Best Political Poems
Below are the all-time best Political poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of political poems written by PoetrySoup members
Ballad of An Unsung HeroVivid flashbacks from bloodshed battles
his soul still ravaged by devious dictators,
cries from fallen comrades still echo in his mind,
but he continues to walk upon a...
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Categories:
analogy, metaphor, political,
Form:
Ballad
As Poets Prepare Their PensThey hide behind mountains of ignorance,
judging within a valley of selfish love.
Among weeds where flowers refuse to grow,
to the mercy of hypocrites -
only we...
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Categories:
peace, perspective, political,
Form:
Free verse
Across the Border"La Voz"
La Noche sin agua --- I spill my loving lips
Dancing, laughing, and celebrating life
I am his queen, aka' dulce Nina
A night he must...
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Categories:
political, anger, corruption, how i
Form:
Free verse
Diamond Cut"A Broken Demo"
In a desperate cry for help
She hires every jeweler
A cheap sheep crying, Wolf!
Using old repeating politic
utilizing lies * manipulation
To cover the Glass...
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Categories:
abuse, evil, leadership, political,
Form:
Free verse
Fall of the Willow's LeafAh, weeping leaf I feel your grief
as Autumn hides the sun in clouds;
battalion’s shadow, like a thief,
disguised in dark-sky nimbus shrouds
have...
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Categories:
political, angst, autumn, conflict, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
Stars and Those With Stripes"America First",
is the worst.
Should not thinking of others,
be your thirst?
Those who are selfish,
end up being cursed!
Soon they'll be last,
instead of first.
Who among you,
prefers guns and...
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Categories:
political, black african american, class,
Form:
Political Verse
We the PeopleWe the People
Will disagree
On taxation and prosperity
On liberty and duty
We the People
Are every color of Christianity
Every Jewish prayer, every song of Islam
The puritans, the atheists...
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Categories:
political, discrimination, freedom, history, society,
Form:
Political Verse
America the Broken“O beautiful for spacious skies”
yet marred by all it’s leaders lies.
See it’s “amber waves of grain”
beneath them hidden is a stain
I pause “For purple...
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Categories:
political, abuse, america, angst, beautiful,
Form:
Political Verse
Ordinary ManSnow is falling and floods are flowing,
people dying and children keep crying,
but he's just an ordinary man,
sitting there watching TV.
Icebergs melting and penguins starving,
men in...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, political, pollution,
Form:
Free verse
Under the SurfaceMind cannot comprehend, it finds it strange,
when ignorance reigns in human exchange.
Wonder if some people will ever change,
or wish to remain in the firing range.
I...
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Categories:
anti bullying, judgement, political,
Form:
Sonnet
Q TippingI remember when
Q was part of a Tip
now Q is a one way trip
to crazy town
It’s a place where thoughts flip
and up is down
Where every...
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Categories:
political, abuse, america, angst, discrimination,
Form:
Political Verse
Politics and Poetry - Is Hate Really the AnswerPolitics and Poetry – is hate really the answer
Why write a poem of hate about Trump
He’s been there just over a week
Though Hilary Clinton the...
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Categories:
angst, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Penny For Your ThoughtsSo many pennies,
lost in the system,
rejected, neglected,
dejected -
cursed by '99' price tags,
a charity box favourite,
nobody wants nor waits for.
So many forgotten pennies,
lost on the streets...
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Categories:
analogy, metaphor, political,
Form:
Free verse
Shattering Rose Coloured GlassesUncomplicated me
I thought I was colour blind
free thinking and kind
with an evolved mind
Loving and accepting
of the ones I find
Yet my blindness
Is that of...
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Categories:
political, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
Political Verse
Course CorrectionLight the nation a new fire;
Awake the apathetic’s desire;
Like sheep to Shepherd’s crook;
We need a new course, old Book.
Our founders risked it all;
Starting with Lexington’s...
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Categories:
political, leadership,
Form:
Political Verse
Lions Led By a DonkeyI could see the virus approaching so why couldn't he?
But he had to keep investors happy and save the economy
On his watch people in their...
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Categories:
death, england, political,
Form:
Rhyme
DemocracyOh, Democracy,*
You, the most desirable bride among
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout
History
In every part of the world, you...
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Categories:
people, philosophy, political,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
OnenessOneness
Authored by Chuck Keys
It had no...
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Categories:
political, black african american, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
Would YouScrolling and scrolling
the scripts slipping in
seduction of the scene
seen or unseen
deflection
not to mention reflection
mirrors don't always appear
to be...
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Categories:
love, political,
Form:
Free verse
CharacterizationOur two party system isn’t working
Plastic figures, disaster lurking
Conservative or liberal isn’t the call
It’s the ultra rich against us all
For the people is what it’s...
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Categories:
political
Form:
Couplet
Thats a SinA whole new twist to the same old story
Evil scientist in their laboratories
Creating monsters that live in the night
I often reflect on mankind's plight
As mankind...
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Categories:
political, confusion, faith, life, people,
Form:
Couplet
We, Nasty Womenmust refuse relegation, obey
only the roar of our own angels, then reshape
breastplates to shield the motherland
from any warlord who dares
to pimp our flag.
Battlefields...
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Categories:
allegory, history, political,
Form:
Ekphrasis
- a President Is Not God -Undone for all to see ... human fellowship, peace created
...
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Categories:
america, political, world,
Form:
Verse
Hell's HospitalityThe sun cries for us, its heat fades away
snowflakes sprinkle round its orbit, yet go unmelted
it feels like evening, but its yet noon
time never changes...
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Categories:
political, africa, anger, corruption, culture,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Maniac President's Song(A parody of the Modern Major-General's Song from "The Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan.)
I am the very model of a very stable genius.
Compared...
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Categories:
political, funny, humor, humorous, mental
Form:
Rhyme