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Best Society Poems

Below are the all-time best Society poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of society poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Playing Human
Introducing: Nate & Linda

The smile on my lips
is forced and coerced
I pretend to pay attention
give the best possible advice
everyone praises me
I'm so kind, polite and...

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Categories: society, humanity, humorous, life, pride,
Form: Free verse



Odd Od Dodo
Idyllically Odylically Odd I Be
                    ...

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Categories: appreciation, bird, introspection, society,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Because I Love You
I saw the bitter tears of unhappiness
Running down your agonizing face,
Ravaged with pain,

And I became a sponge of compassion
To absorb them.


I heard the howling 
Of...

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Categories: friendship love, humanity, society,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member New World Order
The Rulers wield their silver shields,
             wear golden coronets
while warders guard the prison...

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Categories: drug, society,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pause My Poetry
You can bleed me blind,
execute my eyes, 
victimize my vision, 
immolate my imagery, 
nullify my name, 
suppress me into silence, 
slaughter my soul, 
execute my...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: angst, poetry, society,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member We the People
We the People
Will disagree
On taxation and prosperity
On liberty and duty

We the People
Are every color of Christianity
Every Jewish prayer, every song of Islam
The puritans, the atheists...

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Categories: discrimination, freedom, history, society,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Weirdo
Declared an outcast,
shunned by society -
but she's the same
as you and me,
but You can't see her pain
hidden behind her coy smile.
You can't wipe away those...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: abuse, bullying, society,
Form: Free verse
Categories: society, war,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member View From the Prism of 'Ism'
socialism  communism  fascism   despotism
  buddhism  catholicism  hinduism  zoroastrianism  
territorialism  colonialism   imperialism  ...

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Categories: satire, society, truth, word
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Mundane Matters of Mortals
Alas
how they suffer
poverty seeds disease 
like a puddle breeds mosquitoes - 
the sickly buzz is everywhere..

the dirge of the drudge 
nowadays damn near everyone in...

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Categories: society, dark, death, loss, planet,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Be Still
When chaos reigns, there is misguided freewill.
Separate yourself from the crowd, learn to be still.

Be willing to take the lead, but be able to follow...

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Categories: society, character, courage, freedom, journey,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Streetlife
I’m on my way into the grocery store
when I see him huddled near the shop doorway
In his outstretched hand
an empty coffee cup
I throw in a...

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Categories: environment, society,
Form: Free verse
Star of the Show
Narrate you own life's story
and tell you own life's tale
Don't leave it up for grabs
or even up for sale!

Write down your own life's story
before the...

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Categories: society, identity, life, people, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Trust
It's so simple,
So basic,
Yet we lack it.
Interaction is nothing without it.
Unable to make a bond because the fact is,
We've missed the point.
The point that connects...

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Categories: change, fear, inspirational, society,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Selfie Or Call Me Insensitive
You call me insensitive,
But I don't believe that's true;
Because, you see,
It's all about me.
It's not about you.

You say your opinion doesn’t matter,
That I’ve no respect...

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Categories: society, angst, culture, funny, giggle,
Form: Rhyme

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