Short Societal Poems

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Premium Member Societal Dregs

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



Date written:05/05/2023
Form: Senryu


Premium Member Macro by speach '

Its prefferable to allow speech to be free
For 'only then' can others consider?
Of the orators intent; and 
Ideas? Also mentallity.'
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member One True Love

I have never found that one true love
though I have played the part expected
by societal decree~
I have only ever
loved myself, you see,
not any one;
not any
single 
thing.
Form: Nonet

Darkness-The Hour of Self-Expression

Darkness
A locus for expression of tears
Muffled thoughts grow vociferous
Suppressed emotions arise uprighteous
Societal demands and self interests lock horns
only to be put to rest before dawn

Cursed

As a societal pariah,
am I not deserving a grand denouement?
When my tale reaches zenith,
will I be shackled,
by the abhorrent atrocities,
your accursed kind has wrought,
upon my tempestuous form?
Light my pyre,
I need a tan.


Premium Member The Fray

Sickness incredulously slipped the noose
wormed its way past healthy constitutions
and lodged spear like into Adams’ rib

Tenaciously Life held back 
marshalling the frontline
lymphocytes funneled nutrients
from Mother’s soup
into the societal fray.

Perhaps Peace

what I wouldn't give to erase
from the earth’s weary face
all that is wicked and base:

warmongers and evildoers,
pre-emptive troublemakers,
rapacious, societal leaders,
crooked empire-builders;

then maybe peace may stir 
and finally reign…forever.

Dirtiest

Dirtiest of men in the cosmos 
Is not that hater of cleaning fluids
Ring-leader of genocide he is not
Tiger-leader of a nation he is not
Irritating witch in society he is not
Earnestly rich burglar he is not but
Smack traitor of societal virtues
The corrupter of the young is dirtiest
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Caustic Acrostic

Corrosion within a hobbling democracy
Altruism died along side a Calvary king
United we stand divided we'll get mauled
Severe stratification at the political ball
Time bomb attached to societal tumors
Insidious forces lurking about a white room
Caucuses are in the teeth of the 666 beast.
Form: Acrostic

The Hidden Contract

If we lived in a state
With no societal contract
Formal laws, constrained movement
or expression

Would that bring out
a hidden harmony?
or would humanity
debase and debauch
having no recourse
to reward and punishment?

Would we still exist, love, and share joy?
With no social control or design?

Gravy Philosophy

If during a meal, I put a finger in the gravy 
and begin to write with the gravy,
am I being creative and philosophical
or just being absurd?

Am trying to read about this technique,
perhaps, a revolt to societal norm?
Philosophers seem to have an answer,
well thought out

 I'm simply sloppy!!
Form:

Social Masquerade

interpersonal
social 
emotional
masquerade 
dance 
impersonate 
socially 
acceptable 
norms 
play the 
part not 
so well 
the mask  
always seems
to fall off 
the disguise 
always seems
to rip apart
always seem
to lose the 
game of 
societal
charades 
that we play 
every single 
day
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Elizabeth Bennet

One of five sisters near Meryton born, Elizabeth Bennet,
whose towering zeal,  extolled in deft prose at its zenith,
hailed as Lizzy by some, prone to mock prim societal flaws,
with cheek and wry humour, irreverent “guff”aws!



Lierary figure in work Pride And Predjudice
 whose author was Jane Austen
Form: Clerihew

Play Hooky

Today decided to
Play hooky from 
All responsibility
Took a mental health 
Day away from the hubbub
Of the societal rat race
Took time out to set back 
And take a lode off my tired feet
Took a day out of the busy week to 
Take a step aside along the road 
To stop and smell the flowers
That we often take for granted
Form: Lyric

To Society's Eyes

Buring eyes of my contempt,
please take notice of my hint,
of your glares I wish exempt,
away from your coloring tint.

Let me forget paying your friendly rent,.
Confine me to my nest.
In societal dues, I'm spent,
leave me to solitary rest.

All your social circles make me weary,
I just bide until my sweet solitary.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Storms of Normalcy

Listen to poem:
Storms of Normalcy 
David J Walker

Choose your form of
Insanity and
Embrace it

Lace it up like
High-top boots
Lose your view of 
Normality 

And the maladies 
Of societal norms
There will be 
Storms

There will be visions
Of a different future 

That only you can see
When you weather the 
Storms of normalcy
Form: Rhyme

Triptych

a societal façade to please the outside
no true emotion
seeking pleasure from others
getting sucked dry by leeches

accommodating others' moods
acting according to how they act
striving to please them
finding little comfort in them

totally free in solitude
maximum expression
cortisol nonexistent
consistently complacent
© Will Will  Create an image from this poem.

Otherwise It's a Burden

She, life, is for living her, 
not for thinking her,
you have to forget yourself,
gliding in personal and 
societal  avenues, 
acting and reacting 
attracting and rejecting 
forgetting where and when 
was the start 
and where and when
it's the end. 
Live it like it's eternal,
die tomorrow but today 
plan what to do
the day after tomorrow.
Form: Prose

The Crack

He hates the sessions
The therapist
Desperately trying
To have him conform
To the accepted
Societal mold
Yet
He chose his path
A long time ago
Now
They deem him 
Broken
Yet
Time and again
He has to bend over
Betray logic
To accommodate 
Now
The result is an
Hairline crack
He can feel 
The pressure
Building up


(Ackmi Luis 2016)

Premium Member - Deviants And Divine -


    There is room for doubt
    with or without consequences
    Punishment or judgment
    heaven or hell

    An unconditional truth
    no deviation
    anchored in principles
    Convenience or the opinions of others

   Adapting and societal norms
   Mutual understanding and respect
   The question of divinity
   an intensive search

Premium Member Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Girls just wanna have fun





In name of culture and religion
when societal discipline suffocates,
Subtle souls gasp to breathe for freedom,
yearning to live their life to the full,
to cherish and unfold His veiled treasures,
Girls just wanna have fun !




Written July 3rd, 2015
For contest "Triple threat" by Casarah 
Inspired by theme one

CRAZY WORLD

So many Societal flaws 
He's so flawless 
Always doing what's right 
Maintaining 
His ancestral lineage.

So many weaknesses 
He's so strong 
Always standing firm
Striving 
To liberate all from their inexperience.

So many opportunities 
He was given none
But, never hated
Neither did he switched 
He's one of a kind
Very rare and irreplaceable.
Form: Bio

Premium Member Wandering

At times
when you
don't want to
participate in a
societal function
you leave the scene,
wander through
the canyons, crevices
and hallways
of illusive deviations
pondering the ways, means
of your survival.
You don't intend
to be antisocial
but sometimes
you can't find
the essence, purpose
of all the distractions
that others consider vital
to their being.

Illimitable Boundary

Don’t kill the light’s
Too much is left on the table 
Too much.
To leave

My life, the greatest fable.
Losing touch – lost belief
Tragic origins serve no excuse

Defended Resisted
Stubborn and vulnerable 
All charity I refuse.

Another victim of societal abuse

Not willing – or even able
To see clearly 
To unfetter and choose.

End.
Written December 08th 2014
Form: Verse

Untitled

This cold world, with cold games
a lot they stole, people have lost their control
More then self
killing children’s mental health

Media, the "in and now"
we rely to teach our children how
never leading by example; with self-appraisal
rather filling the next shot double

Will these children of the meek ever be free? 
From this, self-loathing transmittal societal disease.
Form: Didactic

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