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All of us belong to a greater whole, and whether you call it society or civilization or country, it has a deep and profound impact on our lives. Some seek to escape it. Some to embrace it. All of us, though, should seek to understand it.
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| Poems on Society continued | Author |
| Entertain Angels Unaware |
Millette Addison |
| Perhaps that dirty, penniless person sleeping in the street is something more than you might think? | |
| In God's Eyes |
Monica |
| How can discrimination ever make sense? | |
| Stranger |
Ghegi25 |
| As society encourages us to strive for the unattainable, we begin to realize we have become a reflection of that society. And in that reflection, we have lost our selves. | |
| Addictions | Suroor |
| Modern Western society has a problem that can no longer be ignored. | |
| The Hard Part Is Over With |
Bahar |
| Please look into the heart of a troubled child. And understand… | |
| Columbine Crying |
Marge Tindal |
| A very talented and insightful poet pays tribute to those who died and offers solace to those who survived. | |
| Lost Wanderer |
Alotta |
| Rape is a crime against society. But more than that, it is a vicious crime against humanity. | |
| Door To Decision |
Robson Grant |
| If the Earth is our home, shouldn't we become better housekeepers? | |
| Soldiers | Carey Lenehan |
| Fighting for your country, sacrificing for your ideals, may not always mean what "some" have told you it does. | |
| A Shattered Dream |
Jody Nichols |
| Excluding others - making them feel left out - because of differences is wrong. | |
| Sirens In The Night | Ogviolet |
| Hate and fear are enemies of all mankind. And, on some nights, it seems they are winning their war against us. | |
| Cry For The Children | V.J. Lower |
| To "cry" doesn't mean just to weep - it can also be a strident plea for help. | |
| Fifteen Crosses |
Lisa Teller |
| Columbine brought many nightmares - and a very special dream. | |
| Loch Voil | Geoff Sanderson |
| The beauty of nature can be so easily spoiled… | |
| The Saddest Thing | Angell |
| The atrocities we've seen happening in our society this year have inspired poets such as this one to write some very poignant words. | |
| Hearts Division | Gothic |
| As time moves deliberately by us, our lives change, and the lives of our loved ones change as well. Sometimes we grow in the same directions, and sometimes we grow apart. | |
| My Different Friend | T |
| We should always think before we say what's on our mind. Once words are spoken, they can't be taken back. | |
| Life's Choices |
Rose |
| Our society has some pretty screwed up priorities - and this is about one of the worst ones. | |
| The Price Of Ignorance | Martina Hooley |
| Littleton, Colorado became a place we could not ignore. But maybe we should have paid attention a little sooner? | |
| Earth Mother | Alison Rotmark |
| This poem is written about our blatant disregard for the core of our existence - Mother Earth. | |
| Century | Dominic |
| When the whole world seems crazy and disjointed, few media can reflect that feeling like a poem. | |
| Stop It Now | David Mclauchlan |
| This poem is about war. And death and tragedy. And, too, about anger. | |
| Where Will It All End? | Mindy Carpenter |
| When nations go to war, the reasons aren't always easy to understand. But the consequences are. | |
| Manifest Hate | Nathan Olney |
| Humans are pack-animals, and I suspect there have always been gangs. But it seems as if there has never, before, been quite so much hate… | |
| Carnival Of Guilt | Michael Anderson |
| Being different |
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| Maybelline Eyes | Kadka Jaeks |
| Modern society, to a large extent, worships many false gods. One of those is physical beauty. | |
| The Earth's Enemies | Marcy King |
| This poem is about searching for answers, in a society that seems to make little sense. | |
| Traverse : Into The Future | Je ' Free |
| Is there hope for humanity? Perhaps. If we're willing to make the trip. | |
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