Riots Poems - Poems about Riots

There are only so many pages and so many stages Of life I can riddle and write on through Until the paper's a waste, and the words are bad taste And I can't tell fiction from true Until the pen is bleeding and loves are leaving And my cursive has gone too far Eventually the trees start screaming that I'm...

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Again it’s time to set some cars on fire To smash some windows shouting out obsceneties With Paris riots on TV you can’t get tired Like trashy sequels of the Chaplin’s comedies The action breaks down into episodes and gags The crowd goes berserk with animation They look quite serious, young lions and old fags Rugged protesters, conscience...

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At high noontime, the tires are burning in the streets The sound of barking dogs is everywhere; the cats of hell smell Like never showered rats who are locked up in death row cells Where the air does not go through sealed windows No, my friends, I'm not dreaming; it’s a nightmare. The sun Is warming the pavement and the...

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Massive strikes in Germany Burning tires in France Drummers pound out a war dance But please do not worry Real change can't be hurried Except with a large cash advance...

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The smell is overpowering My lungs, screaming for one for just one breath of fresh air With prayers unanswered, They are engulfed in yet another load of these odorous toxins The odorous toxins of humanity Being burnt to the...

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Chaos and riots Epidemics and wars Confusion like tornado hurricane Confinement, speechless, quiet, calm, rest and unspoken words However people are drowned in the sounds of nature Rattle of the rain Whizzing of the wind Rustling of the leaves Wheedling of the birds Chirping of the crickets Echoing in the caves, jungles and mountains Roaring of the sea Murmuring of the stream Buzzing of...

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Walking Running Bringing impending doom. Who are they? They claim they're heroes. But not a single hero was there that day. Who are they? They say they are Patriots. Peculiar for traitor to say. They screamed and shouted Creating such violence They screamed and shouted Spewing out venom. The blue showed up Not even stopping them. Nobody seemed to stop them. Why aren't they stopping them? Why? Why? Why? Because, They are one...

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You can twist the way a man sees the world. Do you think that sounds ridiculous? What if you did it over time with subtlety and diligence? The audience is largely uneducated, so remind them of their impotence; tell them any other source of facts must be regarded with suspiciousness. Whisper to them over breakfast and slowly introduce corrosive...

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Black and Brown Lives Do Not Matter – Welcome to Trump’s America Yet another death of a black man Shot by the police seven times in the back His crime? Other than being a black man he was walking to his car to check on his three children He is confronted by the Police Guns drawn He tries to get in his car They pull...

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Turmoil Soup: by M. Griswold 09112020 Stirring the pot until fully hot. Bringing the turmoil to it's boil. Then to see what is and is not. Add to the broth a li'l bit of oil. Add a li'l more fuel to the fire. Tasting now with ladle in hand. Sipping again for flavored desire. Is the soup well made as planned? Is it...

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Pandemic Friends Afraid By George W. Clever-----27 August 2020 My pandemic friends are afraid Perhaps like me, they are old So vulnerable to die on news are told COVID patients placed in retirement homes Governor Emperors abusing their power. Steal freedoms without control every hour Their retirement plans to travel A cruise, grandchildren visit, escaping the cold By government order all are on hold They...

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as soon as this latest plague is over and the riots dampen a bit, the gentle muse can be coaxed from the leper's mask and rubble, to pick up the quill and start scribing about frogs-flowers and fawns or maybe It'll be inspired by a goose that offered it's feather for the cause-...

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Old friend Democracy There you are again Finally We thought you might have left us Forever Breathe God Almighty Breathe from your knee And rise for every one Like a black statue of liberty Over the old ways of Confederacy Put away The power that rules The gangland world. Inhale the air and take our fear Exhale a new century of equity Release a revolution of new riches Made of healing and...

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People are angry And feeling unheard rioting in the streets Homes being burned Lives are being ruined "in the name of justice," they say. But I pray that they can find a better way How does ruining an Innocent life seem right? Violence and looting Fires burning through  the  night Wrong is wrong and Two wrongs dont make it right I get the anger, It comes from...

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Listen to the music of centuries Remembering looking toward peace "We must disentral ourselves" The congressmen Big black tires Big black men,black suits Siphoning your GRIT The corporate war profiteers Who are they as bats at night Chameleons in all natures Camouflaged at appropriate times Demagogues!the cause of poverty Be angry at the sun The public men,publish falsehood You are no Catullus you know; To lampoon these crude sketches of...

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