Short Privilege Poems

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


Premium Member Robotics

Robotics
Gears. Blocks.
Moving, building, impressing, sense of accomplishment
Intelligent, futuristic, privilege,
Robotics
Form: Cinquain


Privilege

The stench of privilege and entitlement
permeates this viscous flow
But it does settle…
for simple things to be decided
by us
Form:

Premium Member Sign of the Times

He checked his coat and hat
   thought ‘That is that…’

When he saw the sign on the ledge
   ‘Remember to check your privilege’
Form: Couplet

Heart Beats

Love is a privilege given to those whose heart beats for Care, Compassion and genuine feelings, not to those who carry a stone instead.
Form: Ballade

Aphorism

If a man is foolish enough to ask it,
a woman will take that as a privilege,
encourage it, and lastly, make it a pleasure;
And vice versa.
© Chris Conn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Other


Premium Member Diversify and Conquer

'Liberal,' merely a sentiment
    'University,' no longer a word

  'Zionist,' perverse contortion
    'White privilege,' racist extortion
Form: Couplet

Premium Member I won’t abuse your trust

Carte blanche my master key
Freely come and go as I please
An honour and a privilege



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Favor of God After American Abuse

Fighting apartheid, hating privilege:
Having "favorites" (?) - thus hating Favor
Until Jesus THE WORD showed me
Anoints His children, any color
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Time For a Nap

Just woke up
  time for a nap
Age has its privilege
  say mam and pap

No worries, no pressure
  life meanders along
Nap after nap ~
  What could go wrong
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member DAILY GRATITUDE ANCESTORS

Today I’m grateful to have so may ancestors
those I know 
and those I’ve never had the privilege to see.…

Blessed to know they are somewhere
watching over me.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Undersea Beauty

Nature's most beautiful floral That very few get to see live is coral Indescribable image A natural privilege A stunning landscape at which to marvel
Form: Limerick

Privilege Shares

Privilege shares with friends and family
the whys and wherefores of your creed;
lest your lack of concern and charity
keeps a faith hostage that they need. 

July 5, 2020
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member The Transition Age

Eighty seems to be the transition age When we revert back to a child like stage We stomp our feet No more sweet It allows us the privilege to rant and rave
age
Form: Limerick

Double Standards

Double Standards

Boy how the Lords 

Of Old Money and Privilege 

Take exception and retreat to the Higher Ground 

When their means and tactics 

Are used against them

Premium Member Ninety-Year-Olds Privilege

Untold laughter shaking her loudly
Diabolical and ruthless
Ninety-year-old’s privilege
Fooling almost no one
Delighting her cat
Smirking with mirth
Partner in
Friendship
Crime

Fog

Fog
How does fog make me feel 
I like the white, grey shade
A gray light changes the room
A privilege to meet a cloud 
Many thanks to you 
I feel the mist go through my skin
© sun dazer  Create an image from this poem.

The Full Legacy

Madam, you have your oyster in your hand
And this shell indeed may crack
It is a privilege to pledge you your pearl
Wear it well my dear, you shall never lack
The full legacy of my pain.

Premium Member Respect the Office

Presidents should always honor the post Respect the office, a privilege not a boast The world is watching No time for wobbling Get off your horse, respect is uppermost
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Respect

Presidents should always honor the post Respect the office, a privilege not a boast The world is watching No time for wobbling Get off your horse, respect is uppermost
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Respect

Presidents should always honour the post Respect the office, a privilege not a boast The world is watching No time for wobbling Get off your horse, respect is uppermost
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Privilege Matters Not

I am a
white
male
suburban-raised
ivy-league-educated
coddled
spoiled
baby boomer
who 
wasn't tough
enough
to make it
in the
business
world

You 
now
know me
inside
and out...
Form: Bio

Household Devotional Prayer

The spread of poverty and hunger 
is witnessed all over the world. 
Even in these trying times, 
God's heirs never worry, 
making use of their 
great privilege 
to pray to 
God for 
help.
Form: Nonet

Lanterns-Or, Addiction's Self Portrait

A paper lantern of a girl;
Dim halo hazy, stitched thin by needlework.
A precision seamstress of darker dreams--
Freedom is a luxury, not
A privilege.




"Lanterns"
Jenna-Nichole Conrad
Wordsmith

The Observers

Some poets, who have faith, die of old age...
observing profound beauty:
give them that privilege!


Living as friars of the Middle Ages,
the observers write true words
on remarkable pages!
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Young Stan, the People's Man

Young Stan, the 'People's Man,' led a protest
'Gainst all the 'rape and pillage' by the West --
   Demanded reparations
   For indigenous nations -- 
His 'White Privilege' left Stan dispossessed
Form: Limerick

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