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.
_boybrains
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2019 4:32pm
2nd Dec 2019 4:32pm
earth wound.
their kindness
is masquerade;
confusing as the
plague—
mercenaries
drain with
no
shame.
is masquerade;
confusing as the
plague—
mercenaries
drain with
no
shame.
#corruption
#humankind
#PowerOfWords
#inequality
#minimalist
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9 Comments
Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
30th Nov 2019 10:39pm
30th Nov 2019 10:39pm
Compensation
Hell and Heaven
Hath No Fury
Like Woman
Scorned
Of the World
Rightfully Owed,
But Hoarded
By men.
Hath No Fury
Like Woman
Scorned
Of the World
Rightfully Owed,
But Hoarded
By men.
#women
#humankind
#historical
#inequality
#morality
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6 Comments
slipalong
Poem Published
24th Nov 2019 8:38pm
24th Nov 2019 8:38pm
From each side
Throw the gauntlet down
In the past for it was pistols at dawn
Face it down without a blink
Advesary in any debating ring
The written word just second hand
For neurons need the id's commands
And we knew its boundaries
The debate that's so two faced
Don't throw all your toys out at once
When we use a language to cause abrupt
Speek our minds to those corrupt
Hear the sharp intake of breath
Know that they have no ducks back
To rebuff not bite the tongue
When witty repost gives you the...
In the past for it was pistols at dawn
Face it down without a blink
Advesary in any debating ring
The written word just second hand
For neurons need the id's commands
And we knew its boundaries
The debate that's so two faced
Don't throw all your toys out at once
When we use a language to cause abrupt
Speek our minds to those corrupt
Hear the sharp intake of breath
Know that they have no ducks back
To rebuff not bite the tongue
When witty repost gives you the...
#inequality
#morality
#rebellion
25 reads
1 Comment
BabydoII
Itty Bitty
Itty Bitty
Poem Published
23rd Nov 2019 3:21pm
23rd Nov 2019 3:21pm
Damn Right I'm Cold
There are plenty of us running around
Popping out children
Littering the ground
But I like the green lining my pocket
And hits to my womanhood
There's not much stock in it
I like the fact that I'm not defined by my kid
I like that the lack of them means my decisions
Aren't judged and controlled just cause I have children
I like not being put it my place like the olden
For now like always
Children are just healthcare issues for us
We're disregarded if no husband lifts us up
And if we try to rid ourselves of a...
Popping out children
Littering the ground
But I like the green lining my pocket
And hits to my womanhood
There's not much stock in it
I like the fact that I'm not defined by my kid
I like that the lack of them means my decisions
Aren't judged and controlled just cause I have children
I like not being put it my place like the olden
For now like always
Children are just healthcare issues for us
We're disregarded if no husband lifts us up
And if we try to rid ourselves of a...
#children
#corruption
#HumanRights
#inequality
#tradition
68 reads
4 Comments
cloudink
Poem Published
18th Nov 2019 11:49pm
18th Nov 2019 11:49pm
Just a Girl
She’s seen for what she wears
for what's beneath the fabric,
Nothing more, nothing less.
She can’t stop what's going to happen next,
But that's her fault.
It’s just a regular day for you and everyone else like you.
Just something to do and forget about later.
You can act impulsively,
But it's her and everyone else like her who has to live in fear about that.
Not you,
Nor the ones who make the rules.
The ones without a care in their minds about this are the ones who are in control of her decisions.
The ones who don’t need to...
for what's beneath the fabric,
Nothing more, nothing less.
She can’t stop what's going to happen next,
But that's her fault.
It’s just a regular day for you and everyone else like you.
Just something to do and forget about later.
You can act impulsively,
But it's her and everyone else like her who has to live in fear about that.
Not you,
Nor the ones who make the rules.
The ones without a care in their minds about this are the ones who are in control of her decisions.
The ones who don’t need to...
#women
#power
#HumanRights
#feminism
#inequality
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4 Comments
_boybrains
Poem Published
17th Nov 2019 11:01pm
17th Nov 2019 11:01pm
Abbeywood Raid.
Do you think
i’ve forgotten about
two thousand and
one?
all those bobbies
hiding in shields
doing their bidding
in a noir torpedo—
night time as a
child drifting with
one eye open, batons
& dogs dripped from
my pores—
young bloods cradle
leanbh across the
threshold; their
feet butchered
with glass ...
soil crunching
with heavy
thuds,
wails & sirens
piercing the
winds ...
i’ve never ...
i’ve forgotten about
two thousand and
one?
all those bobbies
hiding in shields
doing their bidding
in a noir torpedo—
night time as a
child drifting with
one eye open, batons
& dogs dripped from
my pores—
young bloods cradle
leanbh across the
threshold; their
feet butchered
with glass ...
soil crunching
with heavy
thuds,
wails & sirens
piercing the
winds ...
i’ve never ...
#conflict
#confessional
#inequality
19 reads
dkzksaxxas_DanielX
Poem Published
2nd Nov 2019 4:15pm
2nd Nov 2019 4:15pm
Har dtimes
HardTimes ass bustin
supreme / thankgodd
it ain't some
(Black) Plague or something
or something
or something that something (that something) or
other can ill afford.
HardTimes ass bustin
supreme / thankgodd
it ain't some
(Black) Plague or something
or something
...
supreme / thankgodd
it ain't some
(Black) Plague or something
or something
or something that something (that something) or
other can ill afford.
HardTimes ass bustin
supreme / thankgodd
it ain't some
(Black) Plague or something
or something
...
#corruption
#greed
#inequality #poverty
#inequality #poverty
69 reads
4 Comments
LadyB
Poem Published
2nd Nov 2019 4:10pm
2nd Nov 2019 4:10pm
American Son-of a....
I was talking with a co-worker about the recent released American Son movie on Netflix. Not for obvious reasons, but that was the moment I realized its not just corruption in the police force. It's everywhere!!! because no matter how hard she worked to make sure her son and herself spoke properly. Everyone will still judge you on the way you look.
She talks about how depressing her son felt being the face of the people and being seen only as that. She taught him the world was good but never explained the bad in the world, it hits him hard. Because of everything that transpired her...
She talks about how depressing her son felt being the face of the people and being seen only as that. She taught him the world was good but never explained the bad in the world, it hits him hard. Because of everything that transpired her...
#inequality
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1 Comment
butters
Poem Published
20th Oct 2019 4:50pm
20th Oct 2019 4:50pm
focus, group
extra terrestrials... hmmn
sounds to me like "excess population"
excuses for backroom secret talks
positing ways and means
ways
and means
how-to-culls in
"hypothetical" situations
everyone knows are more than that
as they wipe nervous sweat
from palms and upper lips
adjust ties and seek to up the air con
mouths dry, thinking the unthinkable
made possible by a label
find excuses to leave the room
find excuses rejected
clipboards and pens
all clipboards and pens
the most extreme ideas...
sounds to me like "excess population"
excuses for backroom secret talks
positing ways and means
ways
and means
how-to-culls in
"hypothetical" situations
everyone knows are more than that
as they wipe nervous sweat
from palms and upper lips
adjust ties and seek to up the air con
mouths dry, thinking the unthinkable
made possible by a label
find excuses to leave the room
find excuses rejected
clipboards and pens
all clipboards and pens
the most extreme ideas...
#murder
#inequality
#hypocrisy #sacrifice
#hypocrisy #sacrifice
73 reads
9 Comments
David_Macleod
Poem Published
18th Oct 2019 6:30pm
18th Oct 2019 6:30pm
Me2 Or Not Me2 - - - - "TRIGGER WARNING!"
#abuse
#oppression
#MeToo #inequality
#MeToo #inequality
98 reads
2 Comments
badmalthus
Harry Rout
Harry Rout
Poem Published
16th Oct 2019 11:01pm
16th Oct 2019 11:01pm
Notes from a Nihilist
You tremble, carcass? You would tremble even more
if you knew where I am going to take you!"
- Vicomte de Turenne
sitting
in meditation
I realized
all my moral
values
had crumbled
and
collapsed
into the abyss
my smart-phone
was running
on the sweat
and
blood
of young
children
in The Congo
the relativity
of things
this morning...
staring
into the bathroom
mirror
at my unshaven
face
I ask...
if you knew where I am going to take you!"
- Vicomte de Turenne
sitting
in meditation
I realized
all my moral
values
had crumbled
and
collapsed
into the abyss
my smart-phone
was running
on the sweat
and
blood
of young
children
in The Congo
the relativity
of things
this morning...
staring
into the bathroom
mirror
at my unshaven
face
I ask...
#inequality
#morality
159 reads
22 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
10th Oct 2019 8:50pm
10th Oct 2019 8:50pm
INKlings9
INKling No9—greed
the glutton fills his barns but, never sated,
he shovels till his soul is inundated
and then he hoards
his great excess,
with none save just
himself to bless.
he contemplates
the world outside
and shrinks back for
a place to hide,
lest he should feel
the pangs of guilt
when conscience cuts
him to the hilt.
© Copyright 2019 October 10
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
the glutton fills his barns but, never sated,
he shovels till his soul is inundated
and then he hoards
his great excess,
with none save just
himself to bless.
he contemplates
the world outside
and shrinks back for
a place to hide,
lest he should feel
the pangs of guilt
when conscience cuts
him to the hilt.
© Copyright 2019 October 10
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
#money
#food
#greed #inequality
#greed #inequality
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