Poems about Corruption
#corruption
Poems about corruption, dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power. Corruption poems about bribery, exploitation, nepotism and greed. Poetry about corruption and injustice in society, business and government.
wallyroo92
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:01pm
Yesterday 6:01pm
...And the Horse You Rode In On
#hate
#corruption
#politics #frustration
#politics #frustration
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4 Comments
LiesWordsLove
Poem Published
13th May 2019 10:53pm
13th May 2019 10:53pm
Elevate
I wanna take down who's in power
The President is a coward, trying to take what's ours
Spend money on cocaine and vodka,
but things are not going to change in a matter of hours, just until crowds manifestate at their doors
Those suits and ties couldn't walk in my trousers, nah... Moralists; we are the founders, the sound of a thousand voices raised in anger, just
if only you could see it from our angle...
The system overrun by the power of money...
Families bleed...
It's time for change, time to reach to a higher place, because the world...
The President is a coward, trying to take what's ours
Spend money on cocaine and vodka,
but things are not going to change in a matter of hours, just until crowds manifestate at their doors
Those suits and ties couldn't walk in my trousers, nah... Moralists; we are the founders, the sound of a thousand voices raised in anger, just
if only you could see it from our angle...
The system overrun by the power of money...
Families bleed...
It's time for change, time to reach to a higher place, because the world...
#corruption
#power
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2 Comments
slipalong
Poem Published
7th May 2019 6:46pm
7th May 2019 6:46pm
Heads in the sand
Morning birdsong, lyric notes in hedge and field
the rook lies dead with shots if lead impailed
eat the grain and gorge and feed
the grits, that flour the crush of mill and wheel
Vermin with a flight so steep, swoop and settle on a leaf
its larder bountiful and free
as we mourn, It already dressed in black
that thief the odds against its existance stacked
But our years they are not future proofed
as animals we all stand within that group
clipped wings a cage will self destruct
endangered, a concept upon us thrust
...
the rook lies dead with shots if lead impailed
eat the grain and gorge and feed
the grits, that flour the crush of mill and wheel
Vermin with a flight so steep, swoop and settle on a leaf
its larder bountiful and free
as we mourn, It already dressed in black
that thief the odds against its existance stacked
But our years they are not future proofed
as animals we all stand within that group
clipped wings a cage will self destruct
endangered, a concept upon us thrust
...
#corruption
#nature
#greed
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Inkerpoet
Poem Published
6th May 2019 6:29pm
6th May 2019 6:29pm
all or nothing little Robin hood
where with these
rich bastards
tossing grapes
into their mouths.
the open jewelry boxes
right there
for the taking.
the image of
a gun
in the mouth
of a princess.
a stained
bloody mattress.
no more pissy
motels.
and when they
come
for it,
we'll die
like
legends,
sleepy figurines
melting
in the sun.
so follow me.
rich bastards
tossing grapes
into their mouths.
the open jewelry boxes
right there
for the taking.
the image of
a gun
in the mouth
of a princess.
a stained
bloody mattress.
no more pissy
motels.
and when they
come
for it,
we'll die
like
legends,
sleepy figurines
melting
in the sun.
so follow me.
#corruption
#humankind
#inequality #poverty
#inequality #poverty
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0 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
6th May 2019 2:40am
6th May 2019 2:40am
Revolution!
I sense a revolution coming,
The masses are taking a stand for what is right,
Coming together for the sake of humanity,
Joining together in an arduous everlasting fight.
I feel a revolution rising,
Like prophecies told about the end of times,
The rich get richer and the poor are dehumanized,
And those responsible will be judged for their crimes.
I smell a revolution brewing,
When some in the ruling class are the worst of criminals,
Creating laws and decrees to take what’s rightfully ours,
To benefit them is just beyond deceptive and...
The masses are taking a stand for what is right,
Coming together for the sake of humanity,
Joining together in an arduous everlasting fight.
I feel a revolution rising,
Like prophecies told about the end of times,
The rich get richer and the poor are dehumanized,
And those responsible will be judged for their crimes.
I smell a revolution brewing,
When some in the ruling class are the worst of criminals,
Creating laws and decrees to take what’s rightfully ours,
To benefit them is just beyond deceptive and...
#corruption
#oppression
#politics
#freedom
#HumanRights
63 reads
6 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
3rd May 2019 4:00pm
3rd May 2019 4:00pm
Senryu #28 ...evolution or extinction...?
We will either evolve
becoming something else ...something better...
or we will just disappear from view
becoming something else ...something better...
or we will just disappear from view
#corruption
#evolution
#hypocrisy
38 reads
11 Comments
EcilaTheTwisted
Poem Published
25th Apr 2019 2:54am
25th Apr 2019 2:54am
Powerless
Background
Fading
Quiet silence
Deafening to unseen ears
Suspended in a void
Can't tell if I'm going up or down
Poking, prodding
Am I a queer experiment?
No body
No soul
Just a lump of conscious flesh
Beeping of machines
Needles
The smell of a sterile room
Things all too familiar now
What am I kept alive for?
Nothing will happen with or without me
I'm told I have purpose
Is it to contribute to overpopulation?
Use up a bit more of our limited resources?
Continue to hear of children overseas...
Fading
Quiet silence
Deafening to unseen ears
Suspended in a void
Can't tell if I'm going up or down
Poking, prodding
Am I a queer experiment?
No body
No soul
Just a lump of conscious flesh
Beeping of machines
Needles
The smell of a sterile room
Things all too familiar now
What am I kept alive for?
Nothing will happen with or without me
I'm told I have purpose
Is it to contribute to overpopulation?
Use up a bit more of our limited resources?
Continue to hear of children overseas...
#corruption
#war
#greed
#suffering
#poverty
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1 Comment
wallyroo92
Poem Published
22nd Apr 2019 9:02pm
22nd Apr 2019 9:02pm
The Legend of Relámpago
I’m going to tell you a story about a masked avenger,
Faster than Zorro and more agile than a luchador,
He fought for those who couldn’t defend themselves,
I’m talking about the one and only – Relámpago!
He had been a lawyer and a local sheriff,
In a small quaint town just north of Mexico,
And one day after the mafia couldn’t buy him,
They killed his family with one harsh blow.
His family’s funeral took place on a rainy day,
Even then the mafia would still not let go,
He was attacked in the middle of their burial,
And left for...
Faster than Zorro and more agile than a luchador,
He fought for those who couldn’t defend themselves,
I’m talking about the one and only – Relámpago!
He had been a lawyer and a local sheriff,
In a small quaint town just north of Mexico,
And one day after the mafia couldn’t buy him,
They killed his family with one harsh blow.
His family’s funeral took place on a rainy day,
Even then the mafia would still not let go,
He was attacked in the middle of their burial,
And left for...
#corruption
#oppression
#heroic #NaPoWriMo2019
#heroic #NaPoWriMo2019
99 reads
6 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
20th Apr 2019 7:47pm
20th Apr 2019 7:47pm
Vampires
We hear the gunfire off in the distance
We find ourself picking up pace in that direction
No more than filth covered skeletons trekking through the jungle
War harden with dead men eyes looking for the next skirmish
We know our positions and the way that we each move
The natural predators here give us a wide girth
For they have all agreed this is man's war
They have agreed to come together as one and clean up the battlefields
But for now and from afar they watch as we kill
They don't understand it, because we are defying the laws of...
We find ourself picking up pace in that direction
No more than filth covered skeletons trekking through the jungle
War harden with dead men eyes looking for the next skirmish
We know our positions and the way that we each move
The natural predators here give us a wide girth
For they have all agreed this is man's war
They have agreed to come together as one and clean up the battlefields
But for now and from afar they watch as we kill
They don't understand it, because we are defying the laws of...
#soldiers
#corruption
#war
#vampires
#greed
73 reads
16 Comments
diamonddave75
Poem Published
20th Apr 2019 7:03am
20th Apr 2019 7:03am
Buried In The Seams
new network
underground
opposing
the norm
fact based
information
instead of
blind faith
far right
deep left
doesn’t
matter
crush
corruption
bring
balance
erase
the dirt
congress
needs terms
elected
officials
mature by
consuming shit
no matter
the intent
ignorant souls
still party
pissing on
dreams
buried in
the seams
underground
opposing
the norm
fact based
information
instead of
blind faith
far right
deep left
doesn’t
matter
crush
corruption
bring
balance
erase
the dirt
congress
needs terms
elected
officials
mature by
consuming shit
no matter
the intent
ignorant souls
still party
pissing on
dreams
buried in
the seams
#corruption
#politics
#environment
32 reads
0 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
15th Apr 2019 5:04pm
15th Apr 2019 5:04pm
scary over here
Oh, my friend...you've no idea
how scary it really is...
Just watching this posturing wanna-be-despot
whose mendacity knows no bounds...
is enough to curdle your innards...
turn your bowel to water...stinky and brown.
Keeping one's head above the waves...
in this churning political mess
is threatening to drown us all...
in senseless foolishness...
This has now become a daily grind...
a desperate search for something...for anything...
solid to stand on...to keep from drowning in the
...putrid slime ... ...
how scary it really is...
Just watching this posturing wanna-be-despot
whose mendacity knows no bounds...
is enough to curdle your innards...
turn your bowel to water...stinky and brown.
Keeping one's head above the waves...
in this churning political mess
is threatening to drown us all...
in senseless foolishness...
This has now become a daily grind...
a desperate search for something...for anything...
solid to stand on...to keep from drowning in the
...putrid slime ... ...
#corruption
#politics
#greed #inequality
#greed #inequality
45 reads
6 Comments
Academic
Poem Published
13th Apr 2019 10:57am
13th Apr 2019 10:57am
The reprehensible, white western media and their criminal, Zionist paymasters!
By Stanley Collymore
You don’t know me; and vitally in all of this we’ve never met,
so how can you so ludicrously then make supposedly valued
statements about me that bear no similitude, whatsoever,
to who or what I really am? And to moreover rather
dishonestly and, assuredly from my personal
perspective, reprehensively portray these
concocted falsehoods of yours, which
you’ve liberally, callously, untrustworthily and most discernibly
totally unwarrantedly in your crazed and vainglorious mind-
set take to proselytizing as...
You don’t know me; and vitally in all of this we’ve never met,
so how can you so ludicrously then make supposedly valued
statements about me that bear no similitude, whatsoever,
to who or what I really am? And to moreover rather
dishonestly and, assuredly from my personal
perspective, reprehensively portray these
concocted falsehoods of yours, which
you’ve liberally, callously, untrustworthily and most discernibly
totally unwarrantedly in your crazed and vainglorious mind-
set take to proselytizing as...
#corruption
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