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Injustice Poems - Poems about Injustice

When Holy Hands Drop Bombs
What makes it okay to bomb a nation? Kill so many who don’t have a station? Destroy a country, cities and families? Women, babies, children and men—all tragedies— Who never chose this war… suffer again and again. Across the globe, a catch twenty-two Do what I say, not as I do. What happened to the Fifth Commandment?, In a world where religion is...

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Categories: injustice, allah, angel, bible, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The violence You greeted us with
Would it be safer to be born as a white person In a world that worships them What would it take for the world to accept black When we have always been treated as less than What would the world look like if we chose peace Where our hands connect in the name of justice But you don't want...

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Categories: injustice, evil, jealousy, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse



He wore a hoodie, she had an attitude
He wore a hoodie, she had an attitude He wore a hoodie So you immediately assumed he had a weapon He wore a hoodie So you immediately assumed he was on the way to a drug deal He wore a hoodie So you thought he was hiding something He wore a hoodie So you thought he was a good for nothing...

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Categories: injustice, color, discrimination, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
The myth of justice
I knew justice was a myth The first time I heard about trayvon martin Killed over skittles His killer George zimmerman Acquitted He became a celebrity And trayvon He became another statistic Another black kid Erased by the system He didn't get justice I knew justice was a myth When tamir rice A 12 Yr old boy Killed for playing with a toy He...

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Categories: injustice, myth, power, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Genocide in Real Time
We cowardly witnessed the genocide of many human beings Live, live, live in real time That was an odious, callous and vicious crime We said nothing, absolutely nothing about the sad and awful events Many of us were either silent or complacent about everything Even God was absent and quiet. He did nothing, nothing Evil doers are not humane; they are...

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Categories: injustice, anti bullying, color, conflict,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Homemade Apartheid I
They reside on the other side. They bathe in fertility. They own yard-keepers and servants; Dogs, cats and charming plants. They breathe the camphorated air like us, Swallow the transparent dust, Cross over and fall in the muddy rivers Like our siblings living under the tiny tents. They reside on the other side of town, Over the mountains. They bathe in tranquil fertility Of the country-side. They...

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Categories: injustice, africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
RAISE YOUR VOICE
You can never know who was watching waiting for you to say no. To say no to injustice to broken systems and lies. To say no to drug abuse to bullies in disguise. Raise your voice sound the alarm just maybe your words will shatter the harm. Maybe your voice will rewrite the story. Maybe your voice is their path to glory....

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Categories: injustice, 12th grade, confidence, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Injustice
Locked up in a cage. But the beasts are allowed to roam. The lights are dimming and the darkness grows thick. It is like a mirror on the wall. Reflecting everything in which you desire but can never have. Those who takes gets. And those who gives loses. The scales have broken. And you sit alone. Crying on your throne....

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Categories: injustice, 10th grade, allegory, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Innocent
What they did to tamir rice Cold as ice I'll give some advice Think twice Think thrice An innocent paid the price Which led to his demise This is a matter of black lives Our final goodbyes We look to the sky As we wipe our eyes A burning rage on the inside So then...

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Categories: injustice, black african american, color,
Form: Free verse
Emmett Till
I have a story to tell One that doesn't end well So I advise you to take a break For this will cause your heart to ache A fourteen year old boy Used as a decoy To manipulate and destroy A message sent to employ A hatred to kill joy He was a child A boy who...

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Categories: injustice, black african american, boy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Oath Breaker
With one hand laid upon the Holy book The new Judge raises her other hand high. She swears an oath that millions before her promised: Faithful service, unbiased justice, no compromise. I, Hannah Duggan, do solemnly swear That I will...

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Categories: injustice, judgement, political, prison,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member TWO TIMES FIFTY DAYS
Wow! 100 days! Thunderstorms of injustice; Human rights are drowned:- ...

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Categories: injustice, allegory,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Court of injustice
40 years passed ...

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Categories: injustice, irony,
Form: Free verse
The Wicked Live On
In twilight's hush, where shadows play, A paradox reigns, in endless sway, The good perish, while the wicked thrive, In this land, where virtue's brief, and vice survives. Patriots fall, like autumn's leaves, Assassinated, poisoned, for their noble deeds, Their voices silenced, before their time, As darkness feeds on justice's prime. Bola Ige, Barnabas Igwe, Marshall Harry too, Ogbonnaya Uche, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and more,...

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Categories: injustice, anger, anxiety, betrayal, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The face of youth
that look of innocence and expectation that a future with promises awaits their anticipation of clear blue skies and hope that tomorrow will be brighter that look of unadulterated naivete on the eve of realizing what shape we've left the world for future generations problems of injustice and inequality worse than ever that look that drills right through your soul and asks what you,...

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Categories: injustice, future, hope, innocence, world,
Form: Free verse

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