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People Poems | Examples of People Poetry

Premium Member Human Treasure
I will forever treasure the two of them. One was a homeless man I met when I was in the process of moving. He said his name was Sky. My Heart feels warmth each time I think of him. You might say that Meeting Sky was a 'going away Present from God. The other treasure, I never met. She passed by and obtained a...

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Categories: people,
Form: Narrative
Show, Don't Tell
In my experience between the two I'm not naming names but what people say and what they do are not always one and the same as they don't follow through life gets in the way I understand but that's no reason not to let me know there's been a change of plan when told I'll call give you a ring is when I know I'll never hear from them ever again all...

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Categories: how i feel, people,
Form: Rhyme



The choices we never got to make
A life of false happiness Or death by defiance They claim we have a choice But what kind of choice is a life of imprisonment or a death penalty An eternal life of isolation Or an eternity of nothingness With choices like that who needs control Or to be caged by manipulation For us the ideal choice Would be death To...

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Categories: people, discrimination, freedom, history, peace,
Form: Free verse
White privilege
White privilege The ability to exist Without fear The ability to walk down the streets And not jump at every siren To not calculate every move And overthink every word Because in out world Our existence gets us killed And in your world a red carpet is rolled at your feet Your privilege ignites your ignorance And in a world where all...

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Categories: people, discrimination, history, political, power,
Form: Free verse
Death by jealousy
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder That our differences make it subjective But when it comes to black beauty We are the blueprint And objectively you can't argue with architecture Especially when we've seen the beauty of its structure You can't say you hate our skin Then paint your skin our colour Whilst simultaneously discriminate...

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Categories: people, beauty, discrimination, jealousy, joy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Perfect Strangers
Strangers stun me, filling my heart. In awe of my dancing, my art. Their praise brings me that joy and glee. Filling my heart, strangers stun me. They amaze me to feel carefree. That joy and glee, their praise brings me. Their attention, they let me see. To feel carefree, they amaze me. They engage without pretension. They let me see their attention. True connection,...

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Categories: people,
Form: Quatrain
Is America Great Yet
Everything this person say, think and do revolves around money. There was a saying that “Money is the root of all evil.” I beg to differ. Money is not the root, the love of money is. The need and greed to be that obsessed displays someone who is possessed. The need to control it all, to want...

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Categories: america, bullying, money, people,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Love Is All That Is Real
Destiny quivers, like the lips of young lovers awaiting their first kiss. As I quivered before our first … although just your hand. It was filled with the passion of our unknowing souls. Likewise, destiny, Awaiting patiently, The unfolding of each moment As if it were the first moment of existence. Though predestined, From that first moment of creation, The smallest...

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Categories: people, creation, destiny, god, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Red Geranium
When the pungent dust and smoke settles on empty streets and on the rubble strewn, bombed out blocks - when all colour has been bled out of the land leaving a shroud of deathly grey, what can we do but weep and let our tears trickle down onto that red geranium clinging to life in a battered pot balanced on the last windowsill left standing in our homeland. ...

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Categories: children, hope, loss, people,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ways of Providence
Oh, come, gather up close to hear my story. Of how ancient navigators crossed the sea to glory. Going between Pacific islands with fantastic skill, Using Providence to guide with nature's goodwill. “It’s chance—they will never find their way." “No compass drawn, no map to mark the day.” “They drifted and then caught some lucky breeze." "They stumbled blindly, blown...

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Categories: inspiration, ocean, people,
Form: Rhyme
The currency of power
Power equals currency In a world that actively yearns for it The more you have the more you are worshiped And with worship becomes freedom Where inequality is something they abuse And power is the excuse they use as a campaign To bully the people that they blame To start an agenda of hate for the only personal gain The same...

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Categories: people, discrimination, political, power, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
You can't run from accountability
We know your game And we are not going to become slaves to it We've seen you spin your lies like a spiders Web Your crimes of deceit will come back to smite you The heavens will rain down on you There is no escape from eternity Hear these words said Let them infest your head Your silence will betray you...

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Categories: people, color, discrimination, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse
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 penetrated our minds with accusations of inferiority Treating us less than animals Less than the dirt on your shoes Generation after generation You have tortured my people Psychological...

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Categories: people, discrimination, horror, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Man's Best Friend
the dog brings his leash it’s time for our daily walk I smile, his tail wags ...

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Categories: people, animal, best friend, dog,
Form: Senryu
I dont blame her
I dont blame her for how she chose to survive It was never really her choice It was a forced setup A gun forced into our hand To absolve them of guilt But they guide our hands On to the trigger And coax us into pulling it But was it really suicide When the world forced...

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Categories: people, discrimination, hate, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse

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