Poems on Humanity and Humankind
#humankind
Poetry examining humanity and what it means to be a human. Here you'll find poems about humankind, our effect on the world and what our purpose is as humans. Also poetry which considers what the future has in store for our species.
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
5th Jan 2025 7:24pm
5th Jan 2025 7:24pm
Playdoh Bones
without consumption of any kind(especially the stomache's appetite)- the illusion dies; the story book of fairy tales-all its once upon a times; this whole show and prove thing- that you deserve to be alive- to make the cut- another face-another reason for what aligns within the book of lovely-ugly sensational-lies....
signs of a seriously depressed "human being"- when, "music to ones' ears"- loses its "sound" and simply becomes noise; when imagination is or becomes.... desert bones....
signs of a seriously depressed "human being"- when, "music to ones' ears"- loses its "sound" and simply becomes noise; when imagination is or becomes.... desert bones....
#humankind
#LifeCycle
#philosophical
#animals
#SelfReflection
111 reads
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
3rd Jan 2025 10:11pm
3rd Jan 2025 10:11pm
"Arteast"
untapped potential- yet to have been truly utilized- from sketch pads and pencils- to paintings- all things gravitationally pulled;
where I want to be(if ever there's such a place) versus- where absolutely i do not; I know I'm one of those- who just so happens to be- existing here- I'm not big on vodka but i see things "everclear"
I could capture it all- just how I'd prefer or how it actually is as opposed to how I want things to not just appear to be; I'm that "stereotype"-i'll lock...
where I want to be(if ever there's such a place) versus- where absolutely i do not; I know I'm one of those- who just so happens to be- existing here- I'm not big on vodka but i see things "everclear"
I could capture it all- just how I'd prefer or how it actually is as opposed to how I want things to not just appear to be; I'm that "stereotype"-i'll lock...
#art
#escape
#humankind
#MentalHealth
#philosophical
108 reads
buddhakitty
Poem Published
3rd Jan 2025 5:58pm
3rd Jan 2025 5:58pm
scars
the January skies are
scarred by winter
the smiles of children
are scarred by an unknown
future
lights go dim scarred by
the approaching night
life is scarred by
living
people
like snowflakes
all different
and like the snowflake
unaware of its own
beauty
but fully trapped
by its scars
scarred by winter
the smiles of children
are scarred by an unknown
future
lights go dim scarred by
the approaching night
life is scarred by
living
people
like snowflakes
all different
and like the snowflake
unaware of its own
beauty
but fully trapped
by its scars
#humankind
84 reads
5 Comments
LostViking
Lost Viking
Lost Viking
Poem Published
3rd Jan 2025 1:29pm
3rd Jan 2025 1:29pm
Love of Women
I’m a man who has loved many women. I've come to understand that the allure of romance is not just in the merging of two beings, but in the celebration of our profound differences. It's a dance of understanding and mystery, where the space between us is both a challenge and an invitation.
The women I've known have taught me that love is an art—an appreciation for the 'other.' Their distinct laughter, the stories etched in the lines of their bodies, and the way they see the world with eyes that have witnessed what mine have not—all draw me in, time and time again. It's as if their...
The women I've known have taught me that love is an art—an appreciation for the 'other.' Their distinct laughter, the stories etched in the lines of their bodies, and the way they see the world with eyes that have witnessed what mine have not—all draw me in, time and time again. It's as if their...
#humankind
#love
#sex #spiritual
#sex #spiritual
191 reads
5 Comments
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
2nd Jan 2025 7:41pm
2nd Jan 2025 7:41pm
Humankind
we sound selfish as fuck- judgemental as fuck condescending as fuck, disrespectful as fuck- we are, manipulative as fuck, violent as fuck, greedy as fuck, overwhelmed as fuck, untrusting as fuck, invasive as fuck, paranoid as fuck, frustrated as fuck, broken as fuck, unsatisfied as fuck, indifferent as fuck....
#humankind
#LifeCycle
#MentalHealth
#honesty
#SelfReflection
96 reads
SommersWill
Poem Published
2nd Jan 2025 11:18am
2nd Jan 2025 11:18am
Ever Year Is A Piece Of Shit
The faded yellow light of the room bears relentlessly down on me in the last minutes of the year. The soft greys and blacks of my desktop's dark mode seem like a good - but not perfect - metaphor for the colors with which I've painted my life for years now. And just as I'm cooling off from another frustrating and utterly pointless game in which I can barely achieve anything above average, I realize once again just how much I hate everything.
I would blame it all on the year before, or on the year before that. I'm trying to pinpoint a moment when the crisis began - when the boulder...
I would blame it all on the year before, or on the year before that. I'm trying to pinpoint a moment when the crisis began - when the boulder...
#depression
#despair
#humankind
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Paulajobi
Paula Jobi
Paula Jobi
Bumped 2nd Jan 2025 2:08am
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...
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...
#humankind
#HumanRights
104 reads
6 Comments
Lilliputian
Poem Published
1st Jan 2025 11:34pm
1st Jan 2025 11:34pm
Brainless
Have you ever looked into someone’s eyes,
the window to their soul, or so they say,
and wondered,
“What the fuck goes on inside their head?”
Could their brain be rotting dead,
with buzzing flies feeding off
every leftover of their common sense?
Is there a Plankton behind the control board,
in charge of wicked acts,
carelessly bouncing from one button to another?
Did their gears come to a halt,
the burning wires of awareness ablaze
with fumes of empathy fading out?
Where has the light went off
from...
the window to their soul, or so they say,
and wondered,
“What the fuck goes on inside their head?”
Could their brain be rotting dead,
with buzzing flies feeding off
every leftover of their common sense?
Is there a Plankton behind the control board,
in charge of wicked acts,
carelessly bouncing from one button to another?
Did their gears come to a halt,
the burning wires of awareness ablaze
with fumes of empathy fading out?
Where has the light went off
from...
#confusion
#frustration
#humankind
93 reads
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
31st Dec 2024 3:31am
31st Dec 2024 3:31am
Nia (Purpose) –On December 30th (COTS)
Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.
Prince
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Maya Angelou
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
Maya Angelou
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. ...
Prince
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Maya Angelou
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
Maya Angelou
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. ...
#historical
#humankind
#philosophical
#spiritual
#MayaAngelou
203 reads
Connotation
Poem Published
31st Dec 2024 1:04am
31st Dec 2024 1:04am
Clarify
Fraternize
Magic skies
Gaseous blind
Fathom ties
Dagger life
Plastic eyes
Practice lies
Casting dye
Captive pine
Casket sign
Fantasize
Blackened bribe
Passing by
Random tides
Phantom while
Anchor strife
Savage isle
Ration blight
Rancid rice
Rancor rights
Paradigm
Hashing heist
Hallowed high
Absent minds
Dragon drives
Crafted crimes
Haggard sight
Cancer splice
Canker rife
Candid heights
...
Magic skies
Gaseous blind
Fathom ties
Dagger life
Plastic eyes
Practice lies
Casting dye
Captive pine
Casket sign
Fantasize
Blackened bribe
Passing by
Random tides
Phantom while
Anchor strife
Savage isle
Ration blight
Rancid rice
Rancor rights
Paradigm
Hashing heist
Hallowed high
Absent minds
Dragon drives
Crafted crimes
Haggard sight
Cancer splice
Canker rife
Candid heights
...
#humankind
#metaphor
#morality
#rhyming
#spiritual
63 reads
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DarkPopPrincess
Poem Published
29th Dec 2024 2:36am
29th Dec 2024 2:36am
The Unspoken Pain of My Life
I'm still grieving it, the inevitable lack of applause when I walk in a room. The inevitable silence after I share something profound. Although I don't thrive on external validation, I did give up on being loved a long time ago.
I was that girl people thought was cool, but never could get through to. I remember at 18 years old, crying because I was watching a romance movie. And knew I'd never get my happy ending. Or if I did, it would take a lot of faith to believe it.
I know why it's only Josh I love. He has the warrior gene like me, he was sexually abused by his dad,...
I was that girl people thought was cool, but never could get through to. I remember at 18 years old, crying because I was watching a romance movie. And knew I'd never get my happy ending. Or if I did, it would take a lot of faith to believe it.
I know why it's only Josh I love. He has the warrior gene like me, he was sexually abused by his dad,...
#humankind
51 reads
0 Comments
CasketSharpe
Poem Published
23rd Dec 2024 11:49am
23rd Dec 2024 11:49am
Bleeding I Don’t Give a f**k
#humankind
86 reads
6 Comments
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