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.
A_Conduit
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:33am
Yesterday 10:33am
Nothing but prompted
#betrayal
#corruption
#LifeStruggles
#honesty
#weakness
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1 Comment
Sonneteer
L Robinson
L Robinson
Poem Published
25th Sep 2021 6:09pm
25th Sep 2021 6:09pm
Stating the Obvious
A wish to stay abreast, hard to decline;
most journalists digest their source, then write,
or recapitulate the party line –
to read the news is like a bath in shite.
Dismissal of a million people’s fate
by sounding off with patronising spin,
the mainstream press outlets reiterate,
repeat, as if the words meant anything.
Behind the soundbite suffering proceeds,
as people lose their anger, don’t stay woke,
the gossip monger on the gossip feeds;
each further story, reinforcing spoke.
Footballers wives, the rich’s homes, TV,
this...
most journalists digest their source, then write,
or recapitulate the party line –
to read the news is like a bath in shite.
Dismissal of a million people’s fate
by sounding off with patronising spin,
the mainstream press outlets reiterate,
repeat, as if the words meant anything.
Behind the soundbite suffering proceeds,
as people lose their anger, don’t stay woke,
the gossip monger on the gossip feeds;
each further story, reinforcing spoke.
Footballers wives, the rich’s homes, TV,
this...
#corruption
#power
#politics
13 reads
2 Comments
A_Conduit
Poem Published
25th Sep 2021 12:40pm
25th Sep 2021 12:40pm
I am the host
#corruption
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#risk
18 reads
2 Comments
cloventongue89
Poem Published
24th Sep 2021 6:02am
24th Sep 2021 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
30 reads
2 Comments
Joshsam
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2021 8:57pm
23rd Sep 2021 8:57pm
Breaking everything.
Its all that i know.
All that you are.
Every Flaw.
Each imperfection.
Raw fantasy.
So very inviting to me.
Capturing you.
In my minds eye.
Undressing you to your very core.
Eating your soul.
Like I'd like to get to know.
All of your shortcomings.
Consumption of your Intimacies.
Corruption on another level.
Bleeding with you.
In the final days.
Fusing our minds.
So as to believe anything.
Across impossibilities.
Bonding hope with fantasy.
Oh how I've burnt for this.
To actually feel...
All that you are.
Every Flaw.
Each imperfection.
Raw fantasy.
So very inviting to me.
Capturing you.
In my minds eye.
Undressing you to your very core.
Eating your soul.
Like I'd like to get to know.
All of your shortcomings.
Consumption of your Intimacies.
Corruption on another level.
Bleeding with you.
In the final days.
Fusing our minds.
So as to believe anything.
Across impossibilities.
Bonding hope with fantasy.
Oh how I've burnt for this.
To actually feel...
#lust
#corruption
#passion #hurt
#passion #hurt
48 reads
2 Comments
A_Conduit
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2021 11:47am
23rd Sep 2021 11:47am
In private, you may open the bottle
The everyday cliche,
Routine depression,
And the glamorization of misery
The monotony of all too often,
Where nothing changes,
In public be upstanding
You must pretend in loathing to worship the moment,
No matter how bitterly slow it seems
And overlook the wasted time,
As it builds up in frustrated memories called regret
Regret those happy lies,
But don't stop proliferating them
It must always be okay at the surface,
The shallow veil of joy you'll wear
And polite obfuscation will be the...
Routine depression,
And the glamorization of misery
The monotony of all too often,
Where nothing changes,
In public be upstanding
You must pretend in loathing to worship the moment,
No matter how bitterly slow it seems
And overlook the wasted time,
As it builds up in frustrated memories called regret
Regret those happy lies,
But don't stop proliferating them
It must always be okay at the surface,
The shallow veil of joy you'll wear
And polite obfuscation will be the...
#depression
#corruption
#LifeStruggles
#honesty
#deception
30 reads
1 Comment
Taurek
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2021 1:55am
23rd Sep 2021 1:55am
Talent.
Vaxxed villains in upper
management
mass delusion
underground rebellion
billion-dollar corporations
complicit governments
not getting laid
drug addiction
technology brain
disagreements with the
nuclear family
den of filth
regrets on your deathbed
needing another type of
employment
pussy in front of you, and
you, not knowing what
to do with it
I can make you read for
as long as I want to
...
management
mass delusion
underground rebellion
billion-dollar corporations
complicit governments
not getting laid
drug addiction
technology brain
disagreements with the
nuclear family
den of filth
regrets on your deathbed
needing another type of
employment
pussy in front of you, and
you, not knowing what
to do with it
I can make you read for
as long as I want to
...
#sex
#corruption
#evil
#drugs
#rebellion
33 reads
2 Comments
Taurek
Poem Published
20th Sep 2021 12:26pm
20th Sep 2021 12:26pm
America
Yes, half of this country is
populated by Nazis, but
it’s not the side you
think it is
populated by Nazis, but
it’s not the side you
think it is
#corruption
#oppression
#politics
#America
#hypocrisy
37 reads
2 Comments
Taurek
Poem Published
19th Sep 2021 00:56am
19th Sep 2021 00:56am
At The Ball
Drowning in conspiracies,
turning it into art
only to be reported as
truth six months
later because the
lie would no longer
be accepted
masked servants carrying your
floor length at the gala as you
espoused socialist
propaganda
they were all laughing at you,
you know?
because they know there is
nothing you can do
about it
and the boot, barring some
minor insurrections, would
rightfully remain where it
belonged
turning it into art
only to be reported as
truth six months
later because the
lie would no longer
be accepted
masked servants carrying your
floor length at the gala as you
espoused socialist
propaganda
they were all laughing at you,
you know?
because they know there is
nothing you can do
about it
and the boot, barring some
minor insurrections, would
rightfully remain where it
belonged
#lies
#corruption
#power
#politics
#honesty
34 reads
1 Comment
Taurek
Poem Published
17th Sep 2021 2:16am
17th Sep 2021 2:16am
Dr. Evil
He funded the creation of
the virus and now he was
pushing the vaccine
the virus and now he was
pushing the vaccine
#corruption
#money
#greed
#manipulation
#pandemic
52 reads
5 Comments
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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0 Comments
The_Silly_Sibyl
Jack Thomas
Jack Thomas
Poem Published
15th Sep 2021 6:32am
15th Sep 2021 6:32am
I don’t write political poems
because they tend to lack
the imagery
and irony
I read poetry for.
But sometimes I think about all
the officers who killed
without due cause,
just as Chauvin killed Floyd,
or worse, but did so far
from videophones and CCTV.
I picture them in packed
cop bars, long out of uniform
and working some less vaunted job,
but still with elbows on the bar
and bottles in their hands.
Bemoaning their lot,
as if their lots
were those that had been dug too soon.
And comforted by once-colleagues ...
the imagery
and irony
I read poetry for.
But sometimes I think about all
the officers who killed
without due cause,
just as Chauvin killed Floyd,
or worse, but did so far
from videophones and CCTV.
I picture them in packed
cop bars, long out of uniform
and working some less vaunted job,
but still with elbows on the bar
and bottles in their hands.
Bemoaning their lot,
as if their lots
were those that had been dug too soon.
And comforted by once-colleagues ...
#corruption
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1 Comment
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