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Politics Poems - Poems about Politics
Politics Poems - Examples of all types of poems about politics to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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Black Boy
black boy hungry feed black boy crumb black boy needs education black boy dumb but the black boy don't need handouts he wants what he owns government take and take but they say all black boy do is moans black boy stolen black boy...
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Luke Liversidge
Categories:
politics,
africa, anger, black african
Form:
Rhyme
FAKE NEWS FICTION
Galvanizing, never scrutinized; each moment falsely tabulated; Slanted, polarized polls, punishing spiteful pundits Spouting, spinning lies in frantic unison squawking Ridiculous versions of fear mongering tales, Meant to frighten, meant to hurt, Meant to clutch and pulverize power. It takes only...
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Chula Schlesinger-Fleming
Categories:
politics,
betrayal, corruption, political,
Form:
Free verse
OF OXYMORONIC OLIGARCHY
OF AN OXYMORONIC OLIGAR An immigrant nation Imprisoning immigrants Not equally born or not born Of its natives and considered Criminals is indeed oxymoronic In a country founded by immigrants Thru usurping and uprooting indigenous People of their bordered lands And...
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Millard Lowe
Categories:
politics,
allegory,
Form:
Free verse
What Makes Politics Bad
Bad politics Makes people cry Hate oppresion. Bad leaders blind To what is truth Tend to deny. To bad to know When leaders err Deny the truth. Freedom is lost When press is mute Not tell the truth....
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Hugo Sarvida Jr.
Categories:
politics,
leadership, political, prejudice, truth,
Form:
Than-Bauk
The Old
The old dragon speaks The Old Lie: There is honey in my jaws! No more must it hunt its prey The knights went extinct long ago And now the rats are happy to scramble ...
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©
Samuel Moreland
Categories:
politics,
allegory, angst, evil,
Form:
Free verse
A Fly on the Wall
To witness the secret conniving, to hear of grand plans made on behalf of others ‘For the good of all’ – the absurdity of it in the face of disinformation – the whispered schemes by the vain leaders....
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Suzette Richards
Categories:
politics,
political, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Wartime
my dad's dad would tell him tales from the war so many strangers who fought stories from ordinary men who washed up heroes on the shore he told my father they were sold a dream a golden scene they'd save the world at only...
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Luke Liversidge
Categories:
politics,
anxiety, courage, father, history,
Form:
Free verse
Untitled
there was a politician named Rod who for his truth telling wanted to be lauded but everyone knew better that he was just another vote getter because politicians and truth together are quite odd ...
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Oliver Mckeithan
Categories:
politics,
humor,
Form:
Limerick
The Deceased Politician
Cold death it is, descending from the sky, That like a shroud, across the land doth lie. And why need death be cold? Let we this tale unfold. Dire death is no distraction for the best! They gather wind, where...
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Jerrold Prothero
Categories:
politics,
death, funeral, funny, political,
Form:
Light Verse
We Shall Return With Zilch
Believe it or not The Parson is right We shall return with zeroes Many zeroes. Let’s be Heroes For and to the world. Let’s not be selfish Because we shall return with zilch With nada, mit nichts, perhaps with empty...
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©
Hebert Logerie
Categories:
politics,
america, anti bullying, death,
Form:
Rhyme
An Inauguration Haiku
He took Elon's cars. Campaign promises broken? No - he gave him Mars....
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©
S. Brad Bailey
Categories:
politics,
political,
Form:
Haiku
American Word Games
They call it social welfare when it is for the poor To help the ones who have grown old or sick and have no cure They scream they don’t want taxes and the richest scream the...
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Samia Ali Salama
Categories:
politics,
political, words,
Form:
Rhyme
When in-laws clash
My blade is sharper, so they claim. And his hoe is blunt. Each voice raised is struggling to rise above the noise, eyeing for supremacy, living to convince, competing for dominance, quarreling to belittle, demean, and degrade. I found that armchair broken...
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Wilson Lemani
Categories:
politics,
conflict, political,
Form:
Free verse
NATION OF STAMPEDES
Nature did not unleash her terror on us as it did with Noto, Haiti, or the Indian Ocean. We abuse nature with the stamp of leadership which impedes lives, causing artificial stampedes of hunger, worse than nature's...
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Solomon Itsoghole
Categories:
politics,
abuse, corruption, food, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Mr Slim
He was a born teacher From birth destined to be You'd know by his phene. In capitalist-run schools He's taught for many years Earning pennies for labour. Three years a beneficiary On stipend of N-power teach The Program axed by corruption. Then long a...
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Solomon Itsoghole
Categories:
politics,
abuse, betrayal, career, future,
Form:
Blank verse
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