Short Capitalism Poems

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Sitting On a Toilet

Unable to relax

Unable to release

Crushing capitalism enveloping me

Feeling tight

If I release will they come after me?


INHUMANITY


        


     we have food for 12 billion
      we only feed 8 billion...
 it's not capitalism, it's pure cruelty
Form: Epigram

Premium Member New Short Story Posted

I have a new short story posted - "debuts"
It was 117 characters too long for a poem.

https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/debuts_9372

Premium Member Truly Named Acme

Truly named Acme

We fed cardboard sheets
into a machine in steady flow

corrugated boxes the result
boxes to be filled with wares
endless capitalism perpetuated

Premium Member Rescued From Capitalism

Mordechai Abercrombie Fofoofnik
Decided to become a kibbutznik --
  But old socialists were out
  Mordechai began to pout -- 
'Til they told him: 'Design a new Sputnik'
Form: Limerick


We Are Shadows

we are but shadows

of who we are

shadows tortured by hot sun of capitalism

where is cool water of democratic socialism

cool river

waterfall

to free my soul.

TO HAVE OR NOT TO HAVE THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION




The world produces food for 12 billion
there are 8 billion human beings in the world
even with this excess people go hungry...
capitalism or socialism, what is the solution!
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Resurrection of the Communist Revolution

          ~ November 04, 2025 ~  

          Mark it as a historic day
          NYC chooses a new way

            Workers of the world unite!
            Capitalism ~ fight or flight?
Form: Couplet

Capitalism Is Rubbish

Capitalism is rubbish. Socialism is much worse.
Fascism with nationalism are so bad, of course.
I was looking for nice and positive with "ism" .
Went through everything. And found one- Nudism!
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Unhandy Differences

What is the difference,
historical or cultural,
naturally experienced or spiritually souled,
between economic capitalism
and political patriarchalism?

What is the difference
between two hands clapping?

Capitalism

Capitalism if you know not
is a ping pong game
feet must move very fast
hands on clear  target
ball bounced back quick
eyes on opponent’s  actions 
joy when opponent faults
take it all when foe collapses

The National Anthem But Add Capitalism

Oh say can you see
By the dawn's early light
The bags in my eyes
For I can't sleep through the night
I've been working to death 
And I have coffee breath
And I constantly feel
Like I've been chained to my desk
Form: Lyric

Poverty

Boundless poverty,
inseparable symptoms
of capitalism -
Illusions of ascension
deceive the miserable.

28/03/2023
Written for the Writing Challenge - 'P' Words Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
Form: Tanka

Yule Christmas

Yule/Christmas
Obscene capitalism
Can best be observed 
At Christmas 

Midwinter festival 
Larder full we share our
Luck with our nearest

Christmas is the devil’s revenge
He was never invited
Now he gives us hell with glitter.

Premium Member The End of Capitalism

The End Of Capitalism


Profits don’t count
Family matters
Community matters
Families close together
Community thrives
Family matters!
Profiteers rule the media!
How hard is it to dispute?
Many years will pass,
Family matters!

Debtor's Prison

falling four days
sideways 
the crux of capitalism
crushing financial happiness
into a credit card cube
panicked children chained in debt
to failing governments and corruption 
walking green bricked roads
from Wonderland into the abyss

Upwards For the Worlds Tourism

Even in an heavy destruction of air
capitalism shout with joy
but not the climate
when everything goes wrong
you should take a fling at the barn
look up into the sky with a smile
take a sandwich or three
while the environment goes to hell

Capitalism

I’m not at all interested
in your product
You shouldn’t even be for sale
Put your wallet down 
for a minute
Just look in my eyes
and tell me 
your aspirations in life
There is no monetary value 
assigned to what I desire
“I love you”
doesn’t cost but a breath

Elimination

i see profane
anarchy in my city
the politicians are desperate
trying to leave the country
that's been starvin like forever
we will not let them leave
history will be rewritten
as we eliminate the evil generation
the product of eurocentrism
and the spirit of capitalism.

Elimination

i see profane
anarchy in my city
the politicians are desperate
trying to leave the country
that's been starvin like forever
we will not let them leave
history will be rewritten
as we eliminate the evil generation
the product of eurocentrism
and the spirit of capitalism.

Tanka

Tanka
When utilities 
Are privately owned 
We are prisoners
Caught in a web of avarice
Capitalism gone viral

Senryu 
On the opposite wall
The sun shines bright and summery 
Typical!

Words.
When I speak 
I get lost in the fog of words
When alone 
I can see forever
Form: Tanka

Postcard

Postcard Whow

Millions of '   
      postcards 
for sale
    Dealers 
from around the world 
Some from Israel 
   Some from Russia 
Some rich 
   others poor
Capitalism in action
     But E.V. Debs cards 
sell for a lot of money!
    The point of this poem escapes me

Happiness Or Collectivism

Happiness is working,
Success is completing;
Hell is environmentalism
Taking everything away.

Excitement is planning,
Benevolence is cooperation;
Hell is environmentalism
And government
Killing you together.

Hapiness is independence,
Success is capitalism;
Hell is collectivism.
Form:

The Mall

The Mall
has got its own belltower
like modern church
for capitalism.
Hundreds of shops
selling the obvious
garish colours.
Many restaurants 
serving a variety 
of burgers and fattening food.
There is no art here
not much to see
if you don´t care
about
high heeled shoes
and burgers
© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.

Beautiful Idiosyncrasies

What if I were to lie?
What, if I were lye?
Don't you look at me that way.
Don't you look away!

The blond hairs on your back
I know it's cold.
Where are you going with this?
Wherever you are told.

Dance now, it's a stage.
The machine rotors turn.
The cabinets stocked with capitalism.
My Beautiful Idiosyncrasies.

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