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.
Trey_B
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 6:54pm
24th Sep 2020 6:54pm
How Come?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID TO WALK DOWN THE STREET?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID TO DO INTO A GAS STATION TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID TO LET MY LITTLE BROTHER PLAY WITH FRIENDS IN THE PARK?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID TO WALK OUTSIDE MY HOUSE AFTER DARK?
HOW COME I CAN'T WEAR MY HOOD?
HOW COME I HAVE TO DIE IN THE LAST PLACE I STOOD?
HOW COME I HAVE TO DIE IN A CELL?
HOW COME I HAVE TO RUN FROM THE BULLET AS IT LEAVES ITS SHELL?
HOW COME I GOT SHOT 137 TIMES IN MY CAR?
HOW COME 13 CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICERS SHOT ME FROM AFAR?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID...
HOW COME I'M AFRAID TO DO INTO A GAS STATION TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID TO LET MY LITTLE BROTHER PLAY WITH FRIENDS IN THE PARK?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID TO WALK OUTSIDE MY HOUSE AFTER DARK?
HOW COME I CAN'T WEAR MY HOOD?
HOW COME I HAVE TO DIE IN THE LAST PLACE I STOOD?
HOW COME I HAVE TO DIE IN A CELL?
HOW COME I HAVE TO RUN FROM THE BULLET AS IT LEAVES ITS SHELL?
HOW COME I GOT SHOT 137 TIMES IN MY CAR?
HOW COME 13 CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICERS SHOT ME FROM AFAR?
HOW COME I'M AFRAID...
#inequality
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Poetryman
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 5:41pm
24th Sep 2020 5:41pm
Stain Upon Ugly Stain
Get off of my skin, I can't feel!
Shread the flesh from my neck
For those who embrace hate
Have painted my soul blood red
With the memory of lives that matter
And only Justice can wash away the stain
But her robes have been stripped from her body
Set afire in cities of red, white and black
The pain pours from my eyes, blinding me
Yet showing me the plain truth
Of why white must shout BLACK LIVES MATTER
Because so many still cling to a long dead past
Where they believed blacks were not people at all
So the murders they commit are...
Shread the flesh from my neck
For those who embrace hate
Have painted my soul blood red
With the memory of lives that matter
And only Justice can wash away the stain
But her robes have been stripped from her body
Set afire in cities of red, white and black
The pain pours from my eyes, blinding me
Yet showing me the plain truth
Of why white must shout BLACK LIVES MATTER
Because so many still cling to a long dead past
Where they believed blacks were not people at all
So the murders they commit are...
#hate
#murder
#war
#racism
#inequality
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EdibleWords
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 1:44pm
24th Sep 2020 1:44pm
The Crenshaw Conflation Principle
identity power
in its submissive
victim form
Helps you hold on
to differences
by scapegoating
hard working males
labeled too pale
don’t get to choose
an identity
that gets respect
as they are told
what to think
Feteshizing
them into
unwanted symbols
of domination
calling it oppression
while denying them
any dignity
with their position
like the truth
of shared life
in humanity
in its submissive
victim form
Helps you hold on
to differences
by scapegoating
hard working males
labeled too pale
don’t get to choose
an identity
that gets respect
as they are told
what to think
Feteshizing
them into
unwanted symbols
of domination
calling it oppression
while denying them
any dignity
with their position
like the truth
of shared life
in humanity
#dark
#inequality
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I_IS_ME
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 4:55am
24th Sep 2020 4:55am
Tumbling Tower
I'm still watching you make a fool of yourself
Putting skin tone and looks to high on the fucking shelf
The empire is crumbling, I can't make this shit any clearer
The end has arrived, it can't get any nearer
Their hearts have been hardened, they can't see their fucking way
The virus is but one of the broken seals, just as the prophecy says
Genetically altered mosquitoes, fish and frog altered by herbicides
Livestock being fed steroids until children are adults in size
Hitler has been resurrected, now you can see just how he came to power ...
Putting skin tone and looks to high on the fucking shelf
The empire is crumbling, I can't make this shit any clearer
The end has arrived, it can't get any nearer
Their hearts have been hardened, they can't see their fucking way
The virus is but one of the broken seals, just as the prophecy says
Genetically altered mosquitoes, fish and frog altered by herbicides
Livestock being fed steroids until children are adults in size
Hitler has been resurrected, now you can see just how he came to power ...
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights
#inequality
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EdibleWords
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2020 2:24am
23rd Sep 2020 2:24am
No, Oppression Role-Reversal ISN’T Cute
Jimmy Kimmel
was like a
trained monkey
for the 2020 Emmys
It’s happened
throughout history
Abdication
of self-respect
freedom of thought
and expression
lethal white guilt
is a real thing
You cannot
escape it
unless you
outright reject it
was like a
trained monkey
for the 2020 Emmys
It’s happened
throughout history
Abdication
of self-respect
freedom of thought
and expression
lethal white guilt
is a real thing
You cannot
escape it
unless you
outright reject it
#dark
#inequality
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darkcloud68
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2020 8:59pm
22nd Sep 2020 8:59pm
Black Listed
Black listed because I'm naturally gifted, many run this track but I'm the swiftest. The way the words flow from my pen.
Black listed because of the flow of my skin. I throw a verbal knockout punch.
Because I go for the win.
Black listed but I'm proud black fisted. Loud and up lifted. It's a time for change, but some can get with it.
Black listed but I am built for the fight. I say what I feel, I feel no guilt when I write.
Things never what they should, Black listed because I am to dark to be good. My pen is over flowing with thoughts, so I built...
Black listed because of the flow of my skin. I throw a verbal knockout punch.
Because I go for the win.
Black listed but I'm proud black fisted. Loud and up lifted. It's a time for change, but some can get with it.
Black listed but I am built for the fight. I say what I feel, I feel no guilt when I write.
Things never what they should, Black listed because I am to dark to be good. My pen is over flowing with thoughts, so I built...
#inequality
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Frustrated_prole
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2020 5:03pm
22nd Sep 2020 5:03pm
Tracked and Traced
You are my masterpiece,
my monster,
my mistake,
I love you, I hate you, I fear you,
I need you!
I am your father, your mother, your friend
I watched you,
I listened to your thoughts,
I watched you grow
you gave me everything
Your dreams and your nightmares
Belong to me!
I tracked you, I traced you
You were a moment caught
In my immortal gaze
Dust!
Ash!
Binary and code
my monster,
my mistake,
I love you, I hate you, I fear you,
I need you!
I am your father, your mother, your friend
I watched you,
I listened to your thoughts,
I watched you grow
you gave me everything
Your dreams and your nightmares
Belong to me!
I tracked you, I traced you
You were a moment caught
In my immortal gaze
Dust!
Ash!
Binary and code
#corruption
#HumanRights
#inequality #dystopian
#inequality #dystopian
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TimWombles
Poem Published
21st Sep 2020 9:58pm
21st Sep 2020 9:58pm
Crackdown
Trump lies
Says things that aren't true
His base cries
"We won't wear masks for you"
Fox lies
Cause that's just what they do
And Barr says...
Crack down
On Democratic Mayors
Crack down
On black men thinking they are free
Crack down
On our right to protest
Cracked down
Till freedom can't breathe
Crack down
On science and global warming
Crack down
On our right to vote
Crack down
Put women in their places
Crack down
Keep those immigrants on their boats ...
Says things that aren't true
His base cries
"We won't wear masks for you"
Fox lies
Cause that's just what they do
And Barr says...
Crack down
On Democratic Mayors
Crack down
On black men thinking they are free
Crack down
On our right to protest
Cracked down
Till freedom can't breathe
Crack down
On science and global warming
Crack down
On our right to vote
Crack down
Put women in their places
Crack down
Keep those immigrants on their boats ...
#corruption
#freedom
#HumanRights
#inequality
#pandemic
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3 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
21st Sep 2020 8:48pm
21st Sep 2020 8:48pm
My House is on Fire
Imagine your house is about to catch fire,
You’ll definitely want to get out,
Now, imagine if I said “no you have to wait”,
You won’t like it without a doubt.
Now imagine if I had a huge farm,
And I had land and plenty of space,
But as your house is about to go up in flames,
I still tell you to wait right to your face.
But you tell me, my house is on fire,
And I tell you, you have to sign this form,
And you say, the embers are burning me,
And I say, sorry neighbor this is the norm.
Then you start to...
You’ll definitely want to get out,
Now, imagine if I said “no you have to wait”,
You won’t like it without a doubt.
Now imagine if I had a huge farm,
And I had land and plenty of space,
But as your house is about to go up in flames,
I still tell you to wait right to your face.
But you tell me, my house is on fire,
And I tell you, you have to sign this form,
And you say, the embers are burning me,
And I say, sorry neighbor this is the norm.
Then you start to...
#corruption
#greed
#inequality #poverty
#inequality #poverty
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9 Comments
DecipherMe
Poem Published
19th Sep 2020 10:36pm
19th Sep 2020 10:36pm
Pandremecession: A K in Capitalism
Dead metal wilts green. Crippled green crumbles to zinc.
The city rusts in the droplets of a breathing hundreds in thousands,
though some turn to mouth more than allowed to breath
(choked by the pathology or an inequality),
and the backwoods rolls its under-belly to reincarnation,
of disemboweling by its own cutting shears,
in a season where more ghosts to men twist tomato vine.
And the districts feel a turnover in population,
clocking out by a...
The city rusts in the droplets of a breathing hundreds in thousands,
though some turn to mouth more than allowed to breath
(choked by the pathology or an inequality),
and the backwoods rolls its under-belly to reincarnation,
of disemboweling by its own cutting shears,
in a season where more ghosts to men twist tomato vine.
And the districts feel a turnover in population,
clocking out by a...
#LifeChangingMoment
#inequality
#poverty #pandemic
#poverty #pandemic
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I_IS_ME
Poem Published
13th Sep 2020 6:24pm
13th Sep 2020 6:24pm
Situation Room
We had never seen land like this before
Rolling hills without trees from shore to shore
The deer and the buffalo took their time as they grazed
They moved about the land feeding as if they were in a daze
We fed off of praire chicken seasoned with sage
We dug holes into the hillsides and our homes were made
So many attempts were made before we broke the land
The tilling of the soil and finding water, yeah we made demands
The land was what it was, cruel, but life was hard and true
Those of us with the gumption demanded more and more and...
Rolling hills without trees from shore to shore
The deer and the buffalo took their time as they grazed
They moved about the land feeding as if they were in a daze
We fed off of praire chicken seasoned with sage
We dug holes into the hillsides and our homes were made
So many attempts were made before we broke the land
The tilling of the soil and finding water, yeah we made demands
The land was what it was, cruel, but life was hard and true
Those of us with the gumption demanded more and more and...
#conflict
#humankind
#historical #inequality
#historical #inequality
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EdibleWords
Poem Published
12th Sep 2020 4:05pm
12th Sep 2020 4:05pm
In Defense of the Stewardess
Was that Miranda Sings
doing blackface?
Did she plan
for the camera?
I looked very
...very closely
California
royal-inbred
...ah
that’s the problem!
(She sure isn’t
Rosa Parks...
MY heroine
God bless her)
No...
this is a deep fake
as in narcissist
...or someone
born yesterday
Standing in the isle
giving orders
so that none may pass
failing to understand
that...
doing blackface?
Did she plan
for the camera?
I looked very
...very closely
California
royal-inbred
...ah
that’s the problem!
(She sure isn’t
Rosa Parks...
MY heroine
God bless her)
No...
this is a deep fake
as in narcissist
...or someone
born yesterday
Standing in the isle
giving orders
so that none may pass
failing to understand
that...
#funny
#HumanRights
#inequality
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