Poems about Inequality
#inequality
Poems about inequality, unfairness in society where some people have more opportunities and social status than others. Poems about inequality due to wealth, sex, race or birthplace.
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:39pm
Yesterday 6:39pm
demo crew on standby
grandpa was a master builder
building with an eye for expansion
for growth & adaptation
to support many generations
none of those short-sighted greed-blinded mansions
20 rooms for one dude
he was a man for every season
& I paid attention
as current events expose a rotten foundation
I'm reminded of his philosophy
when the integrity of a structure
is no longer sound
tear it down
don't leave it standing
causing further dangers
pay attention to the issues
& don't repeat them
construct it...
building with an eye for expansion
for growth & adaptation
to support many generations
none of those short-sighted greed-blinded mansions
20 rooms for one dude
he was a man for every season
& I paid attention
as current events expose a rotten foundation
I'm reminded of his philosophy
when the integrity of a structure
is no longer sound
tear it down
don't leave it standing
causing further dangers
pay attention to the issues
& don't repeat them
construct it...
#corruption
#greed
#inequality
28 reads
3 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
21st Jan 2025 2:19pm
21st Jan 2025 2:19pm
Orange Felon
Orange Felon
As the story goes
It was 4 years ago
An orange felon with a pen
Wiped away all their sins
Cops were beaten down
With flagpoles bear spray and batons
Now those criminals go free
Where is the justice for the we
The police endorsed an orange felon
I don’t hear any outrage from them
I guess it’s ok if your on the orange side
If your not you must abide by the guide
Not even one day in the White House
As Elon gives a Roman salute not once but twice
Proud boys and...
As the story goes
It was 4 years ago
An orange felon with a pen
Wiped away all their sins
Cops were beaten down
With flagpoles bear spray and batons
Now those criminals go free
Where is the justice for the we
The police endorsed an orange felon
I don’t hear any outrage from them
I guess it’s ok if your on the orange side
If your not you must abide by the guide
Not even one day in the White House
As Elon gives a Roman salute not once but twice
Proud boys and...
#anger
#ignorance
#inequality
#shame
#violence
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
18th Jan 2025 12:51pm
18th Jan 2025 12:51pm
Money and sex
Take them away from the psychopath class,
the class that takes excessively and calls trickling back to the workers the unfair part. The people who infiltrated our corporations, government, media entertainment outlets, nonprofits and school boards.
Give them no more money, as little as you absolutely can, and
give them no more sex, none at all.
Money gives them the means, but sex enables and empowers their behaviors.
I know the pickens are slim, but fuck more the conscientious free-thinkers. Fuck more their brains into responsible social action, because,...
the class that takes excessively and calls trickling back to the workers the unfair part. The people who infiltrated our corporations, government, media entertainment outlets, nonprofits and school boards.
Give them no more money, as little as you absolutely can, and
give them no more sex, none at all.
Money gives them the means, but sex enables and empowers their behaviors.
I know the pickens are slim, but fuck more the conscientious free-thinkers. Fuck more their brains into responsible social action, because,...
#CallToAction
#HumanRights
#inequality #LifeStruggles
#inequality #LifeStruggles
49 reads
1 Comment
darkcloud68
Poem Published
4th Jan 2025 1:01am
4th Jan 2025 1:01am
Skin Talk
In America my skin is my rope, every melinated fiber of it , society stretches it around my throat. My enemies wear hatred like a coat.
My people became a American nightmare floating on a boat. Slavery was only emancipated, in the deceptions written in their quotes.
Burning crosses lighting the images of evil laughing ghost. Moses shouting let my people go, pharaoh said murder, every first born son, so their population would not grow.
My people shouting let freedom ring. And in trees in the summer breeze.Tearful ebony eyes watched freedom swing.
...
My people became a American nightmare floating on a boat. Slavery was only emancipated, in the deceptions written in their quotes.
Burning crosses lighting the images of evil laughing ghost. Moses shouting let my people go, pharaoh said murder, every first born son, so their population would not grow.
My people shouting let freedom ring. And in trees in the summer breeze.Tearful ebony eyes watched freedom swing.
...
#corruption
#freedom
#HumanRights
#ignorance
#inequality
105 reads
2 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
2nd Jan 2025 2:27am
2nd Jan 2025 2:27am
Home no More
Home no More
The sticker slapped upon my door
Informs me that we have a home no more
Gather up the wife and children with not much more than the clothes that hang off of us
At least it’s summertime I guess we won’t freeze sleeping under the night sky
But the season will change and we don’t have enough blankets to keep us warm
So we go to the shelter that is overflowing
With despair and broken human beings
In the darkness the vultures prey upon the few objects that we still own so we are back out on the cold...
The sticker slapped upon my door
Informs me that we have a home no more
Gather up the wife and children with not much more than the clothes that hang off of us
At least it’s summertime I guess we won’t freeze sleeping under the night sky
But the season will change and we don’t have enough blankets to keep us warm
So we go to the shelter that is overflowing
With despair and broken human beings
In the darkness the vultures prey upon the few objects that we still own so we are back out on the cold...
#children
#despair
#family
#homelessness
#inequality
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Kementic1
Poem Published
31st Dec 2024 6:37pm
31st Dec 2024 6:37pm
A Coronation
A 170 Million Dollar Scheme
A thin skinned con man's wet dream
With Sycophants that will kiss his ring and @ss
while dining on Pheasant under glass
There will be bowing and boot licking
while plotting against the left and on them tricking
Men in tux's and women in ball gowns
waiting for 1/21st for Trump to release the hounds
The 1% will celebrate in this way
awaiting another big payday
The poor and middle class
will wait to see which programs DOGE will slash
On...
A thin skinned con man's wet dream
With Sycophants that will kiss his ring and @ss
while dining on Pheasant under glass
There will be bowing and boot licking
while plotting against the left and on them tricking
Men in tux's and women in ball gowns
waiting for 1/21st for Trump to release the hounds
The 1% will celebrate in this way
awaiting another big payday
The poor and middle class
will wait to see which programs DOGE will slash
On...
#corruption
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
#politics
#power
135 reads
1 Comment
Kementic1
Poem Published
22nd Dec 2024 11:23pm
22nd Dec 2024 11:23pm
Never Goes Out Of Style
In America when it comes to fashion there is always a change
and clothes come in a wide price range
sometimes dresses, and sweaters have suede or leather patches
made in china in large batches
there are an infinite number of accessories
that shine like lights on Christmas trees
but, when comes to race, folks walk around with a phony smile
with hate in their hearts-that never goes out of style
and clothes come in a wide price range
sometimes dresses, and sweaters have suede or leather patches
made in china in large batches
there are an infinite number of accessories
that shine like lights on Christmas trees
but, when comes to race, folks walk around with a phony smile
with hate in their hearts-that never goes out of style
#HumanRights
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
#oppression
#racism
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cantocinque
Poem Published
19th Dec 2024 10:38pm
19th Dec 2024 10:38pm
thinking haiku
transnational boys
corporations run amuck
disrupt common good
corporations run amuck
disrupt common good
#corruption
#greed
#inequality #oppression
#inequality #oppression
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poeticdelight
Hamid
Hamid
Poem Published
18th Dec 2024 12:59pm
18th Dec 2024 12:59pm
Blindness Of The Eyed Ones
It's so easy to write more words
vanity and levity, that say less
much the same when you talk too much
while your speech is meaningless
even at more lower level when you lie
in this mature age and awareness...............
when the child lies we blame the kid
scald him sometimes, hurt his feelings
don't we realize that they are our seed
Then, we reject the crops that we have sown
shameful when the child read our sickness,
see our vulnerability, watch how weak
we present our poetic selves....
vanity and levity, that say less
much the same when you talk too much
while your speech is meaningless
even at more lower level when you lie
in this mature age and awareness...............
when the child lies we blame the kid
scald him sometimes, hurt his feelings
don't we realize that they are our seed
Then, we reject the crops that we have sown
shameful when the child read our sickness,
see our vulnerability, watch how weak
we present our poetic selves....
#corruption
#deception
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
#vulnerability
63 reads
0 Comments
rickthepoetwarrior
Poem Published
11th Dec 2024 00:25am
11th Dec 2024 00:25am
You Can't Insure Death
So what! Big deal! A CEO dies
Too bad killer didn't biggie the fries
Insurance to boot
There's no surprise
Executive privilege
Often relies
In shareholder's name
Your claims denies
So policy holder
Delivered surprise
Good example to follow?
Perhaps time to rise?
Your aim is a message
To heads of big I.s
Too bad killer didn't biggie the fries
Insurance to boot
There's no surprise
Executive privilege
Often relies
In shareholder's name
Your claims denies
So policy holder
Delivered surprise
Good example to follow?
Perhaps time to rise?
Your aim is a message
To heads of big I.s
#inequality
#poverty
#power
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MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
9th Dec 2024 9:59pm
9th Dec 2024 9:59pm
Executive Fever
Marked safe from tears when shitty bosses die
I think of the long stingy road to this,
where estimation will not even try
to have no obligation go amiss
in a republic of the free and brave;
free, that is, to accumulate more debt,
as less and less we can keep from the grave,
unless lotteries are a winning bet.
Yet in this mess they say the boss is right
and that the private jet and private yacht
are not somehow an ecologic blight
where at least the Orcas have not been bought
and know damn well that they can't trust a boat ...
I think of the long stingy road to this,
where estimation will not even try
to have no obligation go amiss
in a republic of the free and brave;
free, that is, to accumulate more debt,
as less and less we can keep from the grave,
unless lotteries are a winning bet.
Yet in this mess they say the boss is right
and that the private jet and private yacht
are not somehow an ecologic blight
where at least the Orcas have not been bought
and know damn well that they can't trust a boat ...
#corruption
#deception
#inequality #politics
#inequality #politics
122 reads
13 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
9th Dec 2024 7:57am
9th Dec 2024 7:57am
Acquitting Sin
Screams are amplified inside the chamber
Insults are hurled before any intent is shown
They speak of harming their leftist neighbor
While calloused hearts become hard as stone
Hate-speak echoes off cold desperate walls
Envious egos grow bitter before turning sour
Hanging judges fill these holes in judicial halls
Acquitting sin for the wealthy to hold the power
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2024
Insults are hurled before any intent is shown
They speak of harming their leftist neighbor
While calloused hearts become hard as stone
Hate-speak echoes off cold desperate walls
Envious egos grow bitter before turning sour
Hanging judges fill these holes in judicial halls
Acquitting sin for the wealthy to hold the power
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2024
#corruption
#HumanRights
#inequality
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