Poetry about Politics
#politics
A view of politics, from all corners of the world, expressed through poetry. Here you'll find poems about politics, power and government. This includes poems about support or criticism for particular political parties or leaders. Also, poetry about issues like poverty, law and discrimination and shining a light on how state corruption affects societies.
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
31st Jan 2025 11:27pm
31st Jan 2025 11:27pm
old drunk bloke in the café says
used to think we’d be undone by our
own cleverness, but then you voted for trump,
and we voted for brexit,
and you voted for trump again,
and I knew it would be stupidity that would
finally kill us ..
own cleverness, but then you voted for trump,
and we voted for brexit,
and you voted for trump again,
and I knew it would be stupidity that would
finally kill us ..
#food
#politics
27 reads
5 Comments
MalcolmG
Poem Published
30th Jan 2025 10:56am
30th Jan 2025 10:56am
Truth ( Explicit )
#corruption
#politics
#TruthOfLife
20 reads
2 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
30th Jan 2025 1:38am
30th Jan 2025 1:38am
F Your Xenophobic Gulf Name
Gulf of MEXICO
No crazy man's renaming
in my 5th grade room
No crazy man's renaming
in my 5th grade room
#politics
#school
#culture #senryu
#culture #senryu
70 reads
10 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
29th Jan 2025 8:45pm
29th Jan 2025 8:45pm
Uncle Scam
All he did was make lots of threats
and still he got the votes
from white folks with bajillion frets
stoked by kazillion gloats.
They were the smash mouth runagates
who mostly had it good,
except for all their mental states;
as brittle as dead wood...
where moral muscle had been found,
perhaps when they were six,
but now their morals are unsound
all due to MAGA tricks.
The kind that turns a decent kid
into a raging troll,
like the kind who flips his lid...
when Bishops show some soul.
and still he got the votes
from white folks with bajillion frets
stoked by kazillion gloats.
They were the smash mouth runagates
who mostly had it good,
except for all their mental states;
as brittle as dead wood...
where moral muscle had been found,
perhaps when they were six,
but now their morals are unsound
all due to MAGA tricks.
The kind that turns a decent kid
into a raging troll,
like the kind who flips his lid...
when Bishops show some soul.
#abuse
#HumanRights
#politics
#PopCulture
#responsibility
95 reads
7 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
29th Jan 2025 1:46am
29th Jan 2025 1:46am
Watch and see
I'll end the war in Ukraine
within the first 24 hours
if elected president
Trump said
Day 21:
Russian troops push
toward Pokrovsk
as we speak
Trump remains silent
far too busy raging war
on our democracy
to maintain control:
commuting his militia
—J6 insurrectionists—
who'll beat police officers
and the national guard,
replacing qualified personnel
with predators and drunks
he deems loyalists,
cancelling health research
education...
within the first 24 hours
if elected president
Trump said
Day 21:
Russian troops push
toward Pokrovsk
as we speak
Trump remains silent
far too busy raging war
on our democracy
to maintain control:
commuting his militia
—J6 insurrectionists—
who'll beat police officers
and the national guard,
replacing qualified personnel
with predators and drunks
he deems loyalists,
cancelling health research
education...
#CallToAction
#faith
#politics #rebellion
#politics #rebellion
139 reads
25 Comments
Da_kwesta
Poem Published
26th Jan 2025 6:35am
26th Jan 2025 6:35am
The Crime of Words
If ink becomes illegal,
if words are chained and burned in the square—
what then of us, the lunatics with pens?
Would we bite the tips of our tongues
and bleed verses into our mouths,
spitting sonnets in shadows
where no ear dares linger?
Would we smuggle metaphors
in the seams of our jackets,
carve haikus into bathroom stalls
with the jagged edges of broken stars?
Would we gather under moonlight—
a cult of mad scribes,
pounding out our madness on rocks
until they crack open like truth?
They will call us...
if words are chained and burned in the square—
what then of us, the lunatics with pens?
Would we bite the tips of our tongues
and bleed verses into our mouths,
spitting sonnets in shadows
where no ear dares linger?
Would we smuggle metaphors
in the seams of our jackets,
carve haikus into bathroom stalls
with the jagged edges of broken stars?
Would we gather under moonlight—
a cult of mad scribes,
pounding out our madness on rocks
until they crack open like truth?
They will call us...
#grief
#heartbroken
#philosophical #politics
#philosophical #politics
55 reads
2 Comments
Kementic1
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2025 5:36pm
23rd Jan 2025 5:36pm
The I.C.E. Man Cometh*
I am not talking about Jerry Butler’s song
but the real fear illegal aliens face all day long
Hanging over them like the sword of Damocles is the threat of deportation
from our ungrateful nation
Because of Racial indifference as in O’Neil’s play
which is our “reality” here in America today
The System uses the law to mask hate
and to slow down the USA’s eventual fate
Because come 2040 the US will no longer have a White majority
and the tables will turn in favor of the current POC minority
With the end of...
but the real fear illegal aliens face all day long
Hanging over them like the sword of Damocles is the threat of deportation
from our ungrateful nation
Because of Racial indifference as in O’Neil’s play
which is our “reality” here in America today
The System uses the law to mask hate
and to slow down the USA’s eventual fate
Because come 2040 the US will no longer have a White majority
and the tables will turn in favor of the current POC minority
With the end of...
#freedom
#HumanRights
#politics
#power
#racism
136 reads
1 Comment
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2025 11:38pm
22nd Jan 2025 11:38pm
authoritarianism, ad infinitum
nothing to do with us,
although we’ve got
our own
right wing problem
is that so many people seem to
like ‘em
although we’ve got
our own
right wing problem
is that so many people seem to
like ‘em
#ignorance
#politics
#racism
49 reads
2 Comments
spectralfeline
vharlin
vharlin
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2025 8:15pm
22nd Jan 2025 8:15pm
saga of transformation (pt.2)
seven long years have such haggard feet tread hostile, uneven ground.
f̸r̸i̸e̴n̴d̴s̵h̸i̵p̴s̷ ̷l̶i̶e̵ ̵i̵n̵ ̵r̵u̸i̴n̸s̷;̵ ̵s̸p̷r̷o̷u̵t̷e̴d̵ ̵f̷r̴o̸m̸ ̴s̶t̶a̶g̵n̸a̴t̵i̵o̷n̷.
one cannot build such a foundation upon a kingdom of ever shifting sand.
now wiser, laugh lines share a silent defiance of it all; the ever churning call of...
f̸r̸i̸e̴n̴d̴s̵h̸i̵p̴s̷ ̷l̶i̶e̵ ̵i̵n̵ ̵r̵u̸i̴n̸s̷;̵ ̵s̸p̷r̷o̷u̵t̷e̴d̵ ̵f̷r̴o̸m̸ ̴s̶t̶a̶g̵n̸a̴t̵i̵o̷n̷.
one cannot build such a foundation upon a kingdom of ever shifting sand.
now wiser, laugh lines share a silent defiance of it all; the ever churning call of...
#PersonalGrowth
#politics
#SelfDiscovery #SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery #SelfReflection
89 reads
0 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
21st Jan 2025 7:14pm
21st Jan 2025 7:14pm
The elephants
Elephants are huge
they cast giant shadows
have wide flat round feet
and lots of love for the trunk.
Elephants are annoying
with their bodies
stunning
the soft memories
of stupid children's faces.
Elephants know
many and diverse people
which if it's not a friend
must be a far relative.
Such lonely animals
take up lots of space
but they can't hide
because they don't fit
in the closets.
They mess with everything and everyone
want to be part of history
but they get lost in...
they cast giant shadows
have wide flat round feet
and lots of love for the trunk.
Elephants are annoying
with their bodies
stunning
the soft memories
of stupid children's faces.
Elephants know
many and diverse people
which if it's not a friend
must be a far relative.
Such lonely animals
take up lots of space
but they can't hide
because they don't fit
in the closets.
They mess with everything and everyone
want to be part of history
but they get lost in...
#corruption
#fear
#LifeStruggles
#politics
#storm
58 reads
4 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
20th Jan 2025 8:19pm
20th Jan 2025 8:19pm
Brand New Monarchies
Of the rich the poor should be suspicious
since we remember from old afflictions
that too much cash makes them injudicious
and prone to corruptions and addictions.
Evil hides behind tradition's shield
and unchecked influence leads to bad things
which is why old yankees took the field
to tell the world that we don't need kings!
Yet now we're told to kiss the rich man's ass
and that any sort of foment is treason,
but sometimes when the boss is unduly crass
that fomented voice...is the voice of reason!
Somehow...
since we remember from old afflictions
that too much cash makes them injudicious
and prone to corruptions and addictions.
Evil hides behind tradition's shield
and unchecked influence leads to bad things
which is why old yankees took the field
to tell the world that we don't need kings!
Yet now we're told to kiss the rich man's ass
and that any sort of foment is treason,
but sometimes when the boss is unduly crass
that fomented voice...is the voice of reason!
Somehow...
#politics
117 reads
17 Comments
Cyndi_Moone
Poem Published
15th Jan 2025 11:17pm
15th Jan 2025 11:17pm
OBAMA
A simple slogan for his two-term campaign
As he waltzed right through to hold America’s reign.
With every stride and every step, he paved upon
His imprint slogan, “Change [Americans] Can Count On.”
His certainty, assertiveness, and lean demeanor
Placed arrogance and haughtiness on the back steamer.
Courteous smile and well-mannered self
Proved such simplicity bore a mine of wealth
Deep within the essence of his being.
Whether his slogan was taken
Or mis-taken
Whether deemed positive or negative
It was definitely not...
As he waltzed right through to hold America’s reign.
With every stride and every step, he paved upon
His imprint slogan, “Change [Americans] Can Count On.”
His certainty, assertiveness, and lean demeanor
Placed arrogance and haughtiness on the back steamer.
Courteous smile and well-mannered self
Proved such simplicity bore a mine of wealth
Deep within the essence of his being.
Whether his slogan was taken
Or mis-taken
Whether deemed positive or negative
It was definitely not...
#politics
4 reads
0 Comments
DU Poetry : Poetry about Politics
