastic people.
Pretty plastic play.
What you see is...
#consumerism
135 reads
12 Comments
ExercisingDemons
Poem Published
22nd Aug 2024 8:13pm
22nd Aug 2024 8:13pm
Back to The Back of the Bus
Move me back to the back of the bus
where the cool kids be
no muss no fuss, just booze and weed
and firecrackers
aimed at tires and seats of open jeeps
move me please
too much heat on the front where a rear view sees
and I am doomed to please
by having all my human cease
let me be as scum and sleaze
cough and wheeze
in the back of the back of the back of the bus
rum and heathens
run your thumb above where drunk chum is sleeping
to find gum...
where the cool kids be
no muss no fuss, just booze and weed
and firecrackers
aimed at tires and seats of open jeeps
move me please
too much heat on the front where a rear view sees
and I am doomed to please
by having all my human cease
let me be as scum and sleaze
cough and wheeze
in the back of the back of the back of the bus
rum and heathens
run your thumb above where drunk chum is sleeping
to find gum...
#consumerism
#music
#nostalgia #school
#nostalgia #school
108 reads
0 Comments
OyateInyanNajin
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2024 3:12am
2nd Aug 2024 3:12am
BACK INTO BLISS RETURN (II)-(2nd revision) (9-27-2020, 8:15pm; another spontaneous, 420 Spa poem, Palm Springs, Ca.)
blissful blessings
blessed bliss
submerged
soul deep
in all
this
boundless
wonderment
set free again
at blissful last
away from all
false sense
of blissless self
of blissless life
of blisslessness itself
away from all
which blinds
and masks us all
away from that
which much too often
holds us back
from ever truly reaching
our full potential
from ever fulfilling
our truest bliss
within our temporal human lives
illusory mind s egoic dance
here in this wondrous...
blessed bliss
submerged
soul deep
in all
this
boundless
wonderment
set free again
at blissful last
away from all
false sense
of blissless self
of blissless life
of blisslessness itself
away from all
which blinds
and masks us all
away from that
which much too often
holds us back
from ever truly reaching
our full potential
from ever fulfilling
our truest bliss
within our temporal human lives
illusory mind s egoic dance
here in this wondrous...
#apathy
#consumerism
#earth
#humankind
#TruthOfLife
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poeticdelight
Hamid
Hamid
Poem Published
7th Jul 2024 7:57pm
7th Jul 2024 7:57pm
Somewhere, SomeTime
I always find my alter ego, whenever i roam the rocky hills, or skipping right out from home, into
the pine forest on the village fringe, where the pure breeze inspires the pastoral themes..
where life in its prime tells the truth, the wisdom and the sincere feeling.There ! is my Home !
i sat on the hilltop watching the tiny village stretching below,"my bled" lost in a foggy silent indolence,
where carelessness and dark interests breed inside empty coffee shops, and shady nooks; and dark corners....
where kids in their blooming age reap what the bad...
the pine forest on the village fringe, where the pure breeze inspires the pastoral themes..
where life in its prime tells the truth, the wisdom and the sincere feeling.There ! is my Home !
i sat on the hilltop watching the tiny village stretching below,"my bled" lost in a foggy silent indolence,
where carelessness and dark interests breed inside empty coffee shops, and shady nooks; and dark corners....
where kids in their blooming age reap what the bad...
#consumerism
#identity
#politics
#responsibility
#risk
122 reads
3 Comments
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