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Injustice Poems - Poems about Injustice

Premium Member The Court of injustice
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Categories: injustice, irony,
Form: Free verse
The Wicked Live On
In twilight's hush, where shadows play, A paradox reigns, in endless sway, The good perish, while the wicked thrive, In this land, where virtue's brief, and vice survives. Patriots fall, like autumn's leaves, Assassinated, poisoned, for their noble deeds, Their voices silenced, before their time, As darkness feeds on justice's prime. Bola Ige, Barnabas Igwe, Marshall Harry too, Ogbonnaya Uche, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and more,...

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Categories: injustice, anger, anxiety, betrayal, farewell,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The face of youth
that look of innocence and expectation that a future with promises awaits their anticipation of clear blue skies and hope that tomorrow will be brighter that look of unadulterated naivete on the eve of realizing what shape we've left the world for future generations problems of injustice and inequality worse than ever that look that drills right through your soul and asks what you,...

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Categories: injustice, future, hope, innocence, world,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A FLIP-FLOPPING ANALOGY
Escaping their bowls, Poor fish flipping and flopping; Dying free at last:- Let us flip-flop injustice, As we live lives free at last....

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Categories: injustice, allegory,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member INJUSTICE
I pray for the day when the world is blessed so see the importance of being unprejudiced, honorable and fair… Blessed to understand the words of Martin Luther King Jr. who said: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere...

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Categories: injustice, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Cubby's
At Cubby's, the neon hums/ A beacon in the night/ A place for solace/ But now a source of plight/ I stood there, a truth on my lips, unplanned/ Asked the clerk to be kind, to lend a gentler hand/ But shadows lingered/ Where light should've been/ Through masks of smiles, deceit crept in/ Their whispers turned to chains/ Forged in lies/ A verdict handed down/ Under...

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Categories: injustice, betrayal, corruption, evil, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shelters of Silence
"In the USA, vacant homes by thousands thrive, while countless homeless struggle to survive. In a land of plenty, such homes stand bare, as lost souls grow, wandering in despair."...

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Categories: injustice, poverty, society,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Silent Killer
Originally published in Out on a Limb, An Anthology for Friends June 2020 “There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.” - Joseph Pulitzer There is something that few recognize, But is transparent to...

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Categories: injustice, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Dream That Chose Me
The dark rooms of my mind take me to a new place every night, This place beams of sunshine, with beautiful sight. This feeling is indeed real, but far from reality, Still, this place thrives my personality. This is a dream, but I did not choose it, it chose me, It is a new era in a different country, Where it...

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Categories: injustice, 12th grade, courage, deep,
Form: Political Verse
Forced To Relive The Trauma Of A Manipulated Unfair Trial Seven Times A Year
Dear Reader, How does one pen the unspeakable? To endure injustice not once, but repeatedly—like a cruel wind that circles back to shred what little is left of a tattered soul. The echoes of a manipulated trial, the mockery of fairness, reverberate through me like a wound that refuses to heal. Nightmares are my inheritance; they come cloaked in...

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Categories: injustice, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Jail Time
We all saw it We all heard it We all read it And smelled it. Meanwhile Deedeepee is rotting in jail For probably having committed a similar crime Some do the crime and others don’t do the time Similarly, some go to Heaven and others go to Hell. The world smelled it The world read it The world heard it And we saw it. Some people are...

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Categories: injustice, america, bible, christian, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
UNVEILING THE VEIL OF INJUSTICE
Injustice, a tale as old as time, Echoes through the ages, a perpetual crime. From Amos' scriptural cry to traditional Ifa's call, The holy Quran and Bible, too, denounce injustice's thrall. Yet, why do people struggle to uphold what's right? The wealthy steal millions, but negotiate their plight. No punishment, no sentence, just a slap on the wrist, While the poor, with...

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Categories: injustice, abuse, africa, corruption, crush,
Form: Lyric
Of the Cemetery and of the Graveyard
Gather 'round, young ones, and heed my words, The truth has been consumed, its head submerged, To depths far from light. Recall, just a few market days past, It was shrouded in shadows, veiled by lies that would forever last. For most of the living you see, have perfected the art, Of twisting reality, of bias that distorts the heart. Disguising traps...

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Categories: injustice, uplifting, vanity, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
I CALL THE MIRROR OF JUSTICE
Woe for those who shout for anger Rumbling upon the fiery scene Drooling vengeance spits within Stinky Truth opens in awe and despair Mirror of Justice, who’s to be blame Poor am I but rich in desire Weak as called, bullied your Sire My heart is not iron enough to melt all my sighs. Tell...

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Categories: injustice, cry, deep, emotions, endurance,
Form: Free verse
My Truths
From today onwards, I have the right to write my own life I don’t want my future to be shaped by the opinions of others anymore  I will reject anything I don’t want  and I refuse to be gaslit as I have been before I hate prejudice and injustice  and refuse to sacrifice my needs for others  who wouldn’t give anything in...

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Categories: injustice, 8th grade, anxiety, bullying,
Form: Verse

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