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Disenfranchisement Poems - Poems about Disenfranchisement

June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago
...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at App......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, america, anxiety, crush, evil,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Happy Valley
... It was a strange and unexpected experience. Suddenly, I found myself in a place called Happy Valley. A man was on a park bench gazing upon the trees as if listening to a particular bird call. ......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, humanity, hyperbole, myth, rights,
Form: I do not know?



Please Michelle Obama
...Please Michelle Obama... can you save American democracy? I highly hugely grant Barack Hussein belated kudos what with his wizardesses in tow wrought wonders to one nation analogous whil......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, 12th grade, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Two Slices of Bread
...Touching hearts - did I just call him a ham, her a turkey, another a chicken, as I directed them with smiles, my humor-filled wiles. I resurrect, as I’m directed to hand out love. This makes me ge......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, christian, food, life,
Form: Free verse
I Ask Myself a Rhetorical Question Regarding
...I ask myself a rhetorical question regarding... the durability, longevity, and tenacity of *****sapiens, after screaming headlines report one after another atrocity. How did the human species ma......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, africa, america, anger, april,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member High Tech Lynching
..."HIGH TECH LYNCHING" April 6, 2023, a dark and sad day in Tennessee history Black men striped of their first amendment right to tell their story The Declaration of Independence, states that "all......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, anger, betrayal, bullying, change,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Want To Be An American
...Please. Would someone correct me If I am wrong or fail to understand? Maybe it's just me. Or maybe I'm dreaming. But I am at a loss and find it rather Nonredemptive when in America, we are Con......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, america,
Form: Verse
A Harlem Hoodlum Albeit Respectable
...A Harlem hoodlum, (albeit respectable)... ready for night time in bedlam after swallowing me favorite dram, cuz reasonable rhyme resembles flimflam. Whiling away his time playing solitaire.........

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Categories: disenfranchisement, anger, city, corruption, education,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Regressive Progress
...In Shaker Heights, Ohio, founding fathers co-invested in: Change doesn't happen without planning This, despite unstraight unwhite unmale volatile experiences feeling sometimes victimized ......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, fear, health, integrity, love,
Form: Political Verse
The Devils Hue
...I saw it longing for sovereignty and cynical toward chastity I heard it unleash a perpetual claim Let the swarthy be disdain Subtle while shape-shifting our Constitution toward heavy discontent I......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, black african american, character,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Poem From the Unknown
...I observe palls of leaves, drifting on the wind Compelling me to write, but my page keeps going limp Fraying along straight edges, curling into crimp, Nuanced in nature......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, allegory, allusion, analogy, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
A Hoodlum Albeit Respectable In Bedlam
...A hoodlum, (albeit respectable) in bedlam whiling away his time playing solitaire... November second two thousand and twenty fast approaching the final countdown With less than twenty four, t......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, america, change, conflict, destiny,
Form: Free verse
June 2nd, 2020 Pennsylvania Rescheduled Primary Voting Day
...(alternately titled: Whew... so glad I chose absentee/ mail-in ballot), and agitate (poetically) November presidential election brings requisite equality. Unforeseen (unprecedented) stiff com......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, 12th grade, absence, celebration,
Form: Political Verse
Government Teetering Upon Precipice of Anarchy Abyss Two
...executive, judicial, & legislative colluding bozos feigning, grinning, hobnobbing... arrogant beastie boys and goo goo dolls sporting snazziest custom tailored (swiftly) made harried styled fancy ......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Political Verse
Escaping Disenfranchisement Grasp
...The goal in life is to keep your head up & stay strong. Have resilience in the face of our daily obstacles. On average staying focus at times feel like an Olympic tryout. So many temptations, people ......

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Categories: disenfranchisement, change, community, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Free verse

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