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.
PoetsRevenge
Poem Published
Today 4:02am
Today 4:02am
Southern Mammy Sings (Hung Up On A Dream)
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly'
-Langston Hughes
Mammy done hung some clothes on a line,
All dem white sheets in a wind was flyin'--
An' ole Mammy's hair was wrapped up tight,
Oh, tight as dreams jus' crawlin' away
As if they night critters lit by day.
An' if two pennies a dream do make,
Why can't dem coins lay claim to stake
What Mammy given, shore she'll take --
It ain't enough for a fair shake ...
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly'
-Langston Hughes
Mammy done hung some clothes on a line,
All dem white sheets in a wind was flyin'--
An' ole Mammy's hair was wrapped up tight,
Oh, tight as dreams jus' crawlin' away
As if they night critters lit by day.
An' if two pennies a dream do make,
Why can't dem coins lay claim to stake
What Mammy given, shore she'll take --
It ain't enough for a fair shake ...
#dreams
#racism
#freedom #LangstonHughes
#freedom #LangstonHughes
18 reads
2 Comments
Shinobi
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:20pm
Yesterday 4:20pm
Picasso Smiles
red balloon floats into the sky
bumping under God's nose
there was a gust of wind
which drifted in from the south
stuck in the atmosphete, balloons
dance with the child of the wind
spheres like rainbows caught in a breeze
a culture club meeting in the air
Picasso smiles as toy balloons
float higher into the sky
carrying hopes and dreams
of every child who let go of the string
bumping under God's nose
there was a gust of wind
which drifted in from the south
stuck in the atmosphete, balloons
dance with the child of the wind
spheres like rainbows caught in a breeze
a culture club meeting in the air
Picasso smiles as toy balloons
float higher into the sky
carrying hopes and dreams
of every child who let go of the string
#inspirational
#religion
#spiritual
#SelfReflection
#freedom
14 reads
1 Comment
slipalong
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:50pm
Yesterday 3:50pm
My sky
Night brings stars and moon
Day brings sun to refesh my temple
Jet trails cut its mantle
That canopy blue
Come aspirations
In the minds hot air ballons
Wing to the sky
Untied tangents fly
Day brings sun to refesh my temple
Jet trails cut its mantle
That canopy blue
Come aspirations
In the minds hot air ballons
Wing to the sky
Untied tangents fly
#freedom
#escape
12 reads
2 Comments
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
19th Jan 2020 4:12pm
19th Jan 2020 4:12pm
The Lido
Distance 300m, air temp -2.8, water temp 9.8, frosty and dry
I take to water,
left of the dual carriageway
on a frosty, January morning.
I take no time for fear,
don't swallow it, don't let it swallow me.
I listen to the birdsong, imagine the horseshoe bats taking flight behind my eyelids
on a dimlit night,
channel their screams, carried in silence upon human ear.
My toes curl into the metal grate of a step, fingers lick the edge of water
as if a long-lost lover's remeeting.
I picture you, between the pool edge and I, ...
I take to water,
left of the dual carriageway
on a frosty, January morning.
I take no time for fear,
don't swallow it, don't let it swallow me.
I listen to the birdsong, imagine the horseshoe bats taking flight behind my eyelids
on a dimlit night,
channel their screams, carried in silence upon human ear.
My toes curl into the metal grate of a step, fingers lick the edge of water
as if a long-lost lover's remeeting.
I picture you, between the pool edge and I, ...
#water
#nature
#freedom
29 reads
7 Comments
dkzksaxxas_DanielX
Poem Published
19th Jan 2020 2:45pm
19th Jan 2020 2:45pm
Gyroscope Don't Gyrate Any(No)More, (Not Now)
maybe someday
somewhere ( Down the Line),
a
bit of peace
will be
possible, possible
for a part
of a day,
( a partial piece of peace)
will be
possible, possible for
a partial day.
Just a part, a piece, an hour (or two),
and we'll stare at the stars in the great...
somewhere ( Down the Line),
a
bit of peace
will be
possible, possible
for a part
of a day,
( a partial piece of peace)
will be
possible, possible for
a partial day.
Just a part, a piece, an hour (or two),
and we'll stare at the stars in the great...
#alcohol
#drugs
#addiction
#freedom
#escape
45 reads
7 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
19th Jan 2020 00:53am
19th Jan 2020 00:53am
Sky-bound
singing in my hand
folded once, then once more
the simple origami
of a paper crane
a corner of sky
kiting all to myself
lighter than a lesser gull
reaching for the sun
folded once, then once more
the simple origami
of a paper crane
a corner of sky
kiting all to myself
lighter than a lesser gull
reaching for the sun
#sun
#birds
#sky
#clouds
#freedom
50 reads
9 Comments
Vamps
Poem Published
18th Jan 2020 3:28am
18th Jan 2020 3:28am
You and I
People have the power
You and I
To rise
To say and do
What is right
From our inner intuition
We know
What is true
And honest
The collective
Trust
I'm tired of
The scare mongers
Putting the fear
Of each other
In one another
When we're just made
For love and music
Sharers and carers
They use our own
Desire to
come together
To form a cohesive
Mass
Against us
Turning tribes
Against each...
You and I
To rise
To say and do
What is right
From our inner intuition
We know
What is true
And honest
The collective
Trust
I'm tired of
The scare mongers
Putting the fear
Of each other
In one another
When we're just made
For love and music
Sharers and carers
They use our own
Desire to
come together
To form a cohesive
Mass
Against us
Turning tribes
Against each...
#loneliness
#identity
#humankind
#freedom
#rebellion
24 reads
1 Comment
Vamps
Poem Published
17th Jan 2020 2:55am
17th Jan 2020 2:55am
He walked....
He walked
One step
Two step
Free
And unchained
He walked
He walked
With only
The ragged leather
And cotton
Upon his
Broad but
Weary shoulders
He walked
He walked
With nothing
But the wind behind him
The summer sun upon
His brow
Baked tarmac
Beneath his soles
He walked
And new thoughts
They came
From recesses
Before unknown
Bright eyed and
His back...
One step
Two step
Free
And unchained
He walked
He walked
With only
The ragged leather
And cotton
Upon his
Broad but
Weary shoulders
He walked
He walked
With nothing
But the wind behind him
The summer sun upon
His brow
Baked tarmac
Beneath his soles
He walked
And new thoughts
They came
From recesses
Before unknown
Bright eyed and
His back...
#earth
#peace
#travel #freedom
#travel #freedom
27 reads
2 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
16th Jan 2020 4:22pm
16th Jan 2020 4:22pm
Bless the independent Thinkers
Not everyone gets it…
...and that's OK...
God...as an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent being…
*so say the texts...
can do anything God pleases.
...anything...
This includes permitting people to ...think as they please…
to question…
make up their own minds…
...just like you and me…
Everyone has the right to their own ...opinions…
We don't need another Spanish ...Inquisition…
...That's not OK...
...and that's OK...
God...as an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent being…
*so say the texts...
can do anything God pleases.
...anything...
This includes permitting people to ...think as they please…
to question…
make up their own minds…
...just like you and me…
Everyone has the right to their own ...opinions…
We don't need another Spanish ...Inquisition…
...That's not OK...
#conflict
#religion
#freedom
24 reads
6 Comments
SavageSin
Poem Published
16th Jan 2020 1:01am
16th Jan 2020 1:01am
Void
#death
#suicide
#freedom
#escape
#emptiness
48 reads
0 Comments
micki49
Alicia Young
Alicia Young
Poem Published
15th Jan 2020 8:28pm
15th Jan 2020 8:28pm
PROSTITUTION vs. MARRIAGE
#conflict
#TruthOfLife
#freedom
#morality
#tradition
39 reads
7 Comments
poetryaccident
Poem Published
15th Jan 2020 1:17am
15th Jan 2020 1:17am
Chains of the Copse
Nobody’s a forest even if they try
to envision a green sea in their mind
unbroken in vast tranquility
the uniform considered as purity
standing as one against the sky
this is imagined to comply
with the wishes of distant gods
who see the whole as their flock
these fevered dreams deny the truth
this sea is made of single trees
verdant drops in an ocean’s depths
each with a life to reconcile
dividing self from the whole
allows the soul to truly roam
away from chains of the copse
the tree is left to...
to envision a green sea in their mind
unbroken in vast tranquility
the uniform considered as purity
standing as one against the sky
this is imagined to comply
with the wishes of distant gods
who see the whole as their flock
these fevered dreams deny the truth
this sea is made of single trees
verdant drops in an ocean’s depths
each with a life to reconcile
dividing self from the whole
allows the soul to truly roam
away from chains of the copse
the tree is left to...
#freedom
11 reads
0 Comments
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