Best Society Poems
Below are the all-time best Society poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of society poems written by PoetrySoup members
Playing HumanIntroducing: Nate & Linda
The smile on my lips
is forced and coerced
I pretend to pay attention
give the best possible advice
everyone praises me
I'm so kind, polite and...
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Categories:
society, humanity, humorous, life, pride,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
appreciation, bird, introspection, society,
Form:
Shape
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
I saw the bitter tears of unhappiness
Running down your agonizing face,
Ravaged with pain,
And I became a sponge of compassion
To absorb them.
I heard the howling
Of...
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Categories:
friendship love, humanity, society,
Form:
Free verse
New World OrderThe Rulers wield their silver shields,
wear golden coronets
while warders guard the prison...
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Categories:
drug, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Pause my Poetry
You can bleed me blind,
execute my eyes,
victimize my vision,
immolate my imagery,
nullify my name,
suppress me into silence,
slaughter my soul,
execute my...
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Categories:
angst, poetry, society,
Form:
Free 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:
discrimination, freedom, history, society,
Form:
Political Verse
WEIRDODeclared an outcast,
shunned by society -
but she's the same
as you and me,
but You can't see her pain
hidden behind her coy smile.
You can't wipe away those...
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Categories:
abuse, bullying, society,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
society, war,
Form:
Ballad
View from the prism of 'ism'socialism communism fascism despotism
buddhism catholicism hinduism zoroastrianism
territorialism colonialism imperialism ...
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Categories:
satire, society, truth, word
Form:
Monorhyme
Mundane Matters Of Mortals
Alas
how they suffer
poverty seeds disease
like a puddle breeds mosquitoes -
the sickly buzz is everywhere..
the dirge of the drudge
nowadays damn near everyone in...
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Categories:
society, dark, death, loss, planet,
Form:
Personification
Be StillWhen chaos reigns, there is misguided freewill.
Separate yourself from the crowd, learn to be still.
Be willing to take the lead, but be able to follow...
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Categories:
society, character, courage, freedom, journey,
Form:
Couplet
STREETLIFEI’m on my way into the grocery store
when I see him huddled near the shop doorway
In his outstretched hand
an empty coffee cup
I throw in a...
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Categories:
environment, society,
Form:
Free verse
Star of the ShowNarrate you own life's story
and tell you own life's tale
Don't leave it up for grabs
or even up for sale!
Write down your own life's story
before the...
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Categories:
society, identity, life, people, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
TrustIt's so simple,
So basic,
Yet we lack it.
Interaction is nothing without it.
Unable to make a bond because the fact is,
We've missed the point.
The point that connects...
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Categories:
change, fear, inspirational, society,
Form:
Verse
Selfie or Call Me InsensitiveYou call me insensitive,
But I don't believe that's true;
Because, you see,
It's all about me.
It's not about you.
You say your opinion doesn’t matter,
That I’ve no respect...
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Categories:
society, angst, culture, funny, giggle,
Form:
Rhyme
FallFall and
red yellowing
leaves in the trees
an old man sitting
on a bench
watches them
fall
and thinks of his youth
a youth
sitting on a bench
looking into...
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Categories:
age, funny, nature, society,
Form:
Blank verse
The Lady Of The HouseIt’s siesta, yet one can hear from the second floor of the house the animated sharing of juicy news some visitors have brought to the...
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Categories:
society, abuse, analogy, black african
Form:
Haibun
On the outside, looking in"When humanity becomes louder than love, stay out of its way. At times, it's better to be the lion in the distance, rather than the...
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Categories:
society, friendship, life, people, sad,
Form:
Free verse
the PLAGUEas the PROPHETS of profits, WE lead and WE’re fair
while WE’re living the life of the poor BILLIONAIRE
– silver yachts, pearly castles, cash (plenty to...
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Categories:
society,
Form:
Quatrain
The PartyThe Party
Everyone is festive
All the ladies in pretty dresses
Champagne in flutes
Flirts in Armani suits
Waiters and penguins
Serving wine and cheeses
Musicians playing tango delights
Diplomats avoiding land mines...
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Categories:
conflict, poets, society, solitude,
Form:
Free verse
We Worked Long Enough
I laugh out loud
every time I hear a politician say,
that the best way to enrich a black person's life,
is to give them a job
Give them...
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Categories:
slavery, society, truth, work,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Can WeBe quiet quiet quiet
Shush shush shush
We’ve spoken too much
We haven’t listened enough
Black men and women
It’s not easy to be brave
Oppression and inequality
make you...
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Categories:
society, america, angst, black african
Form:
Lyric
the dog on the beach
i watched a dog fight back the sea
to chase a ball thrown on the surf
he sensed no danger unlike me
when i chased young dreams on...
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Categories:
society, beach, dog, life, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Drink The Kool-AidChug-a-lug, Chug-a-lug –
no matter the fly in our
President's mug, the bug in
his thinking...my reflecting on
his ailing brain, and it's obvious
volume shrinking:
Those mindless, confusing...
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Categories:
society, christian, evil, leadership, political,
Form:
Free verse
Century-Twenty twoA future world rule by Trillionaires and Billionaires
Each country with segments of puppet regime governments,
With exceptions of course,
The drug lords the cartel those with the...
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Categories:
social, society,
Form:
Free verse