Poems About Humankind Seeking Honest Critique
#humankind
Tia
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:18pm
Yesterday 7:18pm
Better or worse
People think about others
That's just a fact
But they do it in two different ways
Some people compare themselves to their supposed superiors
Those who they believe are better than them
Others prefer to ignore that
And focus on those who are worse, inferior
Is it a cruel trick or fate that we all live this way?
Or is it simply the common flaw of humanity?
Perhaps comparison is simply our truth
That's just a fact
But they do it in two different ways
Some people compare themselves to their supposed superiors
Those who they believe are better than them
Others prefer to ignore that
And focus on those who are worse, inferior
Is it a cruel trick or fate that we all live this way?
Or is it simply the common flaw of humanity?
Perhaps comparison is simply our truth
#humankind
#philosophical
#TruthOfLife
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2 Comments
Paulajobi
Paula Jobi
Paula Jobi
Poem Published
11th Dec 2024 8:56pm
11th Dec 2024 8:56pm
Skin Game
How do you identfy Paula?
I'm white. Nearly White.
A bit of Native American.
Long ago and far away...
DOES IT MATTER?
Some other family members are mixed:
white/black & white/brown...
One married an Chinese girl twice...
Are mixed kids "told" their race?
DOES IT MATTER?
Can't we see the person...
Inside the "color"?
Does your precieved color...
determine who you are or aren't?
DOES IT MATTER?
Some people will say...
first black ball player...
first...
I'm white. Nearly White.
A bit of Native American.
Long ago and far away...
DOES IT MATTER?
Some other family members are mixed:
white/black & white/brown...
One married an Chinese girl twice...
Are mixed kids "told" their race?
DOES IT MATTER?
Can't we see the person...
Inside the "color"?
Does your precieved color...
determine who you are or aren't?
DOES IT MATTER?
Some people will say...
first black ball player...
first...
#humankind
#HumanRights
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2 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
7th Dec 2024 2:29pm
7th Dec 2024 2:29pm
Echoes
Bestirred by a radio app today,
reiterating the infamy date,
I recollected what my dad would say
about how that war affected our fate.
Sick, he had stayed home from Sunday school
where thusly by a broadcast he had heard
of the sneak attack on Yankee rule
and the international afterword...
which in a few short years saw him training
with artillery to use on Japan
when their empire was at last waning
along with their co-prosperity plan...
but Russian threats, and the atomic bomb,
had his odds increase for troth...
reiterating the infamy date,
I recollected what my dad would say
about how that war affected our fate.
Sick, he had stayed home from Sunday school
where thusly by a broadcast he had heard
of the sneak attack on Yankee rule
and the international afterword...
which in a few short years saw him training
with artillery to use on Japan
when their empire was at last waning
along with their co-prosperity plan...
but Russian threats, and the atomic bomb,
had his odds increase for troth...
#humankind
#LifeCycle
#technology
110 reads
12 Comments
CasketSharpe
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2024 8:12pm
3rd Dec 2024 8:12pm
Decapitated Emotions
You have to watch out for golddiggers-so don’t be slippin
Because they will drain you without fuckin, then you in the category of simpin,
“But bitches pulling a Kamala Harris will only entertain a loss
When they realize I’m the motherfuckin boss,
“So they betta ride that Megan the Stallion out the door or Beyoncé Bounce
Because money, cum or love the bitch won’t get a goddamn ounce,
“Women who approach me like that has already fucked up
And like a Leprechaun escaping with the gold she is shit out of luck,
“If a ho’...
Because they will drain you without fuckin, then you in the category of simpin,
“But bitches pulling a Kamala Harris will only entertain a loss
When they realize I’m the motherfuckin boss,
“So they betta ride that Megan the Stallion out the door or Beyoncé Bounce
Because money, cum or love the bitch won’t get a goddamn ounce,
“Women who approach me like that has already fucked up
And like a Leprechaun escaping with the gold she is shit out of luck,
“If a ho’...
#humankind
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2 Comments
MySmile
Besma
Besma
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2024 4:47pm
2nd Dec 2024 4:47pm
Drowning In A Daylight Nightmare
Where are we heading
Human nature helplessly wondering
Mother Nature hopefully warning..
A submerged universe
By a torrent of floods curse
What is coming hope not worse..
A world of less and less meaning
For all those on the surface floating
Solid grounds nolonger touching..
To what is occurring inside unaware
Unable to see the gloom and void in the air
Drowning in a daylight nightmare..
Trapped in a web of wealth and profusion
Full to the brim the sight in confusion
Bathing in...
Human nature helplessly wondering
Mother Nature hopefully warning..
A submerged universe
By a torrent of floods curse
What is coming hope not worse..
A world of less and less meaning
For all those on the surface floating
Solid grounds nolonger touching..
To what is occurring inside unaware
Unable to see the gloom and void in the air
Drowning in a daylight nightmare..
Trapped in a web of wealth and profusion
Full to the brim the sight in confusion
Bathing in...
#humankind
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeCycle
#technology
#universe
77 reads
6 Comments
xthan
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2024 4:34pm
2nd Dec 2024 4:34pm
Silk
I avoid common
pleasantries we end
up falling merciless
at the knees to
as I imagine
you get asked
these questions
quite often,
so we discuss the mentees who
still ring you occasionally, eagerly
filling you in about what's happening
because the powdered wig remains
your life long companion,
how one got their first win recently
and couldn't believe it until they
returned to chambers, you show
me silk scarves your sister gifted
last month as she accompanied
you to your...
pleasantries we end
up falling merciless
at the knees to
as I imagine
you get asked
these questions
quite often,
so we discuss the mentees who
still ring you occasionally, eagerly
filling you in about what's happening
because the powdered wig remains
your life long companion,
how one got their first win recently
and couldn't believe it until they
returned to chambers, you show
me silk scarves your sister gifted
last month as she accompanied
you to your...
#confessional
#humankind
#LifeCycle #TruthOfLife
#LifeCycle #TruthOfLife
74 reads
1 Comment
PAR
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2024 2:20pm
2nd Dec 2024 2:20pm
Affirmations
Dreams fill your nights with all secrets you hide.
The ghosts that wander through your mind.
Whispers of your past you hear in the dark.
People that touched deepest corners of your heart.
A place where you let your thoughts roam free.
Scars you carry that no one else can see.
Things you loved so fiercely it left you in ruins.
Songs you sing when the world is not in tune.
Fears keep you awake when the night is still.
No moments of joy make your heart truly thrill.
Someone you ever felt a connection so profound. ...
The ghosts that wander through your mind.
Whispers of your past you hear in the dark.
People that touched deepest corners of your heart.
A place where you let your thoughts roam free.
Scars you carry that no one else can see.
Things you loved so fiercely it left you in ruins.
Songs you sing when the world is not in tune.
Fears keep you awake when the night is still.
No moments of joy make your heart truly thrill.
Someone you ever felt a connection so profound. ...
#confessional
#humankind
#identity
#myself
#patience
60 reads
6 Comments
CasketSharpe
Poem Published
1st Dec 2024 11:31pm
1st Dec 2024 11:31pm
Penny Problems
Penny problems today can add up to big dollar shit
From bills, child support and fuckery because no time soon it will quit,
“Motherfuckas want their money now-that I won’t have tomorrow
So they need to get off my dick, unless they gonna swallow,
“And the women I contributed raw nut and got pregnant
Who Olympic ran to the man-now I’m paying for a child like it was rent,
“On a Zoom call listening to ho’-ass prosecutors and a judge
Understand, the child will get it all, but the bitch gets no mo’ love,
“Now bullshit can...
From bills, child support and fuckery because no time soon it will quit,
“Motherfuckas want their money now-that I won’t have tomorrow
So they need to get off my dick, unless they gonna swallow,
“And the women I contributed raw nut and got pregnant
Who Olympic ran to the man-now I’m paying for a child like it was rent,
“On a Zoom call listening to ho’-ass prosecutors and a judge
Understand, the child will get it all, but the bitch gets no mo’ love,
“Now bullshit can...
#humankind
61 reads
4 Comments
Dan_ONeill
Dan ONeill
Dan ONeill
Poem Published
29th Nov 2024 10:34am
29th Nov 2024 10:34am
The Beauty of the Mystery
They just laughed and said ‘what use little rhymes in the face of cold dust erupting,
What will your words achieve when our machines blister skin’?
‘Nothing’, I say, ‘nothing will be achieved if you’re taking domination as your measure.
All I can do is hold on to the beauty of the mystery.’
‘Look at you, an empty container, grasping and gasping, as the beast finds its feet,
How will holding hands advance the project we’ll soon complete?’
‘It won’t’, I say, ‘but some things trip monsters even when they stomp,
That’s how we reach for the mystery of the...
What will your words achieve when our machines blister skin’?
‘Nothing’, I say, ‘nothing will be achieved if you’re taking domination as your measure.
All I can do is hold on to the beauty of the mystery.’
‘Look at you, an empty container, grasping and gasping, as the beast finds its feet,
How will holding hands advance the project we’ll soon complete?’
‘It won’t’, I say, ‘but some things trip monsters even when they stomp,
That’s how we reach for the mystery of the...
#CallToAction
#humankind
#LifeStruggles
#nature
#technology
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1 Comment
MySmile
Besma
Besma
Poem Published
24th Nov 2024 9:52am
24th Nov 2024 9:52am
Trodden Paths Not In Vain
"Paint in silence”
“The Weight of Temp”
Colour your canvas and spill your Art
shake and awaken many a heart
Untether your soul
from your whole
escape mundane and time
and let your brush rhyme
Have Man radiate
pour oil colours on his trait
Carve his seized dreams
and his insight of flowing streams
Let me read his cry of birth
and see the drops of tears on earth
A valiant core, the shell is worn
could not be broken, though torn
You display a challenging stand
behind a back forced to bend ...
“The Weight of Temp”
Colour your canvas and spill your Art
shake and awaken many a heart
Untether your soul
from your whole
escape mundane and time
and let your brush rhyme
Have Man radiate
pour oil colours on his trait
Carve his seized dreams
and his insight of flowing streams
Let me read his cry of birth
and see the drops of tears on earth
A valiant core, the shell is worn
could not be broken, though torn
You display a challenging stand
behind a back forced to bend ...
#art
#beauty
#FreeVerse
#humankind
#prose
67 reads
6 Comments
xthan
Poem Published
20th Nov 2024 8:20am
20th Nov 2024 8:20am
Lets pause the news and talk about the good shit for a moment.
because stepping out
of the shower with a
warm towel is good
receiving fresh bread
soft and warm out
of the oven is good,
those early morning
walks watching the
sun slowly rise up to
another day is good
and arriving home in
time for your favourite
TV show after a day
of hard grind is good,
a stranger helping you
pick up your belongings
off the floor is good
and can I get a hell yeah
for that pay day showing ...
of the shower with a
warm towel is good
receiving fresh bread
soft and warm out
of the oven is good,
those early morning
walks watching the
sun slowly rise up to
another day is good
and arriving home in
time for your favourite
TV show after a day
of hard grind is good,
a stranger helping you
pick up your belongings
off the floor is good
and can I get a hell yeah
for that pay day showing ...
#happiness
#hope
#humankind
85 reads
1 Comment
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
18th Nov 2024 10:37am
18th Nov 2024 10:37am
Fear holds in the rest
Humans shuffling past me like corpses to stupid to die
Their clothes hold their guts in
Fear holds in the rest
Running like rats
Scurrying through waste paper and filth to their holes before the sun goes down
They have umbilical cords of sewage wrapped around their throats
Choking on life, nursing their wounds
They'll tell you that they're loving every second of it
Just like prisoners come to love their captors
Just like roaches in a roach motel
Tasting the poison, telling you it's wine
Their clothes hold their guts in
Fear holds in the rest
Running like rats
Scurrying through waste paper and filth to their holes before the sun goes down
They have umbilical cords of sewage wrapped around their throats
Choking on life, nursing their wounds
They'll tell you that they're loving every second of it
Just like prisoners come to love their captors
Just like roaches in a roach motel
Tasting the poison, telling you it's wine
#fate
#fear
#humankind
#ignorance
#illness
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4 Comments
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