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.
JohnnyBlaze
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:19pm
Yesterday 8:19pm
One Way Eyes
Out of clear blue skies
propaganda laced with lies
Some people will believe
anything they read;
take it at face value
Absent
when where whats whys
It comes as no surprise
There will always be
those incapable of
thinking for themselves
looking at everything
with one way eyes;
cornea corridors harrowing
lead into minds narrowing
treading stepping stones
made from lemming bones
Careful now
or you'll find yourself too late
heading headfirst ...
propaganda laced with lies
Some people will believe
anything they read;
take it at face value
Absent
when where whats whys
It comes as no surprise
There will always be
those incapable of
thinking for themselves
looking at everything
with one way eyes;
cornea corridors harrowing
lead into minds narrowing
treading stepping stones
made from lemming bones
Careful now
or you'll find yourself too late
heading headfirst ...
#lies
#politics
26 reads
8 Comments
snugglebuck
Poem Published
12th Jun 2019 11:15pm
12th Jun 2019 11:15pm
EVICTION IS MY PREDICTION
Mother Nature can be a vengeful bitch
She'll destroy us, long before we can destroy her
Sooner or later, she'll tire of our harassment
And in diatribe she'll smite us from this planet
The end of humanity does not mean the end of the world
Seems the earth is still doing fine, since the Neanderthal demise
Don't think, for a minute, that you can hide behind God
For if not God's mistress, Mother Earth is the Goddess
The next war, will not be man against man
But man against nature
Want to bet who wins?
She'll destroy us, long before we can destroy her
Sooner or later, she'll tire of our harassment
And in diatribe she'll smite us from this planet
The end of humanity does not mean the end of the world
Seems the earth is still doing fine, since the Neanderthal demise
Don't think, for a minute, that you can hide behind God
For if not God's mistress, Mother Earth is the Goddess
The next war, will not be man against man
But man against nature
Want to bet who wins?
#politics
#earth
#environment
#pollution
#God
36 reads
5 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
11th Jun 2019 7:21pm
11th Jun 2019 7:21pm
Arts and Artists
I couldn't agree with you more
in fact…
100 per cent to be sure.
You have drawn forth
many a point to ponder…
why? and who? and wherefore?
What can we do
...to...
effect change in this world?
...oh...
There's one thing more...
How can we...
better use ...the
incredible power of poetry?
in fact…
100 per cent to be sure.
You have drawn forth
many a point to ponder…
why? and who? and wherefore?
What can we do
...to...
effect change in this world?
...oh...
There's one thing more...
How can we...
better use ...the
incredible power of poetry?
#politics
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #art
#WritingPoetry #art
48 reads
8 Comments
Kiddiegrinder
Michael J
Michael J
Poem Published
11th Jun 2019 4:43pm
11th Jun 2019 4:43pm
The kids are sleeping soundly.
#politics
#bullying
#tragedy
32 reads
2 Comments
AnonymousBystander
Poem Published
10th Jun 2019 9:16am
10th Jun 2019 9:16am
Mark Kennedy Stone
.. did she really give
consent to a man unknown
Mark Kennedy ... ... Stone?
consent to a man unknown
Mark Kennedy ... ... Stone?
#corruption
#abuse
#politics
#senryu
#HumanRights
21 reads
2 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
9th Jun 2019 2:28am
9th Jun 2019 2:28am
Limericks: No Foul
I wake up early just to seize the day
I take my friends along to show the way
On mountaintops we’ll shout
To spread the word about
A new exciting rhyme that’s here to stay!
It’s lim’ricks safe & sane, happy & clean
G-rated “good” for pets & sans obscene
They’re all the rage this year
And fortified, I hear
It’s all clear from the Towers to the Queen.
The Lifers and the Lobbyists all pray,
Reciting lines of humor will hold sway;
To send their message clear
Without...
I take my friends along to show the way
On mountaintops we’ll shout
To spread the word about
A new exciting rhyme that’s here to stay!
It’s lim’ricks safe & sane, happy & clean
G-rated “good” for pets & sans obscene
They’re all the rage this year
And fortified, I hear
It’s all clear from the Towers to the Queen.
The Lifers and the Lobbyists all pray,
Reciting lines of humor will hold sway;
To send their message clear
Without...
#politics
#motivational
#limerick #satirical
#limerick #satirical
73 reads
10 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
8th Jun 2019 9:21am
8th Jun 2019 9:21am
the Greek- Orthodox church
The Greek- Orthodox Church
The church has deep roots in the Russian soul
The church is powerful the President listens
To the church who want Russia to be a culture
Not infected by the West's corruption of faith.
Where everything is forgiven to the point of
Taking religion for granted.
We in the west being emotion finally dishonest
Is baffled by this worship, but to keep our faith
Clean we must embrace the Russian concept
Of conviction, if we are to find salvation in a cruel
world, understanding that man is also a soul.
I have been...
The church has deep roots in the Russian soul
The church is powerful the President listens
To the church who want Russia to be a culture
Not infected by the West's corruption of faith.
Where everything is forgiven to the point of
Taking religion for granted.
We in the west being emotion finally dishonest
Is baffled by this worship, but to keep our faith
Clean we must embrace the Russian concept
Of conviction, if we are to find salvation in a cruel
world, understanding that man is also a soul.
I have been...
#identity
#politics
#responsibility
17 reads
0 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
8th Jun 2019 2:53am
8th Jun 2019 2:53am
Dawn Of A New Day
downtown
past the levee
beyond the lakefront
lukewarm waffles
consumed by men who talk
of laodicean liberty
ready for labor
on loom
or lithograph
docks of wood
factories of
brick and steel
lampblack night
fading to
pastel morning
scent of lilac
in spring air
gives luster
to an otherwise
ordinary morning
past the levee
beyond the lakefront
lukewarm waffles
consumed by men who talk
of laodicean liberty
ready for labor
on loom
or lithograph
docks of wood
factories of
brick and steel
lampblack night
fading to
pastel morning
scent of lilac
in spring air
gives luster
to an otherwise
ordinary morning
#beauty
#politics
#flowers
#sun
#morning
35 reads
0 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
6th Jun 2019 10:11am
6th Jun 2019 10:11am
war memories
War Memories
We see the pomp and circumstances
Old soldiers with a modest medal, the queen
And Donald Trump.
The real winner of this war Russia is on
This day overlooked, and history as we see
It displayed is a historical falsehood.
The old soldiers fought ok, kudos to them
In a war that was real.
The war didn’t end it continues in Palestine,
Syria, Iraq and other places, democracy
In no longer on the agenda- unless we
Talk about as a total subjection as a democracy-
It is about oil and power.
It is sweet to think the...
We see the pomp and circumstances
Old soldiers with a modest medal, the queen
And Donald Trump.
The real winner of this war Russia is on
This day overlooked, and history as we see
It displayed is a historical falsehood.
The old soldiers fought ok, kudos to them
In a war that was real.
The war didn’t end it continues in Palestine,
Syria, Iraq and other places, democracy
In no longer on the agenda- unless we
Talk about as a total subjection as a democracy-
It is about oil and power.
It is sweet to think the...
#identity
#politics
#morality
#responsibility
#masculinity
27 reads
2 Comments
1Docmcruz
Nourish Cruz
Nourish Cruz
Poem Published
4th Jun 2019 3:25am
4th Jun 2019 3:25am
Liberty’s Legs Are Spread
Through the sickness and the slaughter
they are your sons & daughters
Sipping survival like Flint Water
just enough to get by
tongues out to the sky
hoping the clouds don’t dry
I Tell you
when you tip the well
wish them well first
this goes beyond thirst
progress reversed
American soil soaked in sweat and sin
borders death and grim
the levee broke
are we really woke?
5 days FEMAless at the superdome
20,000 without a...
they are your sons & daughters
Sipping survival like Flint Water
just enough to get by
tongues out to the sky
hoping the clouds don’t dry
I Tell you
when you tip the well
wish them well first
this goes beyond thirst
progress reversed
American soil soaked in sweat and sin
borders death and grim
the levee broke
are we really woke?
5 days FEMAless at the superdome
20,000 without a...
#politics
#storm
#CallToAction
50 reads
2 Comments
AaHarvey
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2019 8:01pm
3rd Jun 2019 8:01pm
Revolution : Part Two
William Blake saw a New World Order.
A revolution, a new way forward.
To feel is to exist and our feelings come before our thoughts;
But anarchy is illegal, you must follow the cardinal rules.
You need a God, to live your lives,
To make you believe, it will turn out alright;
To let you believe, what you think is right.
Well do what you must and release me from life.
Lay me down under the guillotine,
Then let me say goodbye to my wife.
I simply stare into the basket,
Before I float up to the light.
Sacrifice...
A revolution, a new way forward.
To feel is to exist and our feelings come before our thoughts;
But anarchy is illegal, you must follow the cardinal rules.
You need a God, to live your lives,
To make you believe, it will turn out alright;
To let you believe, what you think is right.
Well do what you must and release me from life.
Lay me down under the guillotine,
Then let me say goodbye to my wife.
I simply stare into the basket,
Before I float up to the light.
Sacrifice...
#politics
#death
#LifeAsAWriter
#dialogue
#rebellion
25 reads
0 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2019 8:01pm
3rd Jun 2019 8:01pm
Of Our Sun & Soul, Mystified & Molten as Bleeding Beating Origami
1.
Reading Nature..amidst misc. roaded politics of home & the homeless
pandemonium of parrots
in a skeined murmuration scheme... moves
over an afternoon summer rains’ mixed up may skies
screech in maximally amplifying and echoing lucidity
whilst hurrying back to their inviting raw mangoed
densely greenery grooved vulnerabilities -their
canopies are Mother Nature’s
umbrellaed nurture
in mushrooming silhouettes
towards the horizon
whatever scales be the testing ...
Reading Nature..amidst misc. roaded politics of home & the homeless
pandemonium of parrots
in a skeined murmuration scheme... moves
over an afternoon summer rains’ mixed up may skies
screech in maximally amplifying and echoing lucidity
whilst hurrying back to their inviting raw mangoed
densely greenery grooved vulnerabilities -their
canopies are Mother Nature’s
umbrellaed nurture
in mushrooming silhouettes
towards the horizon
whatever scales be the testing ...
#love
#identity
#politics
#nature
#spiritual
88 reads
4 Comments
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