Poetry about Power
#power
Poetry about power and control, individuals or groups who can influence events or the behaviour of others. Poems about power, what it means to be powerful, and how it feels to be powerful, or powerless.
LUUH19
Emeraldia
Emeraldia
Poem Published
19th Nov 2023 5:35pm
19th Nov 2023 5:35pm
No Land Mines
I want to go where the war is over
Where people have gone back to their lives
The ones's fought are remembered by statues
So the same mistake won't be brought back to life.
I want to go where war exists only in museums
People reduced to their names
As if being a victim is an accomplishment.
I want to go where laughter echos louder than bombs
Where children play on safe grounds
Where promises made have seen daylight
Where peace has sinked in through generations.
I hope I get there, I hope we all do
Being born into...
Where people have gone back to their lives
The ones's fought are remembered by statues
So the same mistake won't be brought back to life.
I want to go where war exists only in museums
People reduced to their names
As if being a victim is an accomplishment.
I want to go where laughter echos louder than bombs
Where children play on safe grounds
Where promises made have seen daylight
Where peace has sinked in through generations.
I hope I get there, I hope we all do
Being born into...
#power
#politics
#war
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KristinaX
Poem Published
13th Nov 2023 00:30am
13th Nov 2023 00:30am
Take it all off... for me.
There is a catwalk in the club.
There is a pole.
And they come here at night
To see the waves of sex,
To enjoy the naked flesh.
A stripper at a pole
Curls, caresses a snake.
As if he were a pole - a male,
Naked in front of him, a female
Dragging him away
From people's vicious glances,
Wriggling to the rhythm,
With her body saying: "I need it!
I want you! Want to!
Well, take me quickly...
Licking the pole with my tongue,
Hips took the rhythm faster...
The eyes of the men...
There is a pole.
And they come here at night
To see the waves of sex,
To enjoy the naked flesh.
A stripper at a pole
Curls, caresses a snake.
As if he were a pole - a male,
Naked in front of him, a female
Dragging him away
From people's vicious glances,
Wriggling to the rhythm,
With her body saying: "I need it!
I want you! Want to!
Well, take me quickly...
Licking the pole with my tongue,
Hips took the rhythm faster...
The eyes of the men...
#lust
#power
#dirty
#sensual
#passion
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36 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
11th Nov 2023 3:16pm
11th Nov 2023 3:16pm
Today
What I will think tomorrow about yesterday:
I love hearing empires fall...
The sound of their collapses
is so good that it touches the pleasure
of a long-forgotten classic
in the damp mouth of the wind.
I love hearing empires fall...
The sound of their collapses
is so good that it touches the pleasure
of a long-forgotten classic
in the damp mouth of the wind.
#power
#mirror
#myself
#WritingPoetry
#emptiness
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BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Poem Published
11th Nov 2023 1:56pm
11th Nov 2023 1:56pm
The Mighty
She looked down upon the river
watching the current flow by
it was as though time had stopped
she didn't know why
finally listening to the silence
hanging onto the words it had to say
with a current now running through them both
one always knowing
one always wishing
on the banks of what ever comes after
she realized what had always been true
you see once she let it all go
well then she was the river too
watching the current flow by
it was as though time had stopped
she didn't know why
finally listening to the silence
hanging onto the words it had to say
with a current now running through them both
one always knowing
one always wishing
on the banks of what ever comes after
she realized what had always been true
you see once she let it all go
well then she was the river too
#love
#power
#death #acceptance
#death #acceptance
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MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
10th Nov 2023 12:59pm
10th Nov 2023 12:59pm
Lawfare
Proud man; simple, simple fool...
gave up too soon on the golden rule
and devised himself a devious way
to keep other folks from having a say
at what is fair and what is not
in the grand mosaic of human thought,
and that way devised he labeled as law
which too soon stuck in the collective craw
where all needs and creeds had to be deduced
so tribulations could be reduced
and the mix, betwixt, all land and folks
wouldn't come to be seen as cruel jokes,
in the evolution of politics,
from outrage all the way to fiddlesticks!
gave up too soon on the golden rule
and devised himself a devious way
to keep other folks from having a say
at what is fair and what is not
in the grand mosaic of human thought,
and that way devised he labeled as law
which too soon stuck in the collective craw
where all needs and creeds had to be deduced
so tribulations could be reduced
and the mix, betwixt, all land and folks
wouldn't come to be seen as cruel jokes,
in the evolution of politics,
from outrage all the way to fiddlesticks!
#power
#politics
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6 Comments
Asani
Poem Published
3rd Nov 2023 8:26am
3rd Nov 2023 8:26am
Disses of a woke nation
Question, are you woke?
I had to ask because not all of us are equally yoked
So we all want to take back our authority from the winning governments,
After noticing they don’t care for the masses that aren’t wearing a specific garment
“Are you willing to die for me?” the joker asked and it’s a deep question,
Having many different layers that burn the eyes like an onion
A few notes were found on how to oppress the race I represent,
But I know that was intentionally released to aid in the agenda of the liberal percent
We...
I had to ask because not all of us are equally yoked
So we all want to take back our authority from the winning governments,
After noticing they don’t care for the masses that aren’t wearing a specific garment
“Are you willing to die for me?” the joker asked and it’s a deep question,
Having many different layers that burn the eyes like an onion
A few notes were found on how to oppress the race I represent,
But I know that was intentionally released to aid in the agenda of the liberal percent
We...
#oppression
#power
#freedom
#HumanRights
#rebellion
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Dre_k47
AnDre James
AnDre James
Poem Published
20th Oct 2023 5:18am
20th Oct 2023 5:18am
Armed To The Teeth
In a world awash with weapons, the fearsome parade,
Armed to the teeth, our society's charade.
With a Glock 17 in hand, some say they're safe,
But in this arsenal, we tread on perilous waif.
The Smith & Wesson M&P Shield gleams in the night,
A shield for some, a menace for others' plight.
The Colt M1911, a relic of the past,
In our modern world, a shadow it casts.
The Remington 870, a shotgun's embrace,
Power in every shell, in the wrong hands, a disgrace.
The AK-47, a symbol of strife,
In conflict and turmoil, it...
Armed to the teeth, our society's charade.
With a Glock 17 in hand, some say they're safe,
But in this arsenal, we tread on perilous waif.
The Smith & Wesson M&P Shield gleams in the night,
A shield for some, a menace for others' plight.
The Colt M1911, a relic of the past,
In our modern world, a shadow it casts.
The Remington 870, a shotgun's embrace,
Power in every shell, in the wrong hands, a disgrace.
The AK-47, a symbol of strife,
In conflict and turmoil, it...
#power
#GunControl
#weakness
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cabcool
Poem Published
9th Oct 2023 7:14am
9th Oct 2023 7:14am
inkblots
You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece
of yourself behind.”―Jodi Picoult
the marks i leave
are more than inkblots,
for i believe
they touch the right spots
on every page
that they engage,
in times of peace or days of riots.
i leave a splash
for youth at random,
whose balderdash
may one day blossom
out of the rage
of this dark age,
whose inkblots hold the world to ransom.
i leave an ode
for those who wander ...
of yourself behind.”―Jodi Picoult
the marks i leave
are more than inkblots,
for i believe
they touch the right spots
on every page
that they engage,
in times of peace or days of riots.
i leave a splash
for youth at random,
whose balderdash
may one day blossom
out of the rage
of this dark age,
whose inkblots hold the world to ransom.
i leave an ode
for those who wander ...
#power
#inspirational
#LifeAsAWriter #WritingPoetry
#LifeAsAWriter #WritingPoetry
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mysteriouslady
Poem Published
7th Oct 2023 4:07am
7th Oct 2023 4:07am
Vik~Queens.....(Viking men in delirium)
Behind every powerful King,
stands an ever more powerful Queen
That bond, never to be broken
She is his only path
to his personal destiny
to be forever in united bliss
Yet he takes her for granted
Only selling his seed for those that spread
He will soon learn
His actions are not of those within how you "father"
but within those you teach, as you act
and the mother, The Queen, that is the most important role of them all...
For without her
the children would be run crazy
and the King would...
stands an ever more powerful Queen
That bond, never to be broken
She is his only path
to his personal destiny
to be forever in united bliss
Yet he takes her for granted
Only selling his seed for those that spread
He will soon learn
His actions are not of those within how you "father"
but within those you teach, as you act
and the mother, The Queen, that is the most important role of them all...
For without her
the children would be run crazy
and the King would...
#women
#men
#power
152 reads
6 Comments
LunasChild8
Poem Published
4th Oct 2023 2:48am
4th Oct 2023 2:48am
To the Max
I’m pushing to the max, but it’s never enough
You say “you’re only worth your tears, sweat and blood”
Who are you to decide how far to push my limit?
My fragile sanity's the last control I refuse to relinquish.
Fate, destiny, karmic debt
They’re a bunch of lies, and you’re merely a pest
It was my stupidity that lent you that power
What should have been sweet has left a taste that’s sour.
You push me to the max, way past my limit
I say “I’ve had enough,” but you never listen
You told me you had my back, yet you made me your victim ...
You say “you’re only worth your tears, sweat and blood”
Who are you to decide how far to push my limit?
My fragile sanity's the last control I refuse to relinquish.
Fate, destiny, karmic debt
They’re a bunch of lies, and you’re merely a pest
It was my stupidity that lent you that power
What should have been sweet has left a taste that’s sour.
You push me to the max, way past my limit
I say “I’ve had enough,” but you never listen
You told me you had my back, yet you made me your victim ...
#anger
#power
#rhyming #manipulation
#rhyming #manipulation
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cabcool
Poem Published
2nd Oct 2023 4:07pm
2nd Oct 2023 4:07pm
the secret word
Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.”―Ann Aguirre
it comes from deep within a shell,
pressed closely to the ear,
whose music no one else can tell
but he who holds it dear.
i hear it in the ripple of
the gently flowing spring:
a word of patience and of love
...
it comes from deep within a shell,
pressed closely to the ear,
whose music no one else can tell
but he who holds it dear.
i hear it in the ripple of
the gently flowing spring:
a word of patience and of love
...
#secrets
#power
#LifeAsAWriter #PowerOfWords
#LifeAsAWriter #PowerOfWords
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cabcool
Poem Published
1st Oct 2023 8:11pm
1st Oct 2023 8:11pm
footprints on the pavement
You can't leave a footprint that lasts if you're always
walking on tiptoe.”—Marion Blakey
martyrs
walk in mortar,
culprits
in the sand;
pulpits
hide big talkers,
gloves are
love’s command.
footprints
on the sandbank
wither
into nought ...
walking on tiptoe.”—Marion Blakey
martyrs
walk in mortar,
culprits
in the sand;
pulpits
hide big talkers,
gloves are
love’s command.
footprints
on the sandbank
wither
into nought ...
#power
#LifeStruggles
#LifeChangingMoment
#CallToAction
#support
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