There's a rich history of poetry serving as social commentary, intended to inspire calls to action.
I have no inheritance from my parents’ side, not from my in-laws’, not much anyway, no straight-forward, with many claimers.
By Seema Patelabout 2 hours ago in Poets
Say It Plainly Challenge - Write a poem that states its central concern directly without metaphor, indirection, or symbolic substitution.
By Denise E Lindquistabout 3 hours ago in Poets
imagine feeling everything pangs of infinite gnostic hunger before, after, during learning and knowing em0ti0ns at a b0iling p0int
By ⸘jason alan‽about 4 hours ago in Poets
Please Stop The War. A little girl stands at the wire, her fingers thin and dust covered, curled around the sharp barbs as if the fence is the last edge
By George’s Girl 2026 about 6 hours ago in Poets
The Wound Of Words A mouth can be a weapon, Sharper than any blade held in anger. A breath becomes a storm, And a sentence falls like iron.
Strings Upon The Mind Who holds the strings above us? Who moves the quiet fingers? There are whispers behind thought, And shadows behind choice.
Something, I'm saying something as if this word needs enough messages !? Something, I'm saying that makes us want to know exactly what it is that makes us who we are, and what we should do !?
By 365poetryabout 10 hours ago in Poets
The Hand Above The Shadow A great hand hangs above the figure, Quiet, patient, and unseen. Threads descend through empty air,
By George’s Girl 2026 about 11 hours ago in Poets
~~~ Stop the violence. I don't care if you're right or wrong, What side of the fence you sit on, Tall, thin, straight, queer, or anything in between.
By Rain Dayzeabout 13 hours ago in Poets
Human life is so short, fragile like a water bubble, like a fallen leaf. Yet there is so much ego, so much hatred,
By Seema Patelabout 13 hours ago in Poets
There was a time When I lived in aesthetics. Coffee, sat on a ledge, Caught under the summer sun Of a day already growing hot.
By Silver Dauxabout 14 hours ago in Poets
The way I write It sounds melodic Planet earth became demonic Gods green earth Is what It Is Calling out the ones I’ll diss
By Haychie_Artistabout 15 hours ago in Poets
