Poems About Inequality Seeking Honest Critique
#inequality
Poems about inequality seeking honest critique. Honest feedback has been requested for these poems.
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
11th Nov 2024 2:29pm
11th Nov 2024 2:29pm
Free Market Freedom
In the free land and home of bravery
they voted against both at every chance
as they demonstrated knavery
at each legislative circumstance
to block all working class opportunity
since they only want commoners to work;
as evident by importunity
and their condescension truly berserk.
If only proles read between the lines
to tease all the gas out of their gaslights
and by that see where intention consigns
only to the gentry...OUR civil rights...
In the...
they voted against both at every chance
as they demonstrated knavery
at each legislative circumstance
to block all working class opportunity
since they only want commoners to work;
as evident by importunity
and their condescension truly berserk.
If only proles read between the lines
to tease all the gas out of their gaslights
and by that see where intention consigns
only to the gentry...OUR civil rights...
In the...
#HumanRights
#inequality
#politics
59 reads
5 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
9th Nov 2024 00:15am
9th Nov 2024 00:15am
Starlink Serfage
We can constellate the founding fathers
much like the Greeks did with their dying gods
and pulverize their Mount Rushmore facades
into some rubble that no more bothers
the vespering spirits of yesteryear...
now replaced by apocalypse horsemen
grinding axes like a million Norsemen
extoling a scornful billionaire's sneer.
Sing no more of those noble intentions
that now are just as Polybius...dead...
and as badly drained as Cicero's head,
or Edison's corpse of new inventions
when monopolies know and...
much like the Greeks did with their dying gods
and pulverize their Mount Rushmore facades
into some rubble that no more bothers
the vespering spirits of yesteryear...
now replaced by apocalypse horsemen
grinding axes like a million Norsemen
extoling a scornful billionaire's sneer.
Sing no more of those noble intentions
that now are just as Polybius...dead...
and as badly drained as Cicero's head,
or Edison's corpse of new inventions
when monopolies know and...
#HumanRights
#inequality
95 reads
6 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
7th Nov 2024 7:52pm
7th Nov 2024 7:52pm
2024 November Poems >> before the jury of the Sage/this age
No. 02
before the jury of
the Sage/this age
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man
who craves more, that is poor.”—Seneca
i write/right life’s wrongs to make this world a better place to live.
i sing/swing sweet songs that metronome dull spirits from dismay.
i live/leave death far behind poor kinfolk destinied to grieve.
i hear/heir suave silence as a gift, to souls in disarray.
i see/seize the blindness of a white-cane man lost in the street.
i taste/test the bitterness of bitter salt that...
before the jury of
the Sage/this age
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man
who craves more, that is poor.”—Seneca
i write/right life’s wrongs to make this world a better place to live.
i sing/swing sweet songs that metronome dull spirits from dismay.
i live/leave death far behind poor kinfolk destinied to grieve.
i hear/heir suave silence as a gift, to souls in disarray.
i see/seize the blindness of a white-cane man lost in the street.
i taste/test the bitterness of bitter salt that...
#CallToAction
#inequality
#kindness
#morality
#UnrequitedLove
75 reads
2 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
5th Nov 2024 9:17pm
5th Nov 2024 9:17pm
Remember, Remember
Bonfire Night is an ironic thing
at 400 years after the event
where a Gunpowder Plot had killed no king
and sabotage became Guido's lament
as the people had made it very clear
that a disruption to the status quo
based on violence and subsequent fear
wasn't the most discerning way to go
to carry heretofore the common law;
be the ancient regimes hip, hip, hooray,
or establishments of indolent blah
countermanding even a sunny day...
since rare indeed is the revolution
that fairly treats the wealth distribution!
at 400 years after the event
where a Gunpowder Plot had killed no king
and sabotage became Guido's lament
as the people had made it very clear
that a disruption to the status quo
based on violence and subsequent fear
wasn't the most discerning way to go
to carry heretofore the common law;
be the ancient regimes hip, hip, hooray,
or establishments of indolent blah
countermanding even a sunny day...
since rare indeed is the revolution
that fairly treats the wealth distribution!
#HumanRights
#inequality
#politics
#rebellion
#war
173 reads
8 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
1st Nov 2024 6:58pm
1st Nov 2024 6:58pm
Unholy Seed
They're doing tricks on the blind
And busy bee got control
The other brick in the wall
Another day on the job
And that's the way things work
Digging, shoving, to fuel the machinery
Watch the pistons pump
That's the drive that keeps the heart alive
And all that you desire
Making you the perfect liar
And someone's casting pearls before the swine
On the road to hell
Illuminati
N.W.O. in control
While fingers worked to the bone
Illuminati, unholy seed
In 1776 the birth of greed
...
And busy bee got control
The other brick in the wall
Another day on the job
And that's the way things work
Digging, shoving, to fuel the machinery
Watch the pistons pump
That's the drive that keeps the heart alive
And all that you desire
Making you the perfect liar
And someone's casting pearls before the swine
On the road to hell
Illuminati
N.W.O. in control
While fingers worked to the bone
Illuminati, unholy seed
In 1776 the birth of greed
...
#corruption
#greed
#HumanRights
#inequality
#politics
101 reads
10 Comments
xthan
Poem Published
26th Oct 2024 11:56am
26th Oct 2024 11:56am
Bending the barrel
I rest my face in my hands
as endless airstrikes,
bombs, and missiles tear
into the ordinary lives
of Palestine,
knowing this country
was the second biggest
arms dealer since
2010 to 2019
most sales going
to the middle east
who are often the
largest buyers,
I won't sit here
like a hypocrite
knowing this
little island
this government
has caused
catastrophe
affecting the
lives of so many
families, and
children,
...
as endless airstrikes,
bombs, and missiles tear
into the ordinary lives
of Palestine,
knowing this country
was the second biggest
arms dealer since
2010 to 2019
most sales going
to the middle east
who are often the
largest buyers,
I won't sit here
like a hypocrite
knowing this
little island
this government
has caused
catastrophe
affecting the
lives of so many
families, and
children,
...
#politics
#corruption
#greed
#HumanRights
#inequality
108 reads
1 Comment
Kementic1
Poem Published
23rd Oct 2024 5:27pm
23rd Oct 2024 5:27pm
A Reality Check
The election of President Harris for POC will not a panacea
she won't come in six guns blazing silver bullets to free ya
Yes there will be a new Female Sheriff in town
but the KKK and Neo Nazis will still be around
The US System will still be broken
even when have our latest Black token
The evils of sexism, racist, misogyny, transphobia and xenophobia will still exist
and slap us in the face every morning with a clenched fist
In the end
for my people more "symbolism over substance" once again
With...
she won't come in six guns blazing silver bullets to free ya
Yes there will be a new Female Sheriff in town
but the KKK and Neo Nazis will still be around
The US System will still be broken
even when have our latest Black token
The evils of sexism, racist, misogyny, transphobia and xenophobia will still exist
and slap us in the face every morning with a clenched fist
In the end
for my people more "symbolism over substance" once again
With...
#HumanRights
#inequality
#oppression
#politics
#racism
146 reads
0 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
17th Oct 2024 10:50pm
17th Oct 2024 10:50pm
Court of Jesters
The court of jesters
Demand I abide by their ruling
Cowards in black robes
How dare you question
An order that no one puts their name to
Shadow docket
On the Supreme Court
As Clarence and Ginni
Hang with billionaires
Pays for momma’s house
And private schools for
The grandnephew
Sun comes up as Ginni checks the itinerary
Plots a trip on a super yacht
Alito leaks worse than my old Cutlass
Roberts wife takes in tens of millions ...
Demand I abide by their ruling
Cowards in black robes
How dare you question
An order that no one puts their name to
Shadow docket
On the Supreme Court
As Clarence and Ginni
Hang with billionaires
Pays for momma’s house
And private schools for
The grandnephew
Sun comes up as Ginni checks the itinerary
Plots a trip on a super yacht
Alito leaks worse than my old Cutlass
Roberts wife takes in tens of millions ...
#anger
#corruption
#frustration #inequality
#frustration #inequality
70 reads
0 Comments
michaelslove2
Poem Published
5th Oct 2024 7:11am
5th Oct 2024 7:11am
African American Man
African American Man
Hey there African American man takin' a walk tonight.
Don't you know the police will get you cuz what you doin' there ain't right?
They're gonna come harass you,
it's their way.
You know they just can't leave you be.
Hey there African American man
have we learned from history?
Hey there African American man,
what'chu up to bet no good?
Watched and labeled by many folks
the ones who never understood.
You're searchin' for a break-in,
you're dealin' drugs.
Here come the car now...
Hey there African American man takin' a walk tonight.
Don't you know the police will get you cuz what you doin' there ain't right?
They're gonna come harass you,
it's their way.
You know they just can't leave you be.
Hey there African American man
have we learned from history?
Hey there African American man,
what'chu up to bet no good?
Watched and labeled by many folks
the ones who never understood.
You're searchin' for a break-in,
you're dealin' drugs.
Here come the car now...
#culture
#ignorance
#inequality
#morality
#racism
85 reads
2 Comments
Abracadabra
Poem Published
28th Sep 2024 11:00am
28th Sep 2024 11:00am
Life in a Few Words #775
For a starveling mouse
the crumbs in your toaster
are a feast
the crumbs in your toaster
are a feast
#inequality
#unicorns
111 reads
3 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
21st Sep 2024 7:25pm
21st Sep 2024 7:25pm
Fragmented
embrace our puzzle
unique pieces fit as one
breaking the label
unique pieces fit as one
breaking the label
#Autism
#ignorance
#inequality #senryu
#inequality #senryu
107 reads
11 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
15th Sep 2024 8:27pm
15th Sep 2024 8:27pm
If you play with fire....(you know the rest)
A 44 year old woman in America doused herself in gasoline and lit herself on fire in protest of one of those yearly Miss America Beauty Pageant's. Before lighting the match, the woman shouted slogans criticizing the pageant's exploitation of woman. Her last words were reportedly, "WATER! WATER! WATER!!" The pageant continued.
#fiction
#fire
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
#satirical
78 reads
8 Comments
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