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.
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Atomic Breath
#politics
#CallToAction
#freedom
#HumanRights
#NaPoWriMo2019
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Bullshit
Why is fake news?
Called fake news?
In the good ole' days
'We' used a more direct approach
It was simply called bullshit
And was oft used as a pronoun
Normally associated with certain individuals
Known for speaking untruths, aka lies
Such as 'bullshit Bob' etc
I did know someone
Who called themselves bullshit Dave
Or whatever his name was
But i kind of respected him for that
For his honesty
About his dishonesty
But then again
Maybe he was bullshitting
About being a bullshitter
Nice...
Called fake news?
In the good ole' days
'We' used a more direct approach
It was simply called bullshit
And was oft used as a pronoun
Normally associated with certain individuals
Known for speaking untruths, aka lies
Such as 'bullshit Bob' etc
I did know someone
Who called themselves bullshit Dave
Or whatever his name was
But i kind of respected him for that
For his honesty
About his dishonesty
But then again
Maybe he was bullshitting
About being a bullshitter
Nice...
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#honesty #deception
#honesty #deception
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Daze Dreaming
You can try & scream for change
Higher officials suck
Day to day life drains you dry
Nobody gives two fucks!
Professional Castigation
A disbelieving eye
Drug Free America won’t occur
Supply & demand until you die
People here are dazed
Epidemic of handling life
Drunk to remember tomorrow
Buried five feet under tonight
Higher officials suck
Day to day life drains you dry
Nobody gives two fucks!
Professional Castigation
A disbelieving eye
Drug Free America won’t occur
Supply & demand until you die
People here are dazed
Epidemic of handling life
Drunk to remember tomorrow
Buried five feet under tonight
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#alcohol
#drugs
#ignorance
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Triumph
My sibling had a journey through pressure
in the sear of July
increased tensions,
following a deliberation
rusted and decayed out leaders
they sang the song of the death dirge
we can all now rest in peace
in the sear of July
increased tensions,
following a deliberation
rusted and decayed out leaders
they sang the song of the death dirge
we can all now rest in peace
#corruption
#politics
#war
#peace
#success
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A David you're not
If you want to throw stones
at a giant
make sure there is a volcano
in your palm
ready to erupt
when it hits your target
Sling it in an arch
big enough
to make the degree scream
sign language to the deaf
Let the whistling of its trajectory
wake the earth
let every eye follow the arc
of its intended path
breaking sound barriers
along the way
If you want to sling stones
at a giant
make sure there’s a volcano
in your palm
ready to erupt
when it hits...
at a giant
make sure there is a volcano
in your palm
ready to erupt
when it hits your target
Sling it in an arch
big enough
to make the degree scream
sign language to the deaf
Let the whistling of its trajectory
wake the earth
let every eye follow the arc
of its intended path
breaking sound barriers
along the way
If you want to sling stones
at a giant
make sure there’s a volcano
in your palm
ready to erupt
when it hits...
#politics
#bullying
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Polar Opposites
The mainstreams news — the NY Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, MSNBC, CNN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS — simply stopped reporting the news and repeated whatever the fascist Pharma state told them to say.
All knowledge production industries stopped producing knowledge and fell in line to produce fascism, misery, and death to enrich the ruling class. It is as if the Enlightenment and the revolutions (scientific, political, and social) of the last two hundred and fifty years never happened.
The political left became the authoritarian right as they...
All knowledge production industries stopped producing knowledge and fell in line to produce fascism, misery, and death to enrich the ruling class. It is as if the Enlightenment and the revolutions (scientific, political, and social) of the last two hundred and fifty years never happened.
The political left became the authoritarian right as they...
#lies
#corruption
#politics
#greed
#manipulation
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Shut Up and Read
Are you aware of the facts?
Racist fucking lies
Government is corrupt
Earth born Genocide
Do you truly give a fuck?
Society's ultimate demise
Warning before we deconstruct
Authorities killing minorities
So much useless crime
Who's serving the time?
Your told to obey these fools
You coward in the shadows
You act more like a pack of mules
Racist fucking lies
Government is corrupt
Earth born Genocide
Do you truly give a fuck?
Society's ultimate demise
Warning before we deconstruct
Authorities killing minorities
So much useless crime
Who's serving the time?
Your told to obey these fools
You coward in the shadows
You act more like a pack of mules
#corruption
#politics
#rhyming
#HumanRights
#inequality
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Women’s Rights
A zygote is a person
you say
In or out of the womb
God’s creation
you decree
So has rights!
Already a person
Until they are born
[a woman]
then
rights dissolve
[because its a woman]
A woman’s rights are now
dictated
by
another’s religion
Rapist’s conceptions
have more rights
[than the woman]
A fetus that won’t live
has more rights
[than the woman]
A baby, dying in the womb
has more rights
[than the woman who grieves and may die for the life...
you say
In or out of the womb
God’s creation
you decree
So has rights!
Already a person
Until they are born
[a woman]
then
rights dissolve
[because its a woman]
A woman’s rights are now
dictated
by
another’s religion
Rapist’s conceptions
have more rights
[than the woman]
A fetus that won’t live
has more rights
[than the woman]
A baby, dying in the womb
has more rights
[than the woman who grieves and may die for the life...
#anger
#politics
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Please Stay
stay
don’t let
recruiters prey
stay
don’t heed
liars on grandstands
stay
don’t be lured
by empty promises
stay
don’t toil
for distant oil
stay
don’t join
mercenary bands
stay
don’t go
to foreign lands
stay
your tribe
needs strong hands
stay
don’t leave our blood
on foreign sands
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
don’t let
recruiters prey
stay
don’t heed
liars on grandstands
stay
don’t be lured
by empty promises
stay
don’t toil
for distant oil
stay
don’t join
mercenary bands
stay
don’t go
to foreign lands
stay
your tribe
needs strong hands
stay
don’t leave our blood
on foreign sands
© 2024 Raibeart Bruis
#love
#politics
#war #son
#war #son
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Communism 2.0
Who am I, who are you?
Can this world be true?
Or are we all in fact
Stuck inside a shoe?
Who is that, who are they?
Is the world in dismay?
Or are we all broken
Beginning to decay?
Who are you, who am I?
Is reality a lie?
Locked inside your head
Are you ready to die?
Who are they, who is that?
Can you handle the crack?
We’re tangled in absurdity
About to attack!
Who am I, who are you?
What’s a girl to do?
We need a better plan
To create the world anew
Who is...
Can this world be true?
Or are we all in fact
Stuck inside a shoe?
Who is that, who are they?
Is the world in dismay?
Or are we all broken
Beginning to decay?
Who are you, who am I?
Is reality a lie?
Locked inside your head
Are you ready to die?
Who are they, who is that?
Can you handle the crack?
We’re tangled in absurdity
About to attack!
Who am I, who are you?
What’s a girl to do?
We need a better plan
To create the world anew
Who is...
#politics
#CallToAction
#rebellion
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Scrambling on the ground
I’m scrambling on the ground
Tryna find a pound
Can’t afford my rent
The systems fucking bent
I can’t afford food
I’ve lost a fucking screw
Life feels so depraved
My reactions been delayed
I don’t want your sympathy
I wanna keep my dignity
Just help a geezer out
And stop with all your clout
I want us to be free
Abolish the depravity
That grips the whole world
It’s a story still untold
You don’t think of us paupers
You rape our sons and daughters
You slaughter us
You...
Tryna find a pound
Can’t afford my rent
The systems fucking bent
I can’t afford food
I’ve lost a fucking screw
Life feels so depraved
My reactions been delayed
I don’t want your sympathy
I wanna keep my dignity
Just help a geezer out
And stop with all your clout
I want us to be free
Abolish the depravity
That grips the whole world
It’s a story still untold
You don’t think of us paupers
You rape our sons and daughters
You slaughter us
You...
#anger
#corruption
#politics
#greed
#poverty
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Regnum Hominis
The boastful will not admit it
but they fall from grace all the time
to show the obverse of sublime
with one more apoplectic fit,
most wisely seen from well afar
when they preach to the simping twit
of vanity mixed with YouTube grit
(or something even more bizarre)
to sell the rubes some shoes of gold
so they as well might be the king
of ersatz new instead of old,
or stock shares of some trending thing
which they can rule right away...
with Midas glitter hell to pay.
but they fall from grace all the time
to show the obverse of sublime
with one more apoplectic fit,
most wisely seen from well afar
when they preach to the simping twit
of vanity mixed with YouTube grit
(or something even more bizarre)
to sell the rubes some shoes of gold
so they as well might be the king
of ersatz new instead of old,
or stock shares of some trending thing
which they can rule right away...
with Midas glitter hell to pay.
#identity
#politics
#consumerism
#ignorance
#masculinity
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