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Humanity Poems | Examples of Humanity Poetry

Humanity Poems - Examples of all types of humanity poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for humanity.
The man who brought me brown roses
He came home from a late night run to the grocery store, Bearing wilted flowers, roses once but not quite now. I’m an orchid kind of girl, but I put them in a vase just the same And...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, true love,
Form: Free verse



Cursed
As a societal pariah, am I not deserving a grand denouement? When my tale reaches zenith, will I be shackled, by the abhorrent atrocities, your accursed kind has wrought, upon my tempestuous form? Light my pyre, I need a tan....Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, anti bullying, dark, gothic,
Form: Free verse
What Am I?
It is a Flame so brilliant I dare not grow close But still, I fear it may Burn me So I Smother it. I throw upon it layers of hatred, isolation, vitriolic disgust. I Curse its name...Read the rest...
Categories: corruption, hate, humanity, riddle,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member His Name is Not Superman
He jumps into his pants gulps down an espresso Fairly flies out the door caught up in the flow ...Read the rest...
Categories: business, humanity, irony, power,
Form: Rhyme
Tears in Gaza
The wives wail for their fallen husbands' embrace, The children's tears fall on their mothers' lifeless face, Men beg for mercy from soldiers in the fray, I weep, powerless to save them from this dismay. Displaced and far from...Read the rest...
Categories: faith, freedom, grief, humanity,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member If Only You Knew
If only you knew the feel of a zephyr, With its current swooping around hillsides Ruffling the spruce trees everywhere, Or descend downwards towards verdant vales Where flowers bloom all through the year. If only you knew what the oceans...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, food, humanity, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Burden of Being
All day the wind has tormented the trees, causing branches to whip and bend. There is an anger let loose, loud in its haste to rip and destroy what is vulnerable. Spider webs woven last night are torn, flowers are plucked of petals...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, life, self, storm,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member :0: No Rainbows :0: Yes Angels :0:
~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ( ) ( ) ...Read the rest...
Categories: change, community, emotions, humanity,
Form: Ottava rima
Donald Trump and the Republican Party's Plutocratic Subversion of the American Republic
Denying the Moral Efficacy Of Democracy; the unalienable rights of the INDIVIDUAL and subplanting it with the power of the Republican Partys' Plutocratic Initiative, reveals the nature of the dialectical conflict and threat to the...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, racism,
Form: Political Verse
Dark
Dark is the light in us all Death destruction and poverty consumes all But there is a light A light so bright A light in us all In a world full of complexities The light seems to fade Humanity in...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, mystery, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Love, Heart, and Gold
You are the person of virtuous devotion The world has beaten you down and taken what you love Yet you never slayed by your emotion You took pity on those like you and with your wings showed...Read the rest...
Categories: character, courage, growth, humanity,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Future Shock
Reliving every moment since it started, the good, the bad, the downright pitiful mistakes made by yours truly, wiser with age through the journey of discovery. Sadly, the other bearing the brunt of it, no one is to blame if...Read the rest...
Categories: city, dark, humanity, political,
Form: Free verse
WE ARE
We are stupid smart We are weak strong We are ugly beautiful We are ignorant informed We are discriminative understanding WE ARE HUMAN...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity,
Form: Free verse
Boy With An Eye
Betwixt the vibrant threads of a busy bazaar, A foreigner's gaze seize on a singular star, A boy with one eye, an enigma raid, Their dialogue begins, a journey to trade. "Your salesmanship shines," the foreigner inquires, "Does schooling attend...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, boy, child abuse, courage,
Form: Epic
Premium Member The Wake-up Call
"The Wake-up Call" some of us woke up far too late; we were too concerned about ourselves and The Great Escape Candide Diderot. ‘24 ...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, lost, nature, sorrow,
Form: Narrative

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