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Social Commentary Poems - Poems about Social Commentary


Ideology
Everyone believes the news Until it's all disproved In some dramatic fashion When the headlines cash in Everyone tells their family Their family tells their friends It doesn't matter what direction The story comes to in the end Forge a brand new enemy Force hatred upon me Exterminate the likes We won't have better lives "Truth" born out of rumors Rumors borne with fantasy Taken by the big names Taken...

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Categories: social commentary, political, sad,
Form: Rhyme
The Bee Poem
Did you know there are more than 20,000 known species of bees, but only 5 percent are social bees? Only 5 percent allow you to get to know them. They’re minding their business, building their nests, and you interrupt their day to tell them, “You’re not like other bees,” because to you that’s such a...

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Categories: social commentary, allegory, extended metaphor, gender,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Law of Averages
In my humble experience I’ve found The average individual is smarter Than the average group But the average group is stronger Than the average individual And so the group will always get its way But the individual can usually figure out How to stay free (3/28/24) ...

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Categories: social commentary, inspiration, perspective, society,
Form: Narrative
Perpetual Quandries of Dischord
Perpetual Quandries of Dischord Permanent irreversible Attatchment disorder A lemonade stand at the Mexican Border A traumatised disorganised old lady hoarder The incriminating evidence on an old tape recorder Elements of discontent shivering through a crowd Firmaments of promises sent confirming love out loud Innocents in recompense versus the indiscriminately Proud Poetic precipitation forming among the thunder clouds Hallowed ground to...

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Categories: social commentary, international,
Form: Rhyme
Welcome To My 'Merican Life Life
Welcome to my Snowflake life Where I know what's right is right Children belong with their parents Not in cages with ICE agents Welcome to my Libtard life Where I know whats right is right If they lived here since childhood Then here's their home, their "Neighborhood" Welcome to my human life Where I know what's right is right You may feel we owe nothing I...

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Categories: social commentary, community, patriotic, political,
Form: Rhyme



The Letter
The Letter I sent a letter to Lady Karma And that Blind Lady Justice . . . Hopefully they Will wake the "F" up And do their appointed jobs. I wrote this letter With my sharpened quill Of consciousness, Compassion, Empathy, And need The ink was a special mixture Of tears, And of blood I expressed the pain We as a humanity Are collectively suffering By the hands...

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Categories: social commentary, analogy, introspection, judgement, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
A Social Commentary
I just heard that Donald Trump Is making Pink Floyd pay for the wall They're the ones that built it Seems only fair after all...

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Categories: social commentary, funny, humor,
Form: Free verse
Save the Past-Social Commentary
you see, he grabs what he can get that bearded fellow in the sky because its the future and we forget for what once people gave their life everyone seems to forget the bible was a book of philosophy changed in the past for illiterate peasants but it still carries the same meaning along remember the cruisades? i see those who hold their...

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Categories: social commentary, angst, natural disasters, religion,
Form: Free verse

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