Society & Justice Poetry
Explore poems about social justice, inequality, activism, and change. These pieces speak to systemic issues and the call for a better world.
Great Reset — A Poem on Collapse and Renewal
February 6, 2021 · Society & Justice
Big fucking deal, about your sacrificing sheepiness of rescue ranger superhero. Career victim, like COVID,…
Aminata's Refrain.
February 22, 2018 · Society & Justice
If a Marula tree falls in the woods, and no one is around; does it even make a sound? What about when a warrior queen wails for the infant…
Aurat.
February 20, 2018 · Society & Justice
Woman brought us to the Earth, but man will take us out; ruled by ego and insecurities, he shoots before he shouts.…
Virulent.
March 30, 2017 · Society & Justice
As the first fleecy snowflakes fall to the ground, then disappear, in winter, it floats through the skies on the gentlest breeze, as…
Slain.
September 22, 2016 · Society & Justice
Let freedom ring, it reigns supreme. Liberty's bell solely tolls for thee. Red, white, and blue but only for you. For me, red is the blood…
#BLACKLIVESMATTER
July 10, 2016 · Society & Justice
I feel my soul crying immediately behind my face, the tears refuse to be released, they only press against …
Edhi.
July 10, 2016 · Society & Justice
You are familiar with ISIS, Boko Haram, and I believe you even know the Muffin Man. Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and Gaddafi are other…
Saartjie.
June 11, 2016 · Society & Justice
Saartjie, Saartjie, Baartman, her name warrants repetition. She was a Nubian queen who was exploited without permission.…