Short Society Poems

Short Society Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Society by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Society by length and keyword.


Premium Member Michelle O

Lady Obama, Michelle
Will push the economy to fail
While at the expense of her nation
Takes a trillion dollar vacation
Form: Clerihew


Throw the Stone

Dare you 
Dare you
I see you 
I see you
You can't hide
I can't hide
If we start throwing stones
Who will get hurt?
Form:

Wool

We are like sheep;
sheep are shaved off their wool,
without their own free will -
we pay taxes because
we have to....

Premium Member Venom's Thrall

Lying in wait 
Is a liar 
Aligned with a snake 

Such you cannot debate 
For the liar lives
In a trance-bound state

Premium Member Wolf in sheep's clothing

Are you sad?
Nothing but fake news
Slow and steady
Drags me down
Kids will be kids



AP: Honorable Mnetion 2025
Form: Cento


Premium Member Me And Aladdin



For the longest of time Thought we were it We now await the contact A colossal fellowship

I Promise To Myself

If these people won’t let me live,
If these society won’t let me relax
I promise to myself
I’m not gonna end like this.

Premium Member Broken Smile

Everything I hide 
behind so broken a smile? 
Society loathes;
I have been buried alive,
but run wild within my prose.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Fair Warning

Gen Boomer says to Gen Alpha, 
Bless your heart you are not God,
No, I'm not,  Gen Alpha grins,
But I am young still!
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Ten For

a symmetric eclectic
of film,society politic-
portraits defined
in Andy's graphic line

ten jewish portraits by Warhol
Form: Ekphrasis

Eyes

The observer of
The incident around us
Sometimes it’s so true
But sometimes dishonesties
All they see is truth and lies
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Accuse

Accuse me
of your own
inadequacies 

Judge me
of your own 
transgressions 

Condemn me
in your outrage
hypocrites

Premium Member Orphaned

I.
I
My,my
ego's cry-
neglected,long lost
family..duties..left to die,
fixated on symptoms society still wonders why !
Form: Fibonacci

Day In Town

Place of sorrow with happiness
Song of music with the noise
Dream of targets and the goals
Time for bodies with the minds
Form: ABC

Premium Member The State of the Species

   58% of hospital infections
     preventable by washing hands

   What does this tell us
     about 21st-century man
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Three Scenes

--*)COL!LID*ING(*-- cityscapes DiSsoNanT dreamscapes lonely landscapes

Premium Member Last Call

Our last pint of life
imaginary beings
we drink our future
restless humans, sentient souls
shall the 'tweens ever embark?
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Mandarin Buffet

Always hot plates.
Always refilling clean slates.
Always lots of food.
Always yummiest dishes.
Always the best of buffets
Form: Tanka

Chauvinist

The right to freedom
Casts but a shadow of doubt
For the luckiest
Can not see it or hear it
And there appears, chauvinist
Form: Tanka

Hats In Size

Hats and shoes,to wear own sizes,
Some times to wear others sizes,
Hat to put on,if it's in size,
Shoes to get in,no size!

The Crime

a punishment for every crime
 the deadly price to pay
 when only he stole but a dime
 given something never seen in my day
Form: Quatrain

Regress

regress--
   embrace the shift
      deem like a paramour
      

07.08.16

For Silent One contest
"A Response to..."
Form: Senryu

Inobservant

fell off the cliff edge

checking my recent emails

Irrelevant now

7/8/2018 
Senryu contest
Sponsored by Mick Talbot.
© Roy Pett  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Is Tolerance Good Or Bad

Permissiveness grows.
What was evil's in fashion.
Tolerance then's bad?
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Societal Dregs

sinking to bottom 
the bits of worthless matter ~ 
all who do evil



Date written:05/05/2023
Form: Senryu

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