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.
Knotshaker
Poem Published
17th Mar 2025 2:36pm
17th Mar 2025 2:36pm
The Real Enemy
You’d best chain those super-rich before they chain you.
But oh, my dears, you’re too busy fussing and fighting
with each other to take notice of what they’re up to.
They’ve got all the money.
Or they’ve got control of all the money.
They—or the public relations strategists who work for them—
started all the fusses, all the fights.
They set all the fires.
And you got spooked, hooked, hoodwinked by one or more of the various traumas
they’ve cooked up to distract you,
the various conflagrations they’ve arsoned—real or...
But oh, my dears, you’re too busy fussing and fighting
with each other to take notice of what they’re up to.
They’ve got all the money.
Or they’ve got control of all the money.
They—or the public relations strategists who work for them—
started all the fusses, all the fights.
They set all the fires.
And you got spooked, hooked, hoodwinked by one or more of the various traumas
they’ve cooked up to distract you,
the various conflagrations they’ve arsoned—real or...
#corruption
#greed
#inequality
#politics
#poverty
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1 Comment
James_A_Knight
Poem Published
13th Mar 2025 11:07pm
13th Mar 2025 11:07pm
Are We Lost? Goodbye everybody huge thank you to everyone
Are we lost?
There is no path to follow
There used to be a path
I swear there was a path once
Lost in the trees
There was a point to life
But we've lost it
Some one has hold of the point
And they are prodding us with it
Prodding those who have lost the point
There's a bad case of viral ignorance
Infectious
Burning across the land
Like a forest fire
Burning ignorance
Freezing ignorance
Chopping ignorance
Murderous ignorance
Burning burning...
There is no path to follow
There used to be a path
I swear there was a path once
Lost in the trees
There was a point to life
But we've lost it
Some one has hold of the point
And they are prodding us with it
Prodding those who have lost the point
There's a bad case of viral ignorance
Infectious
Burning across the land
Like a forest fire
Burning ignorance
Freezing ignorance
Chopping ignorance
Murderous ignorance
Burning burning...
#inequality
#kindness
#violence
143 reads
6 Comments
missjem56
Poem Published
3rd Mar 2025 4:03pm
3rd Mar 2025 4:03pm
Space For All
What is oft forgot
Is that we are all
Of the same race
Living
In the same place
A small residence
Somewhere in space
by Jemia
Is that we are all
Of the same race
Living
In the same place
A small residence
Somewhere in space
by Jemia
#earth
#HumanRights
#inequality #universe
#inequality #universe
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0 Comments
Abracadabra
Poem Published
27th Feb 2025 11:03am
27th Feb 2025 11:03am
Rotting Fruit
I couldn't give a hoot
for democratic fruit
but when the govercunt
you voted for
dons new designer suits
It's like they've grabbed you
by the balls
to promise ripe bananas
when there's almost none at all
thanks to Mr Charmer
They swiped the winter fuel
set cold hardship on the table
while in white warm corridors
fat quangos much on mangoes
as they contemplate their navels
They talked up cleaner greener
when what they meant
was leaner meaner
They've reneged on foreign aid
to build a...
for democratic fruit
but when the govercunt
you voted for
dons new designer suits
It's like they've grabbed you
by the balls
to promise ripe bananas
when there's almost none at all
thanks to Mr Charmer
They swiped the winter fuel
set cold hardship on the table
while in white warm corridors
fat quangos much on mangoes
as they contemplate their navels
They talked up cleaner greener
when what they meant
was leaner meaner
They've reneged on foreign aid
to build a...
#inequality
#politics
#unicorns
84 reads
2 Comments
Abracadabra
Poem Published
27th Feb 2025 5:47am
27th Feb 2025 5:47am
Two Worlds
My shopping list:
organic carrots
purple sprouting broccoli
sweet potatoes
salmon fillets
manuka honey
chocolate eclairs
Her shopping list:
two handfuls of rice
& water
from the well.
organic carrots
purple sprouting broccoli
sweet potatoes
salmon fillets
manuka honey
chocolate eclairs
Her shopping list:
two handfuls of rice
& water
from the well.
#inequality
#poverty
#unicorns
75 reads
1 Comment
Hashman
Poem Published
24th Feb 2025 1:56am
24th Feb 2025 1:56am
8 Guys Pizza
8 guys have more $$$
then the poorest 3.6 Billion people in the world
8 - EIGHT- WOW!!!
Talk about Being Behind The Eight Ball...
Pool-Pizza-No Soup for You
I-me, like many of us poor folk
struggle, worry, pray- To Pay
my bills on time,
get new tires for my car
buy food at Market Basket
and hope I have a little left over.
8 Guys-8 Slices of Pizza...
Maybe next paycheck
I can afford to buy me a new pair of shoes,
a small pepperoni pizza
and a Pespi...No Coke
then the poorest 3.6 Billion people in the world
8 - EIGHT- WOW!!!
Talk about Being Behind The Eight Ball...
Pool-Pizza-No Soup for You
I-me, like many of us poor folk
struggle, worry, pray- To Pay
my bills on time,
get new tires for my car
buy food at Market Basket
and hope I have a little left over.
8 Guys-8 Slices of Pizza...
Maybe next paycheck
I can afford to buy me a new pair of shoes,
a small pepperoni pizza
and a Pespi...No Coke
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
#oppression
59 reads
2 Comments
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
8th Feb 2025 7:57am
8th Feb 2025 7:57am
Crash
Calloused hands built the world we know
It takes manpower to maintenance luxury
Who cleans shit and shovels all the snow
Spending lifetimes knee deep in drudgery
Privilege in no means suggests one is wise
Unqualified humans are selected next to rise
Strong backs provided all the heavy lifting
Made to carry stones on splintered bones
Who’s on the ground as the tide is shifting
Fighting for country in multiple time zones
Heartless leaders aren’t capable of empathy
Constantly playing the victim for the sympathy
...
It takes manpower to maintenance luxury
Who cleans shit and shovels all the snow
Spending lifetimes knee deep in drudgery
Privilege in no means suggests one is wise
Unqualified humans are selected next to rise
Strong backs provided all the heavy lifting
Made to carry stones on splintered bones
Who’s on the ground as the tide is shifting
Fighting for country in multiple time zones
Heartless leaders aren’t capable of empathy
Constantly playing the victim for the sympathy
...
#inequality
179 reads
21 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
27th Jan 2025 6:39pm
27th Jan 2025 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
212 reads
15 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
65 reads
0 Comments
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
90 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
149 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
114 reads
2 Comments
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