Best Inequity Poems
Below are the all-time best Inequity poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of inequity poems written by PoetrySoup members
Addressing InequityHistory books are filled with men’s escapades
Are women’s accomplishments seen as charades?
Joan of Arc had visions of saints leading her
to save France from Britain’s tyrannical...
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Categories:
inequity, history, people, women, women,
Form:
Rhyme
tears for apollo -
oh, my precious child!
let me kiss away your weep -
do not be troubled, the moon but bids good night
(stars whispering their ancient lullaby)
swallowing not, the...
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Categories:
inequity, analogy, childhood, father, love,
Form:
Free verse
To the Prodigal ChildIf I could deliver myself to you
on a silver blanket
that is prancing upon a lofty cloud
with wine and cheese and all that you...
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Categories:
inequity, child, love, mother, my
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
inequity, hope, life, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
Ten Years, Somewhere In Their Lost Neighbourhood
“Ten Years, Somewhere in their Lost Neighbourhood”
Of course,
he said, like a god,
there is no course,
one must simply go with the flow
the penumbra stands waivering its...
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Categories:
inequity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Tears For ApolloOh, my precious child,
Let me kiss away your weep -
Do not be troubled, the moon but bids good night,
...
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Categories:
inequity, appreciation, father daughter, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Table's SetWhispers filter out the scent of delusion
the whippoorwills wallow in a waning sun
and thoughts are on the run
The table's set with mix-matched cups and saucers
the...
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Categories:
inequity, heartbreak, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
LamentationsOn a ledge and in trace of paths to incandescent tunnels away from illusive digression.
Voices fade overhead into narrowing echo of screams amid mild depression.
I...
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Categories:
inequity, absence, anger, anxiety, fear,
Form:
Free verse
ReinforcedNever too late to fight the system
although the acceptance of inequity
just the way it is
...
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Categories:
inequity, social, visionary, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Young GirlI saw you welcome the sun's kiss in the tropical country.
I saw how you wished you had swings and the feeling of soaring through clear...
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Categories:
inequity, allegory, appreciation, girl, identity,
Form:
I do not know?
Monopoly MonotonyAs a child I was “board” with Monopoly
Games dragged on endlessly, such monotony
Now I’ve noticed a fearsome monstrosity
Special interests creating atrocity
PACs are strangling the...
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Categories:
inequity, angst, social
Form:
Rhyme
In the Name of FairnessAlone he stood against the many,
A towering rock of integrity,
Unafraid,
Uncompromising,
Determined
To fight, in the name of his friends that
Victims, of certain...
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Categories:
inequity, friendship, parody, trust, truth,
Form:
Free verse
GendercideGender inequity thought harmless, normal,
causes gendercide in dark alleys less formal.
In India, China,...
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Categories:
inequity, childhood, daughter, death, education,
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
inequity, absence, bereavement, conflict, corruption,
Form:
Epitaph
Smooth Big Cat
"Smooth Big Cat"
He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.
She met him on the...
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Categories:
inequity, adventure, muse, mystery, romance,
Form:
Narrative