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Best Suffrage Poems


The Universal Suffrage of the Dark
Nothingness has caught me by the throat
Tossed me  to the innards of  its prayer
Joan of Arc unhorsed in  a nightmare
Burgundy makes  offers for her coat

When we’re real and know the here and now
Do we entertain our thoughts and dare
To let ...

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Categories: suffrage, allegory, allusion, angst, anxiety,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Special Suffrage
Since our most recent U.S. Presidential non-selection,
for one thing a Trumpian could not become
is therapeutically presidential,
I have become worried about our democratic suffrage.

Perhaps only mothers, or maybe also fathers,
of kids with special vulnerability needs
should be allowed to vote,
or perhaps each and all allowed to vote,
but...

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Categories: suffrage, community, health, humor, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Woman Suffrage Horn Haiku
Woman Suffrage  
Horn Haiku 

women cried out loud
had been part of a big crowd
were very endowed

woman would suffer
man had zone which was buffer
that made things tougher

had prayed to our Lord
we do want to look toward
things we can afford

Wilson with wimper
always would lose his temper
fidelis...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: suffrage, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



For Those Before
I’ve had the example
Of women I love,
Being strong and outspoken
When push comes to shove. 

Generations before me
Gave me so much
My looks and hair colour
Tenacity and such. 

I was taught by the greatest, 
Who in term was taught, 
By the greatest to her mind
Her mother of...

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Categories: suffrage, rights,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things