Best Censorship Poems
Below are the all-time best Censorship poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of censorship poems written by PoetrySoup members
Brute CensorshipIf you are so proud
of your sensibilities and tastes,
so convinced that your arbitrary judgements
are infallible as heartbeats of angels,
if you are the sole instrument of...
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Categories:
censorship, art, freedom, love,
Form:
Didactic
CensorshipCENSORSHIP
There is a language I spoke and I knew.
It fluently told it's stories in dance.
Graceful chaînes that turned our spirits out...
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Categories:
censorship, angst, art, music, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
On the Good Ship Censorship
It's an all expense paid trip, you know?
Until you decide, you won't bow to the
government freak show.
Facebook, Twitter, and other associated
BIG tech...
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Categories:
censorship, heartbroken, humanity, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
On Human Rights TodayFor centuries, minorities have fought
to gain their human rights. How can it be
that even now so many folks do not
feel safe in “civilized” society?
And one...
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Categories:
censorship, rights,
Form:
Rhyme
Heinrich Heine RevisitedI can clearly sense your utter despair of Der Matratzengruft*
As you valiantly carried on your poetic works to the very end.
This did not change your...
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Categories:
censorship, history, international, philosophy, poems,
Form:
Narrative
The Silent Code of the Animal FarmThe tricky question of how many animal farms we have
May be more complicated than most of us think;
There are at least some fifty-five animal farms...
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Categories:
censorship, abuse,
Form:
Verse
How Would You Think Without ItI hear some college students claim
they don’t stand against free speech,
all they want to ban is what’s ‘hateful,’
it will ‘improve’ society.
In truth they will do...
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Categories:
censorship, appreciation, freedom, growth, how
Form:
Rhyme
Writer's BlockHours spent in wondering
About absolutely nothing –
The unwritten poem
Too routine to read,
Too dreary to discuss.
Contemplating what could have been
Belief in magical endings –
Impossible outcomes
Too...
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Categories:
censorship, i miss you,
Form:
Free verse
Swearing In Your NameThis little poem is filled with swear names,
Swear names that are really quite lewd,
From Bummy McBumbum to Cocky McCock,
These names are really quite...
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Categories:
censorship, funny, humorous, political,
Form:
Quatrain
Up Your AsteriskI’m not a fan of censorship
But there should be no risk
When writing of a body part
To use an asterisk.
When not used as a swear-word,
Which might...
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Categories:
censorship, words,
Form:
Rhyme
-the Poet's Hands Are Tied-I’m in a mental drought
My mind is empty, my hearts beating
No! Happiest in my soul
My feet sore, no place to go;
I’m happiest when I’m convergent
Penning...
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Categories:
censorship, absence, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Freedom's BlessingMany blessings we are given.
Some of us receive more of some blessings
than we do of others.
However, there is one blessing
which needs to be equal...
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Categories:
censorship, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Are Women Really LiberatedReally? Where?
I still see them as fearful as fifty years ago.
To state any concerns about especially politics, and so.
Those fifty years ago when we wore...
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Categories:
censorship, character, perspective, society,
Form:
Rhyme
The Parable About Dao and the Enlightened I-Don'T-Care-ManOnce, a wise man, not enlightened and not an I-Don’t-Care-Man, came through the woods, thinking of the meaning of life. Suddenly, a Very-Scary-Black-Forest-Merde* appeared on...
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Categories:
censorship, internet,
Form:
Narrative
Someone has to say itThis is outspoken thoughts at the end of 2023. Some may find this to be negative, , even though it ends positive. Many may disagree...
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Categories:
censorship, america, angst, new year,
Form:
Free verse