There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
I. A Better Day at Bluebird Liquor where every morning we congregate outside the Bluebird liquor, waiting for the man
By Dean Traylor5 days ago in Poets
I. After the rain, will the streets be clear? Or will the waters, deep and dark, sweep everything away? II. If the road’s clear,
Behind My Painted Face Behind my painted face I fall colours loud but I am small the branches twist inside my head where yesterday’s words still sit like lead
By Marie381Uk 5 days ago in Poets
Humiliating, Undifferentiating, Overpowering * * Thank you, Paul and John for the inspiration. It's amazing what you can say with three words.
By Julie Lacksonen5 days ago in Poets
If I wake at 6:00 am, will I need to be on the farm! The places that no person would ever dear to - love is an illusion...
By 365poetry5 days ago in Poets
***** Intro: I would give "anything" to change.............. Please just look me, in my face!! Tell me, everything will be okay - just tell me!!
My first kiss - it was nothing, a piece of rock, that sorta looks like a FROG! My first encounter with, let's say, the "genitals" - it was like an episode of Star Trek, and "SPROCK", has no home, who had perhaps felt like some cockroaches, I don't know!
The Dirty House at Number 3 It had curtains that never quite closed and a front step that leaned like it was tired of holding up secrets
By Marie381Uk 6 days ago in Poets
A Man Who Loved Himself He tipped his hat to mirrored panes, admired the cut of jaw and chin, paused to grin at window walls
I have never been to Japan, yet I am drawn to its life philosophies, to the beauty of its countryside. I read its cultures,
By Seema Patel6 days ago in Poets
Breathing, I feel that, the sensation, in and out. Yes, I know I'm here.
By Madison "Maddy" Newton6 days ago in Poets
Be careful what you wear and how you style your hair, but put no effort in, paint no make up, allow cracks in your skin,
