#bias poems on Hello Poetry

Molly Jenkins Oct 2015

I wear the vale
and it weathers me
in silty slopes
in harsh-cut lines
it lopes off pieces
of my face.
it floods out my marshes
it clears me clean out
and sterile

I wear the vale
and it's worrisome folk
who take up issue.
"You're wearing the vale!
Wearying th' fields
with dead leaves, and dead things.
Don't you tell us
how to live."

Funny, it's not even sublime
how easy it is
to tell me.

#identity #independence #wordplay #prejudice #screens #bias #courtesy #sameseries #differentvoice #landethics

Cheyenne Sep 2015

May Your Eyes Deceive Me

Listen to your demons;
They have a lot to say.
Consider, now, the chaos:
It can take your breath away.

Play the devils advocate:
Be shocked by your own speech.
Play with fire, dance with monsters,
Contemplate what they preach.

Hear the echoes in the silence,
Though the resonance is faint.
See the figures in the darkness
Meaning light still remains.

Stare into oblivion.
Embrace the great abyss.
Find beauty in the question:
Can nothingness exist?

And you think it is as simple
As telling black from white;
Little do you know, my love,
That it's just a trick of the light.

#illusion #prejudice #misconceptions #bias

Julie Grenness Aug 2015

SILLY STATE

Our silly state of paranoia,
Are leaders here to annoy ya?
Ghosts of government past,
We've had enough drivel to last!
Our systems need to improve,
Building bias, not a good groove.
Kids are born colour-blind,
They teach oldies their great minds,
We're ashamed of our politicians,
Any excuse today? Like superstition,
Then there's youth unemployment,
Disaffected youth for deployment,
Mendicants at charity, welfare dependents.
Our silly state of paranoia,
Are politicians sent to annoy ya!

Inspired by daily newspapers. Feedback welcome.

#paranoia #silly #state #politicians #bias

LightSeeker03 May 2015

Follow by Example

If the stars communicated like we human brothers,
Would they speak poorly of each other?
If stars come in many forms, ages, and colors,
Do they think highly of one over the other?
If one star has more planetary followers than another,
Would the others whisper harshly of how this star seeks more attention than another?
If stars are all different, and yet are made the same as each other,
Do they seperate themselves from one another?
If stars are born of the same matter,
Would this matter be their God or their mother?
If stars do speak like we human brothers,
Why do they work much better than us others?

I dunno \_(°^°)_/

#stars #space #thoughts #questions #poems #wonder #belief #humans #discrimination #bias

Derrick Feinman Feb 2015

Selective Reporting

Read or watch the news
We still only have two eyes
To see what THEY want.

#war #haiku #perception #news #propaganda #bias #marketing

Akemi Aug 2014

reflex mentality

Bright and cavalier
You wring out your neck
With heavy hands

Show me a tongue without an anchor
Glistening eyes without glamour
Are you filled empty
With crowd mentality?

Your swell of bitter laughter
Is cruelty incandescent as fire

10:08pm, August 14th 2014

To people who accept only what they've been brought up to believe, and reject conflicting ideals by reflex.

#ignorance #belief #cruelty #judgement #conformity #norm #naivety #prejudice #bias #upbringing

Amitav Radiance Aug 2014

No Illumination

Solid darkness cannot be penetrated
Willed against the whole world
Sinking into depths of bottomless abyss

#delusion #darkness #stubborn #bias

talia rose Jun 2014

Deranged Humanity

Corrupted human beings saunter our streets
Consisting of nothing but absurd hostility
Consumed with bias and a mind confined
It seems to be
That you misconceived
The purpose of this viability.
Hate, steal, ****, fight
Living a life of polluted spite.
Nothing but blemishes in society
Simply blind to the basic factors of psychiatry.
The human mind was composed to connect
Composed to detect
Love, companionship, intellect.
We clench the power to do so much more,
Relax your fist and allow your speculations to pour.
Inessential anger increases inside
what used to be a selfless kind.
A kind who shared, one who cared.
Who built companions up and helped them grow.
Now there's egotistical maniacs, count them by the rows.
They see others as files, humans they dispose.
Follow the leader, that's a game they like to play.
Think for yourself, our brains weren't made to think this way.

#ignorance #humanity #generation #hostility #bias

Natalie R Jun 2014

Perspectives

Bias
Is a little *****
The alliteration is merely a coincidence
But it is
Everyone has their own views
Their own opinions
Their own perspective
Negative or positive
Like the moodswings of a mother in menopause
It's still a *****
Hah just like your mother , jk
Bias is everyone
Everyone has a bias
It's their perspective
No matter their age, their IQ, or the amount of muscle mass on their perfectly chiseled body
They have a bias
It's rarely good
So look out for that *****
Bias
It'll bite you in ***

#***** #perspective #opinion #bias