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Corruption Poems | Examples of Corruption Poetry

The Injustice Of Light
What kind of system, what kind of light, Where the poor stay in darkness despite the night. A government servant burns a thousand bright, Yet pays no bill, no burden in sight. Free connections, excuses so old, Feeding on the nation’s wealth, greedy and bold. Even the electric poles weep in pain, As justice hangs trembling in its fragile chain. And there stands...

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Categories: 11th grade, corruption, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dark times
The world is bleeding and it seems no one can do a thing to stop it. There's desperation in the urgent need for healing and no one seems to care. They've given up, it's probably too late as the planet spins out of control. The greed of men seems boundless, does no one see the coming of the end? Submitted on July 5, 2025 for...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, corruption, dark,
Form: Free verse



July 4th
Reusable coffee cup with a metal straw My small pathetic efforts Are covered by filth As fumes of rich suited bastards cover our longings in excrement Snatch the medicaid from your dying Grandmother's mangled hand To fill another yacht With fake breasts and Botox filled martini glasses The masses are happy it's July 4th But I can only hope for...

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Categories: america, betrayal, corruption, political,
Form: Political Verse
France, Listen!!
France… Listen!! You were once an empire — Your shadow stretching across continents, But not in love, not in light, Only in blood, only in brutality. You came not with gifts, But with guns and chains, Your hands red with conquest, Your heart void of remorse. I walked the fields of Algeria, And I saw them — Three women, Stripped of dignity, Breasts cut off by your soldiers, Their spirits...

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Categories: abuse, corruption, evil, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Two Drunkards
They sat holding bottles In their hands And armpits Pouring mouthful Of liquor to fill Their hollow stomachs. They gazed at each other As cat and mouse And spoke a lot of Inglish with slain syntax To devirginate Their motherland. The two drunkards! Spoke of a nation's illusions And the wilted state of A nation's elites Raping the cultural norm Who raped the temple? They said something About...

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Categories: africa, allegory, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Free verse



THEY ARE NOT YAHOO BOYS
They can be so much more if only you let them in if you show them a world beyond screens and borrowed dreams. They are not yahoo boys. They are survivors of a broken system running from the weight of waiting where opportunity hides behind closed doors. Imagine who they could become if the field was level if rules were sacred and hope wasn’t taxed by...

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Categories: corruption, 12th grade, africa, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Diddy
The devil is what the devil is the devil does what the devil does why blame Diddy for what one accepts, the cravings of a shallow ego? Hollywood-fame comes with an industry price sort of like sitting on a subway seat, where last sat a commuter covered with lice -- ...

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Categories: celebrity, corruption, environment, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Divinity On Trial
**I.** Does my radiance scorch your comfort? Does my presence rattle your idols? You call me delusional— Yet tremble when I speak without chains. **II.** You offer pills like prayers, not to heal, but to silence. Still I rise, voice unmuted, confessing only that I am whole. **III.** ...

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Categories: corruption, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form: Rhyme
The Discarded Man
Trapped in layers of sin, ambiguity, and shame. The man walks the loud, but still, lonely streets of the city, searching for something that he does not know. The discarded man. A man standing in the wilderness, screaming out shrieks of pain that are lost in translation. The man fears he is alone. The man...

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Categories: corruption, feelings, grief, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Swans and Snakes
A million dollars will shut a thousand mouths forever seal black books seed a million clouds place bodies in swamps and swaying from meat hooks and far- far underground. A billion dollars can by a million souls denature the fabric of the globe chase hope and faith down the rabbit hole. A billion dollars will promptly end investigation turn the lake of truth...

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Categories: anxiety, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Who am i
The feeling of your mind loosing itself... Victimized by the power of others ... Thinking how you even aloud yourself to allow others to dictate your mind.... MANIPULATION.... What's real, what's reality, what's possible, what's impossible...... Racing thoughts,mind control,fear of loosing thy self..... Coping with all the words and actions,determining what the is really going on... Your beliefs,questioned by your...

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Categories: abuse, allusion, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member TODAY'S POTUS' RED LAVA
TODAY’S POTUS’ RED LARVA Making The Nation Great Again, he’s erupting Our democracy: Oppressive lava flowing Hot power-mongering blood:- ...

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Categories: america, corruption, discrimination, grief,
Form: Tanka
The Future of Israel
As spoken by the Voice of Wisdom O House of Israel, Heed the sound of the wind that carries ancient truth across the sands of time. Once you wandered through deserts and kingdoms, Once you suffered at the hands of empires and tyrants, And the world wept for you— So great was your sorrow that even your enemies offered you a...

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Categories: betrayal, child abuse, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Eve of Deconstruction
The Buffalo church, it is implodin' Rhetoric flarin', parishes unloadin' We're good enough to give, but have no say in votin' You don't believe in division, but what's that decree your totin' You fired our trustees and now you're gloatin' But you tell me over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve...

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Categories: corruption, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member American Psychosis
American Psychosis The sun, the Son, ECLIPSED Overshadowed by Dark clouds of Bloated EGO and ID Me supersedes We The people1 Will weep DEADLY SINS More than seven In one Narcissist ‘king’ of WRATH, HATE, REVENGE, Not a ‘Dish best served cold2 But with anger Evil so bold SCOTUS behold! Bunker-Busting Bully Historical ignorance, ignominy Big Beautiful Bombs or Tariffs Coercion Psychotic projection Weaponized state Now fully effected No critic is safe LUST When...

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Categories: abuse, america, bullying, corruption,
Form: Free verse

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