Poems about Masculinity
#masculinity
Poems about masculinity and what it means to be a man. Poetry about masculinity within mass media and the portrayal of men in societies around the world. Poems about changing attitudes towards masculinity; those who want to do away with traditional gender roles and those who feel vilified or left behind.
oskar
Poem Published
18th Nov 2021 3:28pm
18th Nov 2021 3:28pm
paretenthood
Parenthood
My father hung in the belfry
so many called him father, but the old woman in the house where I lived
said he was my father.
When I met Mother superior, her eyes softened for a moment.
The hanging was an accident.
At his funereal, the bishop attended to stop rumours of suicide.
The old woman and I watched the proceeding at a far distance.
I did see the face of the prioress in the window
unblinkingly stern, but in the afternoon glow,
she had tears in the corner of her eyes.
The old woman cackled and said, she gave you to...
My father hung in the belfry
so many called him father, but the old woman in the house where I lived
said he was my father.
When I met Mother superior, her eyes softened for a moment.
The hanging was an accident.
At his funereal, the bishop attended to stop rumours of suicide.
The old woman and I watched the proceeding at a far distance.
I did see the face of the prioress in the window
unblinkingly stern, but in the afternoon glow,
she had tears in the corner of her eyes.
The old woman cackled and said, she gave you to...
#politics
#music
#morality #masculinity
#morality #masculinity
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javalini
Poem Published
11th Nov 2021 1:29pm
11th Nov 2021 1:29pm
DIMINISHED
he would go hungry
before he let us want
that's what i saw
and what i took for truth
and what my soul yearned to follow --
not blind
nor brutish
nor toxic
but righteous,
his love proved in a thousand ways
and none of them meant
to diminish
but to cherish
and work, work, work
and fix
and do
and hold (too) tight
and hold the door
and take the bullet
and tolerate
and try
so fuckin' hard
to carry the load
without letting on about
the goddamned weary strain of it ...
before he let us want
that's what i saw
and what i took for truth
and what my soul yearned to follow --
not blind
nor brutish
nor toxic
but righteous,
his love proved in a thousand ways
and none of them meant
to diminish
but to cherish
and work, work, work
and fix
and do
and hold (too) tight
and hold the door
and take the bullet
and tolerate
and try
so fuckin' hard
to carry the load
without letting on about
the goddamned weary strain of it ...
#LifeStruggles
#masculinity
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AlisVolatPropriis8
Poem Published
16th Oct 2021 6:23am
16th Oct 2021 6:23am
The rose.
Roses are always red.
For she was surrounded by turtle.
For she was surrounded by turtle.
#children
#soldiers
#LGBT
#heroic
#masculinity
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SamSung
Poem Published
29th Aug 2021 12:47pm
29th Aug 2021 12:47pm
Is He Really A Man?
Man!
He claims to be one
Yet he talks like a boy!
He has features of one
Yet he complains incessantly like a toddler!
Is he really a man
With his display of the flowers of folly?
A little setback
He moans endlessly!
A little disappointment
He curses uncontrollably!
A little difficulty
He gives up effortlessly!
A contrary opinion from another
He argues oppressively!
Hey you!
Ask yourself some salient questions:
Does being a man about your manly features
Of moustache, beard and others?
Are you a man...
He claims to be one
Yet he talks like a boy!
He has features of one
Yet he complains incessantly like a toddler!
Is he really a man
With his display of the flowers of folly?
A little setback
He moans endlessly!
A little disappointment
He curses uncontrollably!
A little difficulty
He gives up effortlessly!
A contrary opinion from another
He argues oppressively!
Hey you!
Ask yourself some salient questions:
Does being a man about your manly features
Of moustache, beard and others?
Are you a man...
#men
#motivational
#masculinity #emotions
#masculinity #emotions
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Taurek
Poem Published
18th Aug 2021 1:05am
18th Aug 2021 1:05am
Scrooge Symphony
I look out the window to a
stucco wall and large
succulent planter on
the 3rd floor of the
Support Bldg. on a
TV Studio lot
you’ll never be faulted for
being a man,
no matter the propaganda the
Suck-Shit Conglomerate was
pumping out at the
moment
asking me to make sure the
door was unlocked and
open for some fired
executive so he and
his Asst. can pack up
his shit on Wednesday,
“Alright”
Sent from my iPhone
I wondered how much
longer they could ...
stucco wall and large
succulent planter on
the 3rd floor of the
Support Bldg. on a
TV Studio lot
you’ll never be faulted for
being a man,
no matter the propaganda the
Suck-Shit Conglomerate was
pumping out at the
moment
asking me to make sure the
door was unlocked and
open for some fired
executive so he and
his Asst. can pack up
his shit on Wednesday,
“Alright”
Sent from my iPhone
I wondered how much
longer they could ...
#corruption
#technology
#fate
#luck
#masculinity
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bandit
Poem Published
4th Aug 2021 00:29am
4th Aug 2021 00:29am
why look past a man like me
I am the kind of man
one would call a gentleman
I open doors and treat ladies right
yet the one girls overlook
bad boy is their taste you see
pain and sorrow tomorrow
and every day to fallow
why ladies do you reject
the ones ready to protect
that love and security you needed
heart felt love and gentleness in deeded
why look past a man like me
one would call a gentleman
I open doors and treat ladies right
yet the one girls overlook
bad boy is their taste you see
pain and sorrow tomorrow
and every day to fallow
why ladies do you reject
the ones ready to protect
that love and security you needed
heart felt love and gentleness in deeded
why look past a man like me
#identity
#responsibility
#masculinity
#DomesticViolence
#vulnerability
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Dreamboy
Poem Published
22nd Jul 2021 00:27am
22nd Jul 2021 00:27am
Strawberries
Waste words
on shadows.
Hear the echoes
of whispers
on the wind.
Say it louder,
with your chest,
say what you know
needs to be said.
Let the world
in all it’s light
see you for all the colors
you hold within.
Pink is pretty
and that’s just fine
to want that
a little bit.
on shadows.
Hear the echoes
of whispers
on the wind.
Say it louder,
with your chest,
say what you know
needs to be said.
Let the world
in all it’s light
see you for all the colors
you hold within.
Pink is pretty
and that’s just fine
to want that
a little bit.
#hope
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth #masculinity
#SelfWorth #masculinity
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javalini
Poem Published
6th Jul 2021 5:20pm
6th Jul 2021 5:20pm
CHARACTER SKETCH
he only had one ball
and it was hanging
almost mid thigh
that's how hard
his life had been
and it was hanging
almost mid thigh
that's how hard
his life had been
#LifeStruggles
#masculinity
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oskar
Poem Published
14th Jun 2021 8:55am
14th Jun 2021 8:55am
dark lif matters
Dark life matters
Woke up in the night it was very dark
put a hand out couldn´t see it.
I wonder how it is to be blind?
In this flat, if no one rearranges the furniture
it would be easy, find the kitchen too.
Opening the fridge is a breeze, it is of no interest
if its light comes on or not.
Remember to clean your hands!
On nights like this, I should be contemplating my death
but my vanity gets in the way.
Should I smile or look grim, and would they remember
to put tanning cream on my face?
I friend of mine who works at the...
Woke up in the night it was very dark
put a hand out couldn´t see it.
I wonder how it is to be blind?
In this flat, if no one rearranges the furniture
it would be easy, find the kitchen too.
Opening the fridge is a breeze, it is of no interest
if its light comes on or not.
Remember to clean your hands!
On nights like this, I should be contemplating my death
but my vanity gets in the way.
Should I smile or look grim, and would they remember
to put tanning cream on my face?
I friend of mine who works at the...
#women
#men
#teens
#transgender
#masculinity
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JeanieShyrle83
Poem Published
8th Jun 2021 1:42am
8th Jun 2021 1:42am
Nosebleed
I don't think I'm angry enough...
Road raging drunks
Demanding sovereignty of the road
I didn't ask for conflict
I just wanted to get home
My son.
Still a child. 17...
My child.
I insisted that he stay.
Following my own advice
Still haunts me everyday
I can smell the man's beer breath
On my upper lip
I can taste his putrid hate
Every time that he spits
My forehead still Burns
From when he pushed his to mine
It throbs like a bomb
In need of more time
Words were exchanged, it's all now...
Road raging drunks
Demanding sovereignty of the road
I didn't ask for conflict
I just wanted to get home
My son.
Still a child. 17...
My child.
I insisted that he stay.
Following my own advice
Still haunts me everyday
I can smell the man's beer breath
On my upper lip
I can taste his putrid hate
Every time that he spits
My forehead still Burns
From when he pushed his to mine
It throbs like a bomb
In need of more time
Words were exchanged, it's all now...
#violence
#LGBT
#feminism
#responsibility
#masculinity
145 reads
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KristinaX
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2021 9:00pm
2nd Jun 2021 9:00pm
A Man's Character...
Man's character is like the edge beyond the border
Along the body or across the soul,
Where behind a wall of hardened steel
Lurks pain at the edge of silence
Man's character - like that thunderstorm in a rush
In the midst of the heavens beyond the rocks in the darkness,
Where suddenly the tears are salty, grasping
Mixes in desperate rain
Man's character - like a straight line,
Where on the breaks it is piercingly sharp,
But all the same gives up, slowly burning,
Desiring affection and feminine warmth
Man's character...
Along the body or across the soul,
Where behind a wall of hardened steel
Lurks pain at the edge of silence
Man's character - like that thunderstorm in a rush
In the midst of the heavens beyond the rocks in the darkness,
Where suddenly the tears are salty, grasping
Mixes in desperate rain
Man's character - like a straight line,
Where on the breaks it is piercingly sharp,
But all the same gives up, slowly burning,
Desiring affection and feminine warmth
Man's character...
#love
#strength
#men
#admiration
#masculinity
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javalini
Poem Published
13th May 2021 1:12pm
13th May 2021 1:12pm
THE FUZZY BEAST
listen...
a boy lets it spill
but a man has learned to tuck it in
and hold it close
and push on through
and not shake
or quake
or cower
or at least not let anybody see
and hell, son,
feelings ain't shit
and ain't nobody gonna
ask about your feelings anyway
'cause you're man
and a man don't fret
and don't dwell
and don't crack or cry
but stands stalwart
and takes it on
and damn if a man whose beat down
can't fake a swagger
and say "fuck it" and "goddamn"
and flick...
a boy lets it spill
but a man has learned to tuck it in
and hold it close
and push on through
and not shake
or quake
or cower
or at least not let anybody see
and hell, son,
feelings ain't shit
and ain't nobody gonna
ask about your feelings anyway
'cause you're man
and a man don't fret
and don't dwell
and don't crack or cry
but stands stalwart
and takes it on
and damn if a man whose beat down
can't fake a swagger
and say "fuck it" and "goddamn"
and flick...
#masculinity
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