Poems about Oppression
#oppression
Poems about oppression, situations in which people are governed in an unjust way. Facing oppression by suffering prolonged cruelty and being prevented from having freedom and opportunity. Here you'll find distressing poems about people being subject to oppressive treatment by society and those in power.
Burningbutterfly
Poem Published
17th Jan 2022 2:50pm
17th Jan 2022 2:50pm
Tin Foil King
I don’t want to dream
Light lost and languid sleep
The demise of paper queens
Bow to the tin foil king
Shepherding sheep
On cliffs with bloody feet
Mothers weep
Dragons teeth sink deep
Wounds seep
infection
Perception deepens
Depending on innovation
Creation
Masterbating to factories emasculation
Take back the medication
Cracked open at seams
Hypocrisy beams
Power is leprocy
Abolish the hierarchy
I am tired
Crucify the beast
Bow to the tin foil...
Light lost and languid sleep
The demise of paper queens
Bow to the tin foil king
Shepherding sheep
On cliffs with bloody feet
Mothers weep
Dragons teeth sink deep
Wounds seep
infection
Perception deepens
Depending on innovation
Creation
Masterbating to factories emasculation
Take back the medication
Cracked open at seams
Hypocrisy beams
Power is leprocy
Abolish the hierarchy
I am tired
Crucify the beast
Bow to the tin foil...
#corruption
#oppression
#power
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missjem56
Poem Published
15th Jan 2022 11:56pm
15th Jan 2022 11:56pm
Broken Dreams
Mars, and Jupiter
Are
In mythological terms
Planets of war
Although
In reality
Tis Earth
On which we all dwell
Some of humanity
It's inhumanity
Can make it for many
Just like Hell
Yet we still live in hope
That Utopian dreams
Will cast a magic spell
False realities
Never cease
The mayhem
As those that hope
For better things
Fall into a quagmire
Of shattered dreams
by Jemia
Are
In mythological terms
Planets of war
Although
In reality
Tis Earth
On which we all dwell
Some of humanity
It's inhumanity
Can make it for many
Just like Hell
Yet we still live in hope
That Utopian dreams
Will cast a magic spell
False realities
Never cease
The mayhem
As those that hope
For better things
Fall into a quagmire
Of shattered dreams
by Jemia
#oppression
#war
#inequality
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Iwanttobestardust
Poem Published
15th Jan 2022 6:30am
15th Jan 2022 6:30am
Bubble gum
#depression
#childhood
#abuse
#oppression
#manipulation
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Xaphan
Poem Published
13th Jan 2022 7:10pm
13th Jan 2022 7:10pm
Who's The Enemy
Who are the fearmongers, that even bygone gods, would forsake
Holier-than-thou, when they sermonize, they're preachers of hate
Or are there no questions, to be asked, amongst humanity's flock
Submissive to the end, as the avaricious gaze upon us and mock
There's no rhyme or reason, for us to fear the harmless unknown
Hysteria though, is their poisonous seed, that can easily be sown
Every doubt evinced, funds the venality of the corrupted in power
Entrenching the demagoguery of delusions, to make us all cower
Narcissistic leaders and their oligarch...
Holier-than-thou, when they sermonize, they're preachers of hate
Or are there no questions, to be asked, amongst humanity's flock
Submissive to the end, as the avaricious gaze upon us and mock
There's no rhyme or reason, for us to fear the harmless unknown
Hysteria though, is their poisonous seed, that can easily be sown
Every doubt evinced, funds the venality of the corrupted in power
Entrenching the demagoguery of delusions, to make us all cower
Narcissistic leaders and their oligarch...
#corruption
#oppression
#power
#politics
#greed
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Wired6
Poem Published
8th Jan 2022 3:32am
8th Jan 2022 3:32am
TELL ME-(USE WORDS).
You gotta be joking,
What u saying,
Ain't no time for his-tor-ry.
Was on a Mission,
Instigating wars in every Cu-un-try!
Get down Boy,
Move out my way.
Can't bear 2 see u suffer this way.
They Tell Me,
Its time 2 deliver.
They Tell Me,
I gotta move up a gear.
Persuade me,
Its right now or never.
Don't u want 2 Die,fully Aware?
©Wired6/Inc.1997
What u saying,
Ain't no time for his-tor-ry.
Was on a Mission,
Instigating wars in every Cu-un-try!
Get down Boy,
Move out my way.
Can't bear 2 see u suffer this way.
They Tell Me,
Its time 2 deliver.
They Tell Me,
I gotta move up a gear.
Persuade me,
Its right now or never.
Don't u want 2 Die,fully Aware?
©Wired6/Inc.1997
#corruption
#oppression
#power #inequality
#power #inequality
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Madcinder
Poem Published
30th Dec 2021 11:40pm
30th Dec 2021 11:40pm
(C)
Can you see the blinded masses?
Can you hear deafness of the Earth?
Do you smell the scent of vastness?
Do you know the whole of a mind's worth?
Can you put a price on it?
Can you take away the pain?
Do you think it's cause we hate it?
Do you think it takes away their fame?
Can you put me in prison?
I'm in a country that's not yours?
Do you care for my visions?
Or only care for your wars.
Whether they put it all on paper.
Or they make it on the screen.
Their life's career on a wager.
Pass your bill,...
Can you hear deafness of the Earth?
Do you smell the scent of vastness?
Do you know the whole of a mind's worth?
Can you put a price on it?
Can you take away the pain?
Do you think it's cause we hate it?
Do you think it takes away their fame?
Can you put me in prison?
I'm in a country that's not yours?
Do you care for my visions?
Or only care for your wars.
Whether they put it all on paper.
Or they make it on the screen.
Their life's career on a wager.
Pass your bill,...
#oppression
#politics
#lyrics
#freedom
#art
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Pishashee
Poem Published
19th Dec 2021 1:14am
19th Dec 2021 1:14am
Notes 1984
Given a chance I'll stare
out the window
at the gray day
in its every detail.
My bedroom window
looks down to a couple
of red & blue houses on the corner,
I see the blemishes,
and then think nothing of it ever.
Except,
Trumpsters are nothing
but a bunch of shit-eating
lipstick wearing pigs
that woke out of an Orwell
novel as today's half Prole,
half Outer Party society,
each of them keeping
to the right pitch
of thier Inner orthodox.
I too wish...
out the window
at the gray day
in its every detail.
My bedroom window
looks down to a couple
of red & blue houses on the corner,
I see the blemishes,
and then think nothing of it ever.
Except,
Trumpsters are nothing
but a bunch of shit-eating
lipstick wearing pigs
that woke out of an Orwell
novel as today's half Prole,
half Outer Party society,
each of them keeping
to the right pitch
of thier Inner orthodox.
I too wish...
#oppression
#politics
#freedom
#ignorance
#deception
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Taurek
Poem Published
29th Nov 2021 00:34am
29th Nov 2021 00:34am
Billy Goat and The Rest Of The Tchotchkes
This package is supposed
to be here tonight by 9pm,
but the website still says
“Label Created” and it’s
6:51 PM
not even “On the Way”
these creepers I bought are
10pounds each and murder
on my feet, but I like them
I mean, I really want to
know who else sips
ice cold Tito’s and
chases it with
White Claw
every night
I misunderstood an upcoming
job and now I’m not mad
anymore
I’ve got the employment
blues
the more you get rid of
things, the more you find...
to be here tonight by 9pm,
but the website still says
“Label Created” and it’s
6:51 PM
not even “On the Way”
these creepers I bought are
10pounds each and murder
on my feet, but I like them
I mean, I really want to
know who else sips
ice cold Tito’s and
chases it with
White Claw
every night
I misunderstood an upcoming
job and now I’m not mad
anymore
I’ve got the employment
blues
the more you get rid of
things, the more you find...
#marriage
#oppression
#alcohol
#disappointment
#separation
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Wired6
Poem Published
25th Nov 2021 11:10pm
25th Nov 2021 11:10pm
P.L.A.T.E
One day I ate a porcelain plate.
I endeavoured 2 eat it all.
Within a matter of minutes.
The porcelain plate swallowed me whole.
©Wired6. 6/09/2021
I endeavoured 2 eat it all.
Within a matter of minutes.
The porcelain plate swallowed me whole.
©Wired6. 6/09/2021
#oppression
#power
#evolution
#consumerism
#inequality
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missjem56
Poem Published
24th Nov 2021 8:52pm
24th Nov 2021 8:52pm
Chainsaw Massacre
The tree stood, no longer
Amongst friends
Silent, and alone
As it bathed
In an now unhealthy ozone
Other than its leaves
Trembling
In a chilling breeze
The breeze picked up
And strengthened
The leaves were pushed together
Like unwanted lovers
Embraced, then screaming
No longer under cover
As a sharp wind
Ripped them free
From their mother tree
No longer in her tender embrace
As she was soon
To be bleeding sap
Bare, and barren
From her emerald glory
Her children now gone
And lying...
Amongst friends
Silent, and alone
As it bathed
In an now unhealthy ozone
Other than its leaves
Trembling
In a chilling breeze
The breeze picked up
And strengthened
The leaves were pushed together
Like unwanted lovers
Embraced, then screaming
No longer under cover
As a sharp wind
Ripped them free
From their mother tree
No longer in her tender embrace
As she was soon
To be bleeding sap
Bare, and barren
From her emerald glory
Her children now gone
And lying...
#oppression
#environment
#nature
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Wired6
Poem Published
23rd Nov 2021 6:24pm
23rd Nov 2021 6:24pm
Que Sera,Sera.
On a fine Territory,
Granted autonomy, eventually,
By the big ole Queenie
The citizens of "Mean'tmuch more2me", celebrated
this historical event with jovial sentimentality,
much 2 the dismay of the big ole Queenie.
But she hadn't a choice,for if she didn't set the country free,
they were prepared 2 use havack on her country. Immediately.
So relinquish, did Queenie, the country of " Meantmuchmore2me",
leaving them 2
Party
Party
Party,indefinitely.
Now you're free,said Queenie, 2...
Granted autonomy, eventually,
By the big ole Queenie
The citizens of "Mean'tmuch more2me", celebrated
this historical event with jovial sentimentality,
much 2 the dismay of the big ole Queenie.
But she hadn't a choice,for if she didn't set the country free,
they were prepared 2 use havack on her country. Immediately.
So relinquish, did Queenie, the country of " Meantmuchmore2me",
leaving them 2
Party
Party
Party,indefinitely.
Now you're free,said Queenie, 2...
#corruption
#oppression
#politics
#poverty
#rebellion
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slipalong
Poem Published
19th Nov 2021 9:53am
19th Nov 2021 9:53am
Stolen childhood
The grace of holy waters
come unto me for I am goodness
lend me your sons and daughters
faery spirits, always giving more not less
for this will be the Narnia, away from all the creeping damned
come, come dear child, you soon will understand
Sing with me in the morning chill
the sprite of youth will jump, as the salmon
on the weir
turn the days as the paddles on the waterwheel
steal the dreams from underneath mushrooms sphere
For this will be the Narnia away from all the creeping dammed
come, come dear...
come unto me for I am goodness
lend me your sons and daughters
faery spirits, always giving more not less
for this will be the Narnia, away from all the creeping damned
come, come dear child, you soon will understand
Sing with me in the morning chill
the sprite of youth will jump, as the salmon
on the weir
turn the days as the paddles on the waterwheel
steal the dreams from underneath mushrooms sphere
For this will be the Narnia away from all the creeping dammed
come, come dear...
#childhood
#oppression
#suffering
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