Social Poems | Examples of Social Poetry

Don’t! Don’t put your thoughts on paper Don’t dare to think out loud Don’t express on social media Don’t put them up in cloud Don’t criticize the useless Don’t voice a point of view Don’t flex your vocal cord Don’t think you’re immune Six...Read the rest...

Someone would rather not speak the truth After weighing the cons and pros They're exquisite egoists Someone dares to bet the causes Inspectors weighing the pros and cons Restrict viewers or ban the speakers Since then, no truth matters Only compliment...Read the rest...

It will be there in the morning It will be there at night Don your boxing gloves And swing with all your might You hit hard Though it’s never enough Be on your guard Things are about to get rough A never...Read the rest...

Brains and guts orbit the soul— that polar star searing in the marrow of being. I was born somewhere between Einstein’s neurons Ginsburg beat poetry, the birth of rock and roll, revolution marches, and the calloused hands of a...Read the rest...

Once there stood a golden field, Swaying crops, a farmer's yield. Morning songs of birds took flight, Beneath the sky so vast and bright. The village paths, of dust and stone, Where children laughed and cattle roamed, Now paved with tar,...Read the rest...

In a realm once pure, where stories were shared, A new world arrived, yet no one was prepared. Young hands that once worked with skill and grace Now swipe on screens, lost in the race. They dream of fame...Read the rest...

A nine - to - five bartending job - the life, death, and fate of an artist. Forced to sweep cracked tile, and vacuum puke stained floors - until enough people notice him. False faith,...Read the rest...

The daddy was lying on the couch again Spending all of his hours after work doing nothing Wifey dear was cleaning, cooking, and doing laundry What she always does after an eight-hour day of office stuff The daughter saw,...Read the rest...

( A university-life vignette) It’s Saturday morning. Lisa, Leong and I were in the common area, lazing about. “This is what happened to us (Lisa and I) last night.” I said, beginning to explain last night's...Read the rest...

Compulsions to create governed by fear and perpetual query, Where affirmations are fossil fuels, scarce and costly. Approval? Qualified? I Dangle upside-down, tethered to a rope questions. Hovering over a pit of acceptance with a bloated cranium. A pause...Read the rest...

Anxiety. A feeling that overwhelms your senses. Blood pressure rising. Breathing becoming uncontrolled. You feel it in your chest, a pressure so heavy you can’t help but give in. A pressure that consumes your mind, thoughts,your...Read the rest...

Philippines is in great danger right now I sense deceitfulness and betrayal here My leader is feeling great and proud It seems everything is in control He's doubling the greatness of his father Not in economy, infrastructures or legacy But...Read the rest...

I have this superpower It's more like a curse I can hold conversations with people in my head But I can't do that in real life It's why I avoid people If there's no one there I don't have to struggle...Read the rest...

New kid lost in a new world, when separated from what was known and loved, alone when separated. Some animals regrow lost parts of themselves: twisted limbs or tail. Parasites die without another to depend on. They die...Read the rest...

People who live Away from others Are not necessarily mean Solitary or anti-social Perhaps they can't tolerate Hypocrisy, fabrication And realistic attitudes in their lives....Read the rest...