Poems about Culture
#culture
Poems about culture, here you'll find poetry about the cultural behaviour, ideas and customs of human societies. Anthropology poems about phenomena transmitted through social learning in human societies. Poems about culture; the beliefs, language and values of particular social, ethnic or age groups.
javalini
Poem Published
Today 1:04pm
Today 1:04pm
KNEE AND ROPE
this hatred
born of
fear
and envy
in a culture
of greed
always
pressed
the neck
as knee
or rope
or chain
or dope
or simple
deprivation
and decorated
the limbs
of trees
with strong
brown
bodies
and took
the best
you had
and called
it ours
and kept
brain
and
brawn
and
beauty
underfoot
but
called
it free
and then
dismissed
your rage
and god knows
had you
not been ...
born of
fear
and envy
in a culture
of greed
always
pressed
the neck
as knee
or rope
or chain
or dope
or simple
deprivation
and decorated
the limbs
of trees
with strong
brown
bodies
and took
the best
you had
and called
it ours
and kept
brain
and
brawn
and
beauty
underfoot
but
called
it free
and then
dismissed
your rage
and god knows
had you
not been ...
#anger
#hate
#culture
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1 Comment
EdibleWords
Poem Published
1st Jun 2020 7:22pm
1st Jun 2020 7:22pm
It’s Wrong to Call Me White
My heart breaks
because people would
look at my skin
and call me “privileged”
despite never living
above the poverty line
Worse they would
cut me into little bits
to deny my black
Mediterranean
heritage
I’m black Irish see
it’s pretty plain
looking at my
dear Daddy
who was darker
than a few
“dark” men
come summertime
My husband’s
breed is called
“Sand N*gger”
Despite also
looking cracker
our...
because people would
look at my skin
and call me “privileged”
despite never living
above the poverty line
Worse they would
cut me into little bits
to deny my black
Mediterranean
heritage
I’m black Irish see
it’s pretty plain
looking at my
dear Daddy
who was darker
than a few
“dark” men
come summertime
My husband’s
breed is called
“Sand N*gger”
Despite also
looking cracker
our...
#culture
50 reads
12 Comments
Crazy_Jack
Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards
Poem Published
31st May 2020 11:39pm
31st May 2020 11:39pm
Mirror mirror on the wall
sitting in a bar
with a beer
in my hand
watching
all the broken
lonely souls
come and go
then I see
my own reflection
in the mirror
so I smile
and
wink to myself
before draining
the bottle
and
make my exit
out onto the neon
pavements
where loneliness
is the least
of my fucking
problems
with a beer
in my hand
watching
all the broken
lonely souls
come and go
then I see
my own reflection
in the mirror
so I smile
and
wink to myself
before draining
the bottle
and
make my exit
out onto the neon
pavements
where loneliness
is the least
of my fucking
problems
#LifeStruggles
#culture
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0 Comments
silent_sound
Poem Published
21st May 2020 11:23pm
21st May 2020 11:23pm
::act 2::
.quietude broken by your singing engines..
..chirps and gobbles drowned out by ring tones and babble..
..we had a glimpse of something close to an old stillness::
..but little could stand it..
..the thoughts were too much..
..intrapsychic fucks..
..your house was clean but was your house clean?..
::crisis shopping, peacetime equivalent of buying outta debt::
::civilian military industrial complex::
::don't think you're not infected::
::hyper machine circus gods taking reign from the earth salt silence once again::
..shhh..the...
..chirps and gobbles drowned out by ring tones and babble..
..we had a glimpse of something close to an old stillness::
..but little could stand it..
..the thoughts were too much..
..intrapsychic fucks..
..your house was clean but was your house clean?..
::crisis shopping, peacetime equivalent of buying outta debt::
::civilian military industrial complex::
::don't think you're not infected::
::hyper machine circus gods taking reign from the earth salt silence once again::
..shhh..the...
#humankind
#consumerism
#culture #dystopian
#culture #dystopian
52 reads
10 Comments
Joshuaberry
Ancestor
Ancestor
Poem Published
21st May 2020 7:22pm
21st May 2020 7:22pm
Punctured Potter
there was a punctured potter
whose wills strained shuffled shudders
meagre muds moistened massive moans
dark traces drooled, gaunt glows
hoisted zeal hankered hampers:
eerie efforts pruned pulpy pesters
lanky labour leered, futility feigned lame
crushed contractions, callous confetti's crave
damp death drilled his plague
sumptuous suck, nosy nectar's crest
potter birthed a son,a generation then another son
whilst masticated malady mimicked, poring pawns
the keener he carved a shape,
soaring swifter contractors...
whose wills strained shuffled shudders
meagre muds moistened massive moans
dark traces drooled, gaunt glows
hoisted zeal hankered hampers:
eerie efforts pruned pulpy pesters
lanky labour leered, futility feigned lame
crushed contractions, callous confetti's crave
damp death drilled his plague
sumptuous suck, nosy nectar's crest
potter birthed a son,a generation then another son
whilst masticated malady mimicked, poring pawns
the keener he carved a shape,
soaring swifter contractors...
#Africa
#freedom
#culture
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Gahddess_Worship
Poem Published
19th May 2020 7:07pm
19th May 2020 7:07pm
Senryu - Tentempié
One bag lasts three days
if eaten like the Spanish
seeds of sunflower
if eaten like the Spanish
seeds of sunflower
#food
#funny
#memories
#culture
#obsession
34 reads
7 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
17th May 2020 00:13am
17th May 2020 00:13am
Oddments And Endisms (or 21st Century Entertainment)
sacrificial altar candlelight incense
measured drumbeats choral chanting
ritual procession
masked priests robed shamans crawling slaves
chained prisoners armored knights martyred saints
tortured savior flamboyant royals
erect phalluses bound virgin
obsidian blade crimson droplets
sanguine...
we will return after these announcements
from our sponsors who wish to sell you products
you don’t want or need at prices you can’t afford
push button on remote
red race car city streets screeching tires ...
measured drumbeats choral chanting
ritual procession
masked priests robed shamans crawling slaves
chained prisoners armored knights martyred saints
tortured savior flamboyant royals
erect phalluses bound virgin
obsidian blade crimson droplets
sanguine...
we will return after these announcements
from our sponsors who wish to sell you products
you don’t want or need at prices you can’t afford
push button on remote
red race car city streets screeching tires ...
#technology
#despair
#emptiness
#culture
#dystopian
43 reads
4 Comments
Sartoris
Poem Published
13th May 2020 11:36pm
13th May 2020 11:36pm
"Savonrola never preached so"
Savonrola never preached so
Well - as he often would -
Against the 'Vanities' - of Art -
Speaking from carved pulpits,
To incite Baser qualities -
Of the - cultivated - Medici.
If he, through divergent paths,
Alighted - upon Certainties -
It was accusation - not Insight -
A whisper past facades - Shorn
Of their cathedral doors.
Well - as he often would -
Against the 'Vanities' - of Art -
Speaking from carved pulpits,
To incite Baser qualities -
Of the - cultivated - Medici.
If he, through divergent paths,
Alighted - upon Certainties -
It was accusation - not Insight -
A whisper past facades - Shorn
Of their cathedral doors.
#art
#culture
27 reads
2 Comments
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
13th May 2020 3:32am
13th May 2020 3:32am
“The Technology Police” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 7/4/2020
Okay So Now They Say That It’s NOT 5G ... !!!
That’s Part of The Spread of This Corona Disease ... ?!?
So Who Exactly Are We Supposed To Believe ... ?
The Likes of ... David Icke ... !?!
Or Scientists And ...
These Media Feeds ...
That Now Seem To Be ...
Shutting Down Theories ...
That Are Deemed As Being
... FALSE Conspiracies .... !!!
I Mean SERIOUSLY ... !!!
So What We Now SEE ...
Is Not Linked REMOTELY ... !!!
To Things That ... RADIOACTIVELY ...
Could Be Harmful To ... Humanity...
That’s Part of The Spread of This Corona Disease ... ?!?
So Who Exactly Are We Supposed To Believe ... ?
The Likes of ... David Icke ... !?!
Or Scientists And ...
These Media Feeds ...
That Now Seem To Be ...
Shutting Down Theories ...
That Are Deemed As Being
... FALSE Conspiracies .... !!!
I Mean SERIOUSLY ... !!!
So What We Now SEE ...
Is Not Linked REMOTELY ... !!!
To Things That ... RADIOACTIVELY ...
Could Be Harmful To ... Humanity...
#technology
#politics
#humankind
#freedom
#culture
171 reads
5 Comments
Strangeways_Rob
Poem Published
13th May 2020 00:09am
13th May 2020 00:09am
the day they tried to drown a nation
Telling stories in language of breath
In the land of thrice told tales
A fourth always comes forth -
Fifth is rooted in
Flesh Stone Tree Flower.
It’s a story which
Need not be told.
In the midst of life we are in dearth…..
Poems submerge the space
Where village life once decanted, as
Spring water bursts from brook.
Stomachs filled with granite nights
Slate lips to slake a thirsting labour;
Ploughed furrows cleaved fields
Over & o’er, comfort lay in ritual seeds
Until ghostly deeds of capitalists ...
In the land of thrice told tales
A fourth always comes forth -
Fifth is rooted in
Flesh Stone Tree Flower.
It’s a story which
Need not be told.
In the midst of life we are in dearth…..
Poems submerge the space
Where village life once decanted, as
Spring water bursts from brook.
Stomachs filled with granite nights
Slate lips to slake a thirsting labour;
Ploughed furrows cleaved fields
Over & o’er, comfort lay in ritual seeds
Until ghostly deeds of capitalists ...
#love
#identity
#culture
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7 Comments
Morganpoet
Poem Published
12th May 2020 2:05pm
12th May 2020 2:05pm
REIGNITE
An unknown known,
a flickering light,
caught at the edge
of peripheral sight.
Crossing the path of
a wandering Bard,
she couldn't easily
discard a connection
to the ancient land,
with verse's easy to
understand, a fellow
traveller trying to
reignite what our
ancestors practised,
ones who write
rhyming lines
about important things,
so all can gain from the
knowledge one brings.
Morganpoet
a flickering light,
caught at the edge
of peripheral sight.
Crossing the path of
a wandering Bard,
she couldn't easily
discard a connection
to the ancient land,
with verse's easy to
understand, a fellow
traveller trying to
reignite what our
ancestors practised,
ones who write
rhyming lines
about important things,
so all can gain from the
knowledge one brings.
Morganpoet
#WritingPoetry
#culture
#tradition
32 reads
2 Comments
Morganpoet
Poem Published
7th May 2020 3:11pm
7th May 2020 3:11pm
A SENSE OF PLACE
Walking together sharing this land,
helping other people to understand
the life and culture of traditional times,
I research information, turn it into rhymes.
I’m trying hard
to bridge the gap,
gather the data
for a new map.
There’s such a need
for education,
understanding may bring
reconciliation.
For knowledge is power
to be cherished with care,
respect must be shown
some things we won’t share.
So many energies can
be contained in one space,
it’s important to tap into
this sense of...
helping other people to understand
the life and culture of traditional times,
I research information, turn it into rhymes.
I’m trying hard
to bridge the gap,
gather the data
for a new map.
There’s such a need
for education,
understanding may bring
reconciliation.
For knowledge is power
to be cherished with care,
respect must be shown
some things we won’t share.
So many energies can
be contained in one space,
it’s important to tap into
this sense of...
#learning
#culture
#healing
27 reads
2 Comments
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