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
Playing HumanThe 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 nice
It's all just...
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Categories:
society, beauty, character, humanity, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
appreciation, bird, introspection, society,
Form:
Shape
Because I Love YouI 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
New World OrderThe Rulers wield their silver shields,
wear golden coronets
while warders guard the prison...
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Categories:
drug, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Pause My PoetryYou 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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Categories:
angst, poetry, society,
Form:
Free verse
We the PeopleWe 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
WeirdoDeclared 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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Categories:
abuse, bullying, society,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
society, war,
Form:
Ballad
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
Mundane Matters of MortalsAlas
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
Be StillWhen 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
StreetlifeI’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 ShowNarrate 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
TrustIt'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
Selfie Or Call Me InsensitiveYou 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