Long Poems About Inequality
#inequality
Long poems about inequality. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
17th Oct 2020 7:33am
17th Oct 2020 7:33am
“Free of Constraint” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 8/7/2020
Now There Really AREN’T ...
So Many Who Can CLAIM ...
That What They Create ...
Is TRULY FREE OF CONSTRAINT ... !!!
ESPECIALLY Those Who Choose To Entertain ... !!!
Because Artists Are CLEARLY NOT THE SAME ... !!!
So DON’T Play The Game To Gain Industry Fame ... !!!
It’s Just A CRYING SHAME That In This Modern Age ...
That There Are Still Constraints On What People Can Say ...
When It Comes To The Ways of The World Today ...
Like These CANCEL Brigades Now Making Waves ...
About What Is Said By Women And Men ... ...
So Many Who Can CLAIM ...
That What They Create ...
Is TRULY FREE OF CONSTRAINT ... !!!
ESPECIALLY Those Who Choose To Entertain ... !!!
Because Artists Are CLEARLY NOT THE SAME ... !!!
So DON’T Play The Game To Gain Industry Fame ... !!!
It’s Just A CRYING SHAME That In This Modern Age ...
That There Are Still Constraints On What People Can Say ...
When It Comes To The Ways of The World Today ...
Like These CANCEL Brigades Now Making Waves ...
About What Is Said By Women And Men ... ...
#humankind
#PowerOfWords
#freedom
#art
#inequality
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BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
29th Sep 2020 4:46am
29th Sep 2020 4:46am
“Hostile Environments” ... A Poem written By Big Virge 30/6/2020
MAN These HOSTILE Environments ...
REALLY NEED RETIREMENT ... !!!
From WINDRUSH’ Scandals ...
To ... Black Lives Battles ...
These Environments RATTLE ...
And HERD Like ... CATTLE ...
The Types of RABBLES ...
Who Want To DISMANTLE ...
The Types of Panels ...
Where Racists LIE And Then Decide ...
What’s ... BEST For Black Lives ...
When Our Lives FLATLINE ... ?!!!!?
Because of Designs ...
Where Environments HIDE ...
How Racism Lives And STILL ENLISTS ...
EVERYTHING From Politics ... ...
REALLY NEED RETIREMENT ... !!!
From WINDRUSH’ Scandals ...
To ... Black Lives Battles ...
These Environments RATTLE ...
And HERD Like ... CATTLE ...
The Types of RABBLES ...
Who Want To DISMANTLE ...
The Types of Panels ...
Where Racists LIE And Then Decide ...
What’s ... BEST For Black Lives ...
When Our Lives FLATLINE ... ?!!!!?
Because of Designs ...
Where Environments HIDE ...
How Racism Lives And STILL ENLISTS ...
EVERYTHING From Politics ... ...
#relationships
#LifeStruggles
#humankind
#racism
#inequality
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BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
27th Sep 2020 6:41am
27th Sep 2020 6:41am
“New Age Slave” ... A Poem written by Big Virge 28/6/2020
So James Baldwin’s Words ...
Would Appear To Be FACT ...
If You’re Creative And Black ...
And Are Down With The ...
Alphabet Gender Pack ... !!!
You’ll Get FAST Tracked ...
Into ... Earning Cash ...
And Being Seen On TV Screens ...
And Production Teams ...
For All Kinds of Shows ...
And Be ... TV Hosts ...
So For Those Black Folks ...
Who Claimed That ...
“We Don’t Move,
With The Type of Groups,
Like Those Now In View !”
It Would Seem That You ...
Have Been DENYING The...
Would Appear To Be FACT ...
If You’re Creative And Black ...
And Are Down With The ...
Alphabet Gender Pack ... !!!
You’ll Get FAST Tracked ...
Into ... Earning Cash ...
And Being Seen On TV Screens ...
And Production Teams ...
For All Kinds of Shows ...
And Be ... TV Hosts ...
So For Those Black Folks ...
Who Claimed That ...
“We Don’t Move,
With The Type of Groups,
Like Those Now In View !”
It Would Seem That You ...
Have Been DENYING The...
#relationships
#LGBT
#humankind
#inequality
#hypocrisy
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3 Comments
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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1 Comment
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
441 reads
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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LobodeSanPedro
Poem Published
4th Sep 2020 2:08pm
4th Sep 2020 2:08pm
Birthday
#corruption
#racism
#inequality #poverty
#inequality #poverty
742 reads
cabcool
Poem Published
23rd Aug 2020 6:03pm
23rd Aug 2020 6:03pm
let me be salt
Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others.”
—Matthew 4:2 ESV
i clamour not to have my name
immortalised in gold
my service yield i not for fame
mercy has been paroled!
my right hand knows not what my left
conspires or circumvents
...
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others.”
—Matthew 4:2 ESV
i clamour not to have my name
immortalised in gold
my service yield i not for fame
mercy has been paroled!
my right hand knows not what my left
conspires or circumvents
...
#kindness
#food
#homelessness
#inequality
#poverty
476 reads
0 Comments
jenny_is_hungry
Poem Published
29th Jul 2020 1:41am
29th Jul 2020 1:41am
History is a Poor Record Keeper.
I miss things I know I shall never witness
But also thank the heavens that destruction will be missed
I switch on the television
If I were Le Prince I would be livid
Thinking of how my life ended
On those tracks as I went to patent
Damn Edison
So called 'father of cinema' is such a dick
But as I sit
I appreciate the efforts
Of the devoted scientist
I appreciate the research of those like Jared Diamond
How location and opportunity are what ensures dominance
Our genetics are not lesser...
But also thank the heavens that destruction will be missed
I switch on the television
If I were Le Prince I would be livid
Thinking of how my life ended
On those tracks as I went to patent
Damn Edison
So called 'father of cinema' is such a dick
But as I sit
I appreciate the efforts
Of the devoted scientist
I appreciate the research of those like Jared Diamond
How location and opportunity are what ensures dominance
Our genetics are not lesser...
#secrets
#corruption
#science #inequality
#science #inequality
366 reads
1 Comment
cabcool
Poem Published
8th Jul 2020 6:08am
8th Jul 2020 6:08am
m ss ng elements
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls
will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
—Martin Luther King Jr, I Have a Dream
no word of kindness kissed your ears
when, infantile, you longed
for cuddles, hugs, and m ss ng cheers
when you were deeply wronged.
had you scant care for innocence
when creatures lame you chased
and brutalised with violence
their habitat laid waste;
had food gone m ss ng on lean nights
your stomach sent to bed ...
will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
—Martin Luther King Jr, I Have a Dream
no word of kindness kissed your ears
when, infantile, you longed
for cuddles, hugs, and m ss ng cheers
when you were deeply wronged.
had you scant care for innocence
when creatures lame you chased
and brutalised with violence
their habitat laid waste;
had food gone m ss ng on lean nights
your stomach sent to bed ...
#oppression
#racism
#inequality #poverty
#inequality #poverty
512 reads
3 Comments
ZBoogie
Poem Published
20th Jun 2020 4:05am
20th Jun 2020 4:05am
Mind Shackles
These words from my voice
Are the powerful being inside me
the body I encompass Is nothing compared to me
The color of my skin shouldn't matter
I will be who I want to be
I’m afraid I can’t be who I want to be
because people have a certain image of me!
make me be who they want me to be!
South Bronx boy
let’s throw dirt on his name
I came from the jungle
but I was born with a brain!
You come from the Bronx
You know what I’m sayin’
Life is a game
Since I realized this
I haven’t seen it the same…
Life...
Are the powerful being inside me
the body I encompass Is nothing compared to me
The color of my skin shouldn't matter
I will be who I want to be
I’m afraid I can’t be who I want to be
because people have a certain image of me!
make me be who they want me to be!
South Bronx boy
let’s throw dirt on his name
I came from the jungle
but I was born with a brain!
You come from the Bronx
You know what I’m sayin’
Life is a game
Since I realized this
I haven’t seen it the same…
Life...
#motivational
#inspirational
#rhyming
#racism
#inequality
551 reads
11 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
19th Jun 2020 6:36pm
19th Jun 2020 6:36pm
Breaking with White Solidarity
I am White, and racist
by systemic socialization
as well as personal ignorance—
it's not something I chose
but a cultural privilege
I was born into—and learned;
thus, cannot fully understand
the impact on Black Americans
this liberates me
from defending, deflecting, and denying
the racism that exists—
especially in me!
or, that I contribute by birth
to its...
by systemic socialization
as well as personal ignorance—
it's not something I chose
but a cultural privilege
I was born into—and learned;
thus, cannot fully understand
the impact on Black Americans
this liberates me
from defending, deflecting, and denying
the racism that exists—
especially in me!
or, that I contribute by birth
to its...
#LifeChangingMoment
#racism
#CallToAction #inequality
#CallToAction #inequality
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17 Comments
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