Poems about Freedom
#freedom
Poems about freedom and what it means to truly be free. Poetry about having the freedom to act, speak, and think as you want, and what it means when those rights are taken away. Poetry about situations and parts of the world where people have to fight for their freedom. Also, poetry about freeing yourself from a difficult past.
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:02am
Yesterday 11:02am
Kidnapped Democracy
Men who only praise the lilies
At the expense of other flowers
Behave more like hillbillies
Devoid of mental powers.
The same holds true of humankind
For we are neither clones nor droids
And see the monocultural mind
As something worse than hemorrhoids.
But sadly there are those of us
So fearful of the strange and new
That they would justify a fuss
To do away with me and you,
But wise men know this sort of state
Serves only those controlled by hate.
At the expense of other flowers
Behave more like hillbillies
Devoid of mental powers.
The same holds true of humankind
For we are neither clones nor droids
And see the monocultural mind
As something worse than hemorrhoids.
But sadly there are those of us
So fearful of the strange and new
That they would justify a fuss
To do away with me and you,
But wise men know this sort of state
Serves only those controlled by hate.
#politics
#freedom
#culture
#morality
#responsibility
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4 Comments
Honoria
Bumped Yesterday 5:11am
31st May 2022 8:30am
31st May 2022 8:30am
Four Freedoms
Lo’ these many nights I lie awake in fear of losing all the freedoms I have known and consider my rights to exercise at will.
Am I only to experience these privileges within the quiet protection of mind and heart?
Systematically observing the erosion of critical thinking and civilized debate among mankind.
My mental anguish does not allow a resting heart rate when I bear witness to a silenced voice, excluded prayer, distended belly, or imprisoned soul.
The very idea of prior generations sacrificing their lives to establish, uphold and leave behind...
Am I only to experience these privileges within the quiet protection of mind and heart?
Systematically observing the erosion of critical thinking and civilized debate among mankind.
My mental anguish does not allow a resting heart rate when I bear witness to a silenced voice, excluded prayer, distended belly, or imprisoned soul.
The very idea of prior generations sacrificing their lives to establish, uphold and leave behind...
#freedom
#NaPoWriMo2022
211 reads
26 Comments
Betty
Poem Published
30th Jun 2022 11:24pm
30th Jun 2022 11:24pm
Stockholm open
My sports bra is doing nothing
to wick the sweat
dripping between my breasts
as I pause,
sun beating down on me,
and in a single motion
my arm raises and
I connect,
and fuck if
I didn’t net the damn ball.
So we’re standing here
on opposite ends of the court
watching the ball
sway in the net,
neither of us moving to
release it
for your play
which gives you a
meaningless point
and leaves me at love.
but in tennis,
love
equals
...
to wick the sweat
dripping between my breasts
as I pause,
sun beating down on me,
and in a single motion
my arm raises and
I connect,
and fuck if
I didn’t net the damn ball.
So we’re standing here
on opposite ends of the court
watching the ball
sway in the net,
neither of us moving to
release it
for your play
which gives you a
meaningless point
and leaves me at love.
but in tennis,
love
equals
...
#love
#lies
#freedom
52 reads
2 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
29th Jun 2022 3:35am
29th Jun 2022 3:35am
The Four Freedoms
We were redoubted, with our ocean moats,
And happy to be unchallenged in the seas
With vast fleets as tyranny's antidotes
And the skies to do with as we please.
A globe of smiles knew our happy trade
And national know how as a blessing
From endless scientific accolade
To literary arts letter pressing
The godsends of commerce and liberty
And all manner of aesthetic graces
And crops that seemed to span infinity
Between content American faces,
Who knew there was no national health
Until every worker maintained some wealth.
And happy to be unchallenged in the seas
With vast fleets as tyranny's antidotes
And the skies to do with as we please.
A globe of smiles knew our happy trade
And national know how as a blessing
From endless scientific accolade
To literary arts letter pressing
The godsends of commerce and liberty
And all manner of aesthetic graces
And crops that seemed to span infinity
Between content American faces,
Who knew there was no national health
Until every worker maintained some wealth.
#politics
#freedom
#morality
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0 Comments
Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
28th Jun 2022 8:06pm
28th Jun 2022 8:06pm
Land Of The Fee
Why sure,
have whatever you want
ya'll are free to choose,
just make sure to pay for it all before you leave.
How your ancestors must weep
for when they sold their lives
to keep their neighbours free
and noble was the land,
how truly noble,
that lost land of the free.
have whatever you want
ya'll are free to choose,
just make sure to pay for it all before you leave.
How your ancestors must weep
for when they sold their lives
to keep their neighbours free
and noble was the land,
how truly noble,
that lost land of the free.
#freedom
#consumerism
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2 Comments
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
28th Jun 2022 8:03pm
28th Jun 2022 8:03pm
talon
to be formed by God,
the rib of Adam,
tied to one human lifelong,
to be, at your core, obedient,
curious, youthful and wise,
babe-able, grateful, adventurous, not tired,
to be at your core
darkness evaded, a mistake healed, interesting and more peaceful,
to make moves based on others need.
I am full of this story,
tear edges with my teeth,
rewrite the incantation of purity,
allow us to be in wholeness
murky and faultful and rewarding,
bewitching, forceful, challenged,
calculated, protected,
acting...
the rib of Adam,
tied to one human lifelong,
to be, at your core, obedient,
curious, youthful and wise,
babe-able, grateful, adventurous, not tired,
to be at your core
darkness evaded, a mistake healed, interesting and more peaceful,
to make moves based on others need.
I am full of this story,
tear edges with my teeth,
rewrite the incantation of purity,
allow us to be in wholeness
murky and faultful and rewarding,
bewitching, forceful, challenged,
calculated, protected,
acting...
#women
#men
#faith #freedom
#faith #freedom
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Alviola
Poem Published
28th Jun 2022 6:16pm
28th Jun 2022 6:16pm
All Over Again
The sea, when capped with seething, can corkscrew
through breakwaters, relentless to reach beaches
with the egging of roars, and then it disappoints.
After the violent frothing, it slows to an end
and an ebbing, quietly, as if embarrassed,
roaring ambitions relinquished to seagulls,
We forget what we fought for, why we thundered,
the need to march is new, not remembered,
but capped with seething still, we roar once more,
there are ships to upend, dictatorships,
islands to reach and repair, children to save,
From the end...
through breakwaters, relentless to reach beaches
with the egging of roars, and then it disappoints.
After the violent frothing, it slows to an end
and an ebbing, quietly, as if embarrassed,
roaring ambitions relinquished to seagulls,
We forget what we fought for, why we thundered,
the need to march is new, not remembered,
but capped with seething still, we roar once more,
there are ships to upend, dictatorships,
islands to reach and repair, children to save,
From the end...
#oppression
#freedom
#HumanRights
#sacrifice
#rebellion
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Keilani
Poem Published
28th Jun 2022 3:17am
28th Jun 2022 3:17am
My Country
An undeclared
civil war
rages ‘tween
the polar shores
Ever taut
the rope is pulled
reason sways
on fraying threads
Devoured
by a gnashing fringe
entrenched the grip
on either end
Friction’s heat
shall strike a flame
releasing toxic
blue and red
Lines of battle
newly drawn
since the cry
of blue and gray
One nation
on a precipice
whose voice and...
civil war
rages ‘tween
the polar shores
Ever taut
the rope is pulled
reason sways
on fraying threads
Devoured
by a gnashing fringe
entrenched the grip
on either end
Friction’s heat
shall strike a flame
releasing toxic
blue and red
Lines of battle
newly drawn
since the cry
of blue and gray
One nation
on a precipice
whose voice and...
#politics
#freedom
36 reads
6 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
22nd Jun 2022 6:13pm
22nd Jun 2022 6:13pm
High life
My wife went away
The devil came to stay
I'm livin' the high life again
Down in the gutter
Just pass me another
I'm livin' the high life again
It's all up from here
Ain't got no cares
I laid it all bare
In my shrinks chair
My biggest fear
Is running out of beer
Gone are the days
Of thinking clear
No white picket fence
I can barely pay rent
But I'm on top of the world
Without that naggin' girl
I'm livin' the high life again
The devil came to stay
I'm livin' the high life again
Down in the gutter
Just pass me another
I'm livin' the high life again
It's all up from here
Ain't got no cares
I laid it all bare
In my shrinks chair
My biggest fear
Is running out of beer
Gone are the days
Of thinking clear
No white picket fence
I can barely pay rent
But I'm on top of the world
Without that naggin' girl
I'm livin' the high life again
#happiness
#breakup
#alcohol
#freedom
#acceptance
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Wired6
Poem Published
22nd Jun 2022 12:16pm
22nd Jun 2022 12:16pm
The Purple View.
I wonder how many people,
Hate that they bought into the blue party.
I wonder if these same people,
Cringe when their leader talks.
I wonder if there's still a duel,
When red and blue parties,
Mixed 2gether,creating a purple hue that
No-one wants at all.
What a mess,
Blue and red,
When mixed 2gether.
Have made a mess,that doesn't get addressed at all.
What a mess,
Blue and red,
When mixed 2gether.
Have made a mess,that doesn't get addressed at all.
The...
Hate that they bought into the blue party.
I wonder if these same people,
Cringe when their leader talks.
I wonder if there's still a duel,
When red and blue parties,
Mixed 2gether,creating a purple hue that
No-one wants at all.
What a mess,
Blue and red,
When mixed 2gether.
Have made a mess,that doesn't get addressed at all.
What a mess,
Blue and red,
When mixed 2gether.
Have made a mess,that doesn't get addressed at all.
The...
#freedom
#inequality
30 reads
2 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
20th Jun 2022 4:02pm
20th Jun 2022 4:02pm
Freedom Fries...
Are the famous fries of France
Which sadly are not oil free
In assisting Yankee liberty
With carbohydrate circumstance,
But staying free takes lots of work
And has a metabolic toll
Harsher than the internet troll
Decent people know is just a jerk
Who does not care for me or you
Or citizenry as a whole
In any state that's flipping blue
Who realize the protocol
Republicans so often do
Is just another tax loophole;
An action which, I'm afraid it's true,
Leaves public cash in private control.
Which sadly are not oil free
In assisting Yankee liberty
With carbohydrate circumstance,
But staying free takes lots of work
And has a metabolic toll
Harsher than the internet troll
Decent people know is just a jerk
Who does not care for me or you
Or citizenry as a whole
In any state that's flipping blue
Who realize the protocol
Republicans so often do
Is just another tax loophole;
An action which, I'm afraid it's true,
Leaves public cash in private control.
#politics
#freedom
#consumerism #hypocrisy
#consumerism #hypocrisy
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Strangeways_Rob
Poem Published
18th Jun 2022 1:25pm
18th Jun 2022 1:25pm
Shake the Vows
A needle pricked seamstress, bored
Stitching buttons on ventriloquist dolls,
Sewed wedding rings to tambourines.
And played a song of freedom
For oppressed housewives, and
Children of the walking dead.
Stitching buttons on ventriloquist dolls,
Sewed wedding rings to tambourines.
And played a song of freedom
For oppressed housewives, and
Children of the walking dead.
#children
#marriage
#oppression #freedom
#oppression #freedom
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