Society Poems - Examples of all types of society poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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A Tale of a Ballroom Dance, circa 1925
His tie knotted tight at the collar
pinches the neck, he’d love to holler
Her corset pulled...
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Categories:
fashion, pain, society,
Form: Couplet
Amish, Hasids, and MormonsA madman pushed me off the track, lucky not much harm
I sat in the Hospital waiting room with just a broken arm.
They handed me a form to fill, 20 genders, 10 types of race -
I...
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Categories:
society, america, culture, integrity, jewish,
Form: Lyric
Shallow Hours
In Shallow Hours, graves are dug
By words morose,
Their hollow powers seem mundane,
But are much worse.
Being Lonely in a crowded room,
With empty words
Muttered by survivors;
Whose frosty breath in time,
With...
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Categories:
society, cry, death, eulogy, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
UndefeatedDo you think you can win?
Do you even think you can contend?
When the tempestuous trolls come out to play____
1,2,3 to infinity with the vitriol they spew your way
The keyboard assassins will peck you into oblivion.........
So,...
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Categories:
society, abuse, anti bullying, community,
Form: Spoken Word
Fix me change Fix you changeWords never to be uttered to another
Fix you.
Fix me? Fix you? Change?
For whom? Society?
Why for? Because i’m abnormal?
Abnormal to whom? Society? You?
Words never to be uttered to another.
Change you. Change me?
For...
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Categories:
society, anger, change, friendship, hurt,
Form: Free verse
No This Without That, Eh
No drama without moods
No parties without food
No dark alleys without crime
No ninjas without slime
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Categories:
society, farewell, meaningful, moving on,
Form: Couplet
WonderI wonder what a stone
thinks...firm in all its
ways? surely none are
without thought -- see
a virus squirm away
secure within the memory
of time, everything has a mindful
place --
--------------------------------
The Sun is our center
of physical warmth --...
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Categories:
society, creation, introspection, mystery, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Cutting Edge DysphoriaIronic we live in a time when partial people
Feel the need to cut off parts
To be more whole
These parts can range
From friends and family, home and culture
To their own distinctive body
But the...
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Categories:
perspective, psychological, society,
Form: Narrative
Hearts of GoldThe bell rang
In the castle high,
Calling for the rise
Of those below.
War floods the gates,
Not of fire or stone,
But of hearts torn.
Now, they cause pain.
Blood, death, gore,
Strikes those below.
Hearts...
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Categories:
society, analogy, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
New Year Confusion About MaturitySomewhere I am not
As is my memory... not
If not there, then where?
When I was eighteen
Going to change the world
My world at least...
That hook went missing
Place is changed too, for good
As Time... slipped the knot.
We’ll...
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Categories:
society, betrayal, career, conflict, life,
Form: Haiku
Mr Slim
He was a born teacher
From birth destined to be
You'd know by his phene.
In capitalist-run schools
He's taught for many years
Earning pennies for labour.
Three years a beneficiary
On stipend of N-power teach
The Program axed by corruption.
Then long a...
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Categories:
society, abuse, betrayal, career, future,
Form: Blank verse
The Cost of InflationIn an age of abundance
When every thing and thought
Is at our fingertip
What is left to discover?
As we expand and consume it all
On the back of a collective soul
What is the cost of this instant gratification...
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Categories:
allegory, perspective, society, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
These Twins
A healthy body, a sound mind
nor ‘disruption’ nor ‘corruption’
these twins can overturn
A...
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Categories:
society, body, education, god, health,
Form: Rhyme
Waymo's Service Is A Detriment To The Economy-SocietyWaymo's Service Is A Detriment To The Economy-Society
Waymo's self-driving taxi service, or ride share service, contributes very little to the economy and food chain. Whereas human drivers of taxi and ride share services circulate their...
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Categories:
society, conflict, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Glass PrisonsMan—
born to think freely,
now trapped in a prison of pixels.
Facebook—
a wasteland of worthless chatter,
where minds rot in the soil of mediocrity,
graves of shallow...
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Categories:
society, change, computer, freedom, internet,
Form: I do not know?
Specific Types of Society Poems
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