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Meritocracy Poems - Poems about Meritocracy

Premium MemberSweetest Lie

...You may not believe me
But I know it so well
Every lilac tree
Has its own special smell
This I fail to describe
Its expressless to me
Each tree has its own type
Blooming easy and free
There's...
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Categories: meritocracy, beauty, freedom, inspiration, tree,
Form: Rhyme

Life is like Reality TV

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Hyperbole hubris

Venal penal

Avarice abyss

Bucolic tonic?

Ironic…sardonic

Or

Vitriolic bliss mate!

Mendacious salacious

Algorithm schism

Audacious outrageous

Vicario...
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Categories: meritocracy, life,
Form: Rhyme



INCOHERENCE

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The rich are getting richer,
the poor are getting poorer...
they call this meritocracy
and they still ask for and win votes...!...
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Categories: meritocracy, allusion, analogy, conflict, perspective,
Form: Epigram

BIG HOAX OR FALSE MERITOCRACY

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          In flashs and dances
      all immemse merits drown -
         pure vast empty minds....
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Categories: meritocracy, allusion, analogy, confusion, extended
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberWe Believe in Diverse

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  We believe in diverse in our universe
    Our government’s a meritocracy in reverse

  Red folks, brown folks, yellow and green
    Indigenous Indians, Asians, Orientals, ‘Mar-sheens’

  So...
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Categories: meritocracy, color, earth, humor, satire,
Form: Couplet



The Truth Of This Magnitude

...The Truth Of This Magnitude”

Obstinate defiance from an indignant child 
Consummate reliance on the spirit of the Wild 

Intricate compositions of meticulous art 
A syndicate of derision that ...
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Categories: meritocracy, creation, humanity, life, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Perpetual Quandries of Dischord

...Perpetual Quandries of Dischord

Permanent irreversible Attatchment disorder
A lemonade stand at the Mexican Border
A traumatised disorganised old lady hoarder
The incriminating evidence on an o...
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Categories: meritocracy, international,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA Phantasmagoria of Nonsense

...I searched in vain for inspiration.
I even climbed the sacred Parnassus
Where all the muses reside.
I danced with them
Engaged in endless discourse.
All in vain.

Then I resigned to my fate.
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Categories: meritocracy, addiction, writing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Sentinel

..."Same ol', same ol'!",
Cries the Sentinel.
"He pits the parties
To perfect His will
In His heavens,
And on His Earth!"

"I trust Him to do the right thing 
More than I trust my own judgment."...
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Categories: meritocracy, angel, bible, faith, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Hour Glass

...Rumbling thunders but wounded voices were more distinctly heard… Pouring wonders for my eyes flutter more than that beautiful bird….

Innocence blinded me to see hidden malice…Building Avenues for ...
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Categories: meritocracy, courage, cry, emotions, for
Form: Free verse

Tell Me No More

...Friend,
Tell me no more...
Tell me no more about trust,
For trust is a barren risk,
A naked wire,
With no remorse or warranty
Tell me not about truth,
For truth has become a figment of imagina...
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Categories: meritocracy, allusion, anti bullying, art,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberRestoring Deeply Conservative Progress

...Our old nemesis,
capitalism,
is much older than democratic theory,
and even older than profoundly resilient democratic practice,
which is rather like Christianity--
often communion preached
and...
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Categories: meritocracy, america, culture, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse

Premium MemberEngaging the Family Laundry

...Perhaps infertile
incomplete
unwashed memories
of elder v younger,
Goliath v David,
crusades v communion
critical, yet part of chronic, events
speak extended family disengagement truth
to pow...
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Categories: meritocracy, culture, destiny, games, health,
Form: Political Verse

Premium MemberChristmas Political Correctness

...It's almost Christmas
when the news caster abouter announces
a precipitous new trend in the U.S.

Now, more tired and climate stressed citizens
are against non-violent Political Correctness
tha...
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Categories: meritocracy, bible, christmas, destiny, happiness,
Form: Political Verse

Ending Race Supremacy

...Ending Race Supremacy 

Rafidah wants an end to 'race supremacy' among Malaysians
NATION
Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018

11:10 PM MYT

Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/23/iro...
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Categories: meritocracy, anxiety, appreciation, community, education,
Form: Free verse

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