Long Poems About Inequality
#inequality
Long poems about inequality. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.
cabcool
Poem Published
25th Dec 2022 3:28am
25th Dec 2022 3:28am
the Hand that makes the lily bloom
It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more,
that is poor."—Lucius Annaeus Seneca
behold the lily in the swamp,
how pure and bright she blooms!
unfettered by stark stench and muck,
great stature she assumes.
her litheness every eye consumes,
queens emulate her pluck;
her elegance stirs brides and grooms
to light their wedding lamp.
behold the poor man in his dirt, ...
that is poor."—Lucius Annaeus Seneca
behold the lily in the swamp,
how pure and bright she blooms!
unfettered by stark stench and muck,
great stature she assumes.
her litheness every eye consumes,
queens emulate her pluck;
her elegance stirs brides and grooms
to light their wedding lamp.
behold the poor man in his dirt, ...
#LifeStruggles
#greed
#inequality
#morality
#poverty
343 reads
2 Comments
Veraceouz
Poem Published
23rd Dec 2022 12:16pm
23rd Dec 2022 12:16pm
Justice
Blacks get more time than whites.
The police love to read our rights.
The justice system is so damn dirty.
Damn, they don't show any mercy.
They're supposed to serve and protect.
But yet they don't give us any respect.
Because it's the color of my skin.
Like being black is an awful sin.
They say we gotta vote for change.
These laws gotta be rearranged.
Living in this world we're not equal.
We live in a world full of evil.
I'm not doing this for likes and views.
Blacks being killed is always in the news.
When...
The police love to read our rights.
The justice system is so damn dirty.
Damn, they don't show any mercy.
They're supposed to serve and protect.
But yet they don't give us any respect.
Because it's the color of my skin.
Like being black is an awful sin.
They say we gotta vote for change.
These laws gotta be rearranged.
Living in this world we're not equal.
We live in a world full of evil.
I'm not doing this for likes and views.
Blacks being killed is always in the news.
When...
#morality
#rhyming
#HumanRights #inequality
#HumanRights #inequality
405 reads
0 Comments
Vampyre497
Poem Published
21st Dec 2022 8:03pm
21st Dec 2022 8:03pm
Self Provided Philosophical Fellatio
Am I normal?
Am I regular?
Am I different?
Am I special?
How do I fit in?
Where do I fit in?
Who are my people?
Where is my home?
These are all questions that in this modern age of a more liberal society all young adults are almost required to ask themselves. Everywhere, people always want to know where they fit in and how they are special. But the problem with this progression fueled thought process where we give people more and more reins and labels to control themselves and live their own lives, as they...
Am I regular?
Am I different?
Am I special?
How do I fit in?
Where do I fit in?
Who are my people?
Where is my home?
These are all questions that in this modern age of a more liberal society all young adults are almost required to ask themselves. Everywhere, people always want to know where they fit in and how they are special. But the problem with this progression fueled thought process where we give people more and more reins and labels to control themselves and live their own lives, as they...
#humankind
#HumanRights
#inequality
291 reads
1 Comment
Ashley_M_Hardy
Poem Published
26th Feb 2022 3:21am
26th Feb 2022 3:21am
Stockholm Economics
So, I be watching the news and shit
Now before you judge me, I know why many of you don’t
Y’all say it’s depressing, nothing on it of real importance, and you’re absolutely right
Case in point, last night I was watching some Daytime news, that was local hometown reporting
The journalist looked up from the desk with intense emotion in his face like;
“Top Stories tonight include: A labor union is asking for wage negotiations from a top restaurant chain.”
“A nation is on the brink of an invasion by a foreign power while dealing with its own civil war.” ...
Now before you judge me, I know why many of you don’t
Y’all say it’s depressing, nothing on it of real importance, and you’re absolutely right
Case in point, last night I was watching some Daytime news, that was local hometown reporting
The journalist looked up from the desk with intense emotion in his face like;
“Top Stories tonight include: A labor union is asking for wage negotiations from a top restaurant chain.”
“A nation is on the brink of an invasion by a foreign power while dealing with its own civil war.” ...
#politics
#inequality
729 reads
13 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
12th Feb 2022 9:09pm
12th Feb 2022 9:09pm
We Are The People
Racial Discrimination
Bigotry it’s sad correlation
Such an unpleasant topic since the beginning of creation
Even the narration
Has been society’s own downfall castration
These words have never gotten the props of a backseat stagnation
To despise coloration of one’s skin is a mental sickness infestation
No jest or reasons for this unfair formulation
The ancestry history of blacks caught, and netted
Future landed to be sweated
Savagely molested
American is still indebted ...
Bigotry it’s sad correlation
Such an unpleasant topic since the beginning of creation
Even the narration
Has been society’s own downfall castration
These words have never gotten the props of a backseat stagnation
To despise coloration of one’s skin is a mental sickness infestation
No jest or reasons for this unfair formulation
The ancestry history of blacks caught, and netted
Future landed to be sweated
Savagely molested
American is still indebted ...
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#inequality #philosophical
#inequality #philosophical
775 reads
11 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
18th Jan 2022 3:23am
18th Jan 2022 3:23am
Gender Identity In Perilous Times
Who makes the decision as a person stand
Once life exits the birth canal are you now considered woman or a man
Pink or Blue
We extend our congratulations as we waited for this handsome bundle anew
However, what happens when one’s not sure after coming of age
The mentality of your gender, a person just cannot gage
Parents dealing with alter egos and the backlash of identity rage
Marbles and trains become dolls and dresses
Counselors out of pocket expenses to determine undetected sexes
But mama, I feel that way everyday
I...
Once life exits the birth canal are you now considered woman or a man
Pink or Blue
We extend our congratulations as we waited for this handsome bundle anew
However, what happens when one’s not sure after coming of age
The mentality of your gender, a person just cannot gage
Parents dealing with alter egos and the backlash of identity rage
Marbles and trains become dolls and dresses
Counselors out of pocket expenses to determine undetected sexes
But mama, I feel that way everyday
I...
#LGBT
#humankind
#inequality #transgender
#inequality #transgender
638 reads
18 Comments
Vortex32167
Poem Published
13th Dec 2021 9:03pm
13th Dec 2021 9:03pm
Random Rambling - Diary entry
I don’t understand this world. It seems so strange to me. Everything is never as it should be. Wars, famine, economic collapse, diseases and corruption. Why? Why is it so difficult to just live and let live? Why is it so difficult to accept death when your time has come? You can’t live forever, and I don’t understand the people who’d like to. Why? You’ll only see everything wither away and die around you. Just do what you have to do in this life and die like a decent human being when your old, senile and useless. Or is that wrong for me to say? Did I hurt someone’s feelings? Was I to harsh? ...
#earth
#utopia
#environment
#humankind
#inequality
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0 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
3rd Sep 2021 4:35am
3rd Sep 2021 4:35am
where life least hangs
i see an earthquake crush the haitian land
such misery i can never understand
for i am in a place safe on a rock
dreading no portent shake or aftershock
i see dead soldiers in afghanistan
silenced by isis whim and taliban
my streets of home are filled with idle men
no trace of proselyte or saracen
i hear mudcakes are served for banquet feasts
where hungry afrique children, like poor...
such misery i can never understand
for i am in a place safe on a rock
dreading no portent shake or aftershock
i see dead soldiers in afghanistan
silenced by isis whim and taliban
my streets of home are filled with idle men
no trace of proselyte or saracen
i hear mudcakes are served for banquet feasts
where hungry afrique children, like poor...
#LifeStruggles
#homelessness
#HumanRights
#inequality
#morality
394 reads
4 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
1st Aug 2021 3:54am
1st Aug 2021 3:54am
Blessed be the Fruit
(Parallels of Fictional Tales and Real-World Spells)
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
#HumanRights
#feminism
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
543 reads
4 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
13th Jul 2021 5:24pm
13th Jul 2021 5:24pm
Straight Talk Live (Unsportmanship)
How would one ever know their passion of achievement if not willing to take the risk for the greater good. The laws of gravity are meant for the earth, to uplift the mind, soften the heart, and to spiritually enlighten the spirit of the soul.
We all get up each morning, hoping, praying for one more chance of survival in this realm we call life, however, we refuse to move or adjust to make our circumstances much better, more productive to enjoy the fruit of our labor.
This country is at a dire crossroads. It makes one ask of themselves,...
We all get up each morning, hoping, praying for one more chance of survival in this realm we call life, however, we refuse to move or adjust to make our circumstances much better, more productive to enjoy the fruit of our labor.
This country is at a dire crossroads. It makes one ask of themselves,...
#humankind
#sports
#inequality #culture
#inequality #culture
627 reads
19 Comments
OG-Poetry
Poem Published
9th Jul 2021 8:17pm
9th Jul 2021 8:17pm
… fore sight
beautiful to me
as it is to you,
but through our hue
is a separate view,
skin for some
is where it begins,
ignorance not humanity,
equality’s evil twin,
in three hundred years
this era may end,
all may have
the same color of skin,
but that’s no task
for the hateful men,
thats when ol renewed
styles start to...
as it is to you,
but through our hue
is a separate view,
skin for some
is where it begins,
ignorance not humanity,
equality’s evil twin,
in three hundred years
this era may end,
all may have
the same color of skin,
but that’s no task
for the hateful men,
thats when ol renewed
styles start to...
#hate
#racism
#inequality
351 reads
0 Comments
Spanker
Poem Published
30th Jun 2021 3:27am
30th Jun 2021 3:27am
A Civil Discourse
So it starts with a welcome to country
Which for some reason doesn’t sound too welcoming?
And seems to be about ownership & possession
And hidden behind the words is skin colour & racism
And revenge & hatred for the sins of the past
And the mistakes of the past still seem to be repeating
Only now they’ve been twisted around to the other side
And it’s all about sides & which side people are on
And the bigotry of the past is replaced by a new bigotry
So who is worth more now - black, brown, yellow, white?
And how is it valued –...
Which for some reason doesn’t sound too welcoming?
And seems to be about ownership & possession
And hidden behind the words is skin colour & racism
And revenge & hatred for the sins of the past
And the mistakes of the past still seem to be repeating
Only now they’ve been twisted around to the other side
And it’s all about sides & which side people are on
And the bigotry of the past is replaced by a new bigotry
So who is worth more now - black, brown, yellow, white?
And how is it valued –...
#LGBT
#racism
#respect #inequality
#respect #inequality
379 reads
1 Comment
DU Poetry : Long Poems About Inequality
