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Oppress Poems - Poems about Oppress

The spiritual horror of psychological torture
...When the mind slowly decays It doesn’t just affect the mind It affects the body, the spirit, the soul The spiritual horror of psychological torture Is how you treated black people The way you ......

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Categories: oppress, discrimination, horror, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member UNRAVELLING CHOICES AND CHOICES
... In the spirit of hope, we contemplatively search Beyond the horizon for the mystic exorcism Of the pandemic deaths proliferating from The disparity reigning from viral social And political in......

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Categories: oppress, anxiety, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Prose



Bitterness now worshipped as religion
...In Ankara and Moscow, the ground is crimson red ~ a carpet spread on fields once green. Life’s fluid, like red gold, flows as scarlet runoffs into Ottoman rivers – lifestreams of Rossiyane and T......

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Categories: oppress, grief, horror, sad, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
When our joy became a weapon for them
...Our pleasure is political Our presence anarchy Our smile a rebellion Our hair A revolution Our blood our fire Our blackness A force to be reckoned with Our joy to them is a declaration of......

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Categories: oppress, discrimination, jealousy, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Iran and Israel: Mirrors in the Dust
...In courts of shadow, thrones are made, Not by virtue—but by blade. From Persia’s gate to Zion’s hill, It’s not peace, but will, that breaks the still. Two lions stare with burning eyes, Clad i......

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Categories: oppress, conflict,
Form: Free verse



What You Oppress, Eventually Conquers You
...You carved your names on lands not yours, With iron, blood, and sharpened laws. You drew your borders through ancient homes, Then called it peace, while looting thrones. You came with Bibles an......

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Categories: oppress, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
TEARS OF A JUVENILE
... Oh,it was not my intention to live this way!! Why do you oppress me like this, I'm incacerated at my parents house My wish is to consolidate with my cousins That Feeling of solitude even when a......

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Categories: oppress, sad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Waste of Cruelty
... Written: April 28, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Sara Jama ******************* When cruelty becomes a badge of honor empathy transforms into an act of defian......

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Categories: oppress, adventure, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member HOW CAN YOU LOVE A STRANGER-
...HOW CAN YOU LOVE A STRANGER- O’ how can you love a stranger? When a stranger, you DON’T KNOW; The Lord watches over the foreigner; Sustains the fatherless and the widow; Administer......

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Categories: oppress, analogy, appreciation, assonance, caregiving,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Equality of Death
...no crown endures, no throne remains, Death levels all, in silent chains. Immortal dreams, mortal frail, In shadow's grasp, all faces pale. A king may rule with gilded might, Yet he, too, fades......

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Categories: oppress, death, humanity, life,
Form: Free verse
Scarcity created by Those that Steal Our Abundance
...Abject poverty it is said, must actually be honed, Then cultivated and even forced bred, This necessarily includes paper money of course, since they print it for free, offset by our taxes a mea......

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Categories: oppress, betrayal, community, society,
Form: Dramatic Verse
War For Our Souls
...War for our souls Inexplicable reason crying foul, Final war for - the soul of man The ironic scarcity of happiness Mass contract killing sanctioned, tho allowed And simply, all, just beca......

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Categories: oppress, tribute,
Form: Prose Poetry
O Kazakh
...Lift your head from the earth, O Kazakh! Don’t be a laughingstock to foreign lands’ track. If you don’t stand tall with courage inside, The pain from your past will never subside! Don’t be d......

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Categories: oppress, character,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Real Monsters
...The Real Monsters We are afraid of fire breathing dragons and scaly lizards. Things that go bump in the night. Shadow creatures who live under our beds and in our closets. Yeti and Big Foot. Pa......

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Categories: oppress, scary,
Form: Free verse
Shattering the Unbroken Cycle
...Shattering the Unbroken Cycle Bully's shadow looms, a pervasive stain across all sectors, absurd, yet sustained Governments and schools deny workers' rights incentives, facilities, and dignit......

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Categories: oppress, abuse, africa, bullying, child,
Form: Lyric

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