#politics poems on Hello Poetry

Zywa Oct 2024

Politicians drift,

because The Majority --

doesn't know what they want.

Novel "Requiem voor een vriend" ("Requiem for a friend", 2002, Han Voskuil), chapter 1951-1956, August 7th, 1954 - Amsterdam, Han Voskuil and Jan Bruggeman ('Breugelman')

Collection "Not too bad"

#politics #majority #passivity

TR3F1LD Jul 2020

INJUSTICE [might be edited, expanded]

you'd be PUT INto confinement
in a lunatic asylum
for posting a pic. some view as being spiteful
[for some info, check the notes]
doing what Navalny
does, you'd pick up a fine in
the sum of a few tens of mills of rubles &, aside from
that, your bank account would wind up frozen
[not to mention later things happened to him]
that's that nutless power-overdosed fiend
being put out sim. to a bone when
you fell down during drunk strolling
better to block up your front door with
something, 'cause for some content getting posted
you'd get it chainsawed by ******* special forces
in the dead of night; after the unwanted guests have stormed in
you'd get toppled to the floor, then
you'd be submitted to beating
the whole picture's having your little kids screaming
then some of your stuff becomes forfeit
later, it turns out you're not the right person
they've left with your property stolen
that's the rotten syst. working
autocracy's growing

US Eng

The picture's Russian-language caption translates as
"get an axe, meet mountain guests".
People of the Caucasus - that's what thought those lead the case and taken the posted picture as offensive.
Moreover, the picture was posted by tens of other users, but those lead the case don't care about that fact.

The source (a Russian language article): echo.msk.ru/blog/atanor/1166002-echo

#rhyme #poem #shortpoem #society #politics #injustice #truth #truestory

Zywa Oct 2024

[ Tell me, what do they ]

Tell me, what do they

know, the nationalists,

of their own country?

Novel "Requiem voor een vriend" ("Requiem for a friend", 2002, Han Voskuil), chapter 1965-1985, June 5th, 1974 - The Hague, concept of an article by Jan Bruggeman ('Breugelman')

Collection "Not too bad"

#nationalism #politics

Hebert Logerie Oct 2024

Today, I voted, I Did Not Vote For A Person

The title of this poem is from an unknown wise man
Who said: ‘Today I voted, I did not vote for a person’
I love his honest and serious words. I love his wisdom
And I’m unequivocally proud to quote him
This genuine gentleman truly inspires me
His heartfelt message touches me deeply
Like him, yesterday, I voted for life and the future
I voted for equality and Mother Nature
I voted for values and decency
I voted for respect and dignity
I voted for fairness and equal opportunity
I voted for the rules of law and sanity
I voted for comprehension and transparency
I voted for a healthy and better economy
I voted for the truth and Social Security
I voted for money for the children and the elderly
I voted for safety and security
I voted for principles and a cease fire everywhere
I voted for over here and over there
I voted for tolerance and acceptance
I voted for harmony and common sense
I voted for patriotism and the Constitution
I voted for justice and reason
I voted for hope and chance for all
I voted for humanity to walk tall
I voted for compassion and love
I voted for the Spirit above
I voted for morality and peace
Everywhere, especially in the Middle East
And I voted against countless other things
As the lion roars, the rooster crows and sings
And the bell rings
I voted against disrespect and immortality
I voted against chaos and insanity
I voted against violence and poverty
I voted against bombing and killing babies
I voted against baseless rumors and disease
I voted against lies and dehumanization
I voted against hatred and discrimination
I voted against bias and repression
I voted against corruption and exclusion
I voted against deceit and exploitation
I voted against prejudice and marginalization
I voted against contempt and humiliation
I voted against betrayal and treason
I voted against fascism and racism
I voted against injustice and nepotism
I voted against police state and dictatorship
I voted against misery and hardship
Yesterday, I also voted for love, not hate
Yes, indeed, I voted for love, not hate
I did not vote for a person
I did not vote for a felon
Please hurry to vote, it’s not too late
Tuesday November 5th is around the corner
Make America friendlier and better
Thank you for the inspiration
I don’t know the identity of this wise man.

P.S. This poem is dedicated to this anonymous wise man
And to all the readers.

Copyright © October 2024, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of numerous collections of poetry.

Please hurry up to vote.

#vote #election #candidate #politician #politics #honesty #truth #lies #love #america

Anais Vionet Oct 2024

the age of Hate

(A 'thought piece' I wrote in high school)

Ok, I'm not paid to think (like the TV shouting heads), I have no real voice (vote), and certainly no credentials - but I'm as invested in America as any high-school citizen can be. I've pledged allegiance 3000 times (hhmm.. do they doubt our loyalty?) and when it comes to loving America, I'd have to say my classmates and I are at the center of the spell.

I'm afraid we're growing up in the age of hate.. the age of phony outrage where each position large or small is high noon and violence is underfoot even when policing ordinary citizens.

We won't address the multitude of old problems in this new age.. we'll just unleash a marquetry of half truths to dispute the proven until unreasoned arguments reach their paranoid fullness.

The real world is alarming enough - lets just push that away and ignore it - while we're at it lets **** shame the poor, the old, the sick, the unemployed, the hungry and the hand of mercy.

I realize America was never one moral atom bonded for better.. but those anvils that forged us appear neglected or forsaken. I'm afraid what's happening now, what we're seeing and hearing now, is a symphony of erosion - that by the time I have any say at all, the middle class will be gone - america turned slum - where even the voice of despair will be turned traitor.

We'll only be able to see our greatness in museum souvenir shops where nothing is affordable and everything is made elsewhere.

This was one of the short essays for my Yale application. I post it now as an election classic 🙃

#hate #talk #america #anger #politics

Robert Ippaso Oct 2024

Basket of Deplorables

If in the basket of deplorables must I be,
To quote a term most used by sweetest Hilary,
Then let me state this best I can,
I'm voting for our country, not the man.

A country where race and gender aren't the bait,
But where everyone is open to debate,
United by a sense of common pride
Holding back divisions’ surging tide.

Where knowledge of our strength is used for good,
And our intent for peace is not misunderstood;
Making clear to tyrants our firm resolve,
So that by dialogue not war may they
squabbles solve.

A nation where our people are first in line
And not succumb to disadvantages or imported crime,
From open borders with illegals pouring through,
With misguided politicians caring more for them than you.

Where doctrine is replaced by common sense,
From the fringes seeking dominance hell-bent.
Boys competing fully in girls sport,
No reasoned thought for when children to abort.

Politicians’ vanity projects not worth
Squandering our money with intent and
unrequited mirth;
While millions live in poverty and need,
Ignored by legislators craving fame and intellectual greed.

I want our leaders to respect our flag,
And not applaud when to the ground protestors stomp and drag;
And for why, but to score a series of cheap shots,
Empowering radicals to ferment those never ending plots.

So yes, my vote goes to just my country,
And if a name must I choose, I say this humbly,
My selection won't be for one that's woke,
Or that will seek to send our country broke.

Politicians convince themselves they're special,
They are in fact a wallowing empty vessel,
Using their guile and mimic to impress,
When truth be told, they almost invariably depress.

To make us think

#trump #kamala #harris #politics #anger #division #usa #society #election

Hebert Logerie Oct 2024

Ending The Department Of Education

A human being needs to be educated
In order to make the world a better place
An uneducated politician or bully is a serious menace
To our vulnerable society. Ignorance is deeply rooted
In racism, violence, greed, crimes, frauds, lies and deceits
Banning or ending the department of Education
Will cause irreparable harms to the Nation
Most convicted criminals have no advance degrees
Most recidivists and racists behave like animals on the streets
Like wild tigers in the jungles, like sneaky foxes in the prairies
Most pathological liars are hardened criminals
A good or high-quality education can turn devils into angels
Choosing educated leaders are indeed paramount
Well-educated politicians are smart and benevolent
A brain needs the seeds of instruction and education
A tactless or illiterate mind can easily desolate a great Nation.

Copyright © October 2024, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of numerous collections of poetry.

#education #politics #politicians #lies #liars #fake #news #ai #crimes #election

Pojamusic Oct 2024

Counting

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
why are life around here poor,
why our people never fight.

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
why there isn't enough love,
why our future's not so bright.

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
the lives that matters, are all gone,
on the future, there´s no light.

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
try to avoid every thought,
life is never just a game.

- Tarmo Selter -
2024

#nature #meandyou #politics #taxes #goverment #lovenature #hope #sooul #natureandme #protectnature

Pojamusic Oct 2024

Some days

You can see me like a fool,
I try to do my best,
some people think that I´m their tool,
you´ll really never guess...

Society are doomed,
taxes rising up,
the are people, who are fooled
of politicians crap.

Do people really understand
that life belongs to them,
their families, their homes are gone,
if pribes are never paid.

Politicians never know
what really counts to them
until they see there life is gone
to higher purpose then.

Society are doomed,
taxes rising up,
there are people, who are fooled
of politicians crap.

We really, really have to stand
for what belongs to us,
they all, who never understand,
they have to watch their backs.

Patience sometimes ending soon,
if there is some pain,
then the goverment plays fool,
why there´s so much hate.

Society are doomed,
taxes rising up,
there are people, who are fooled
of politicians crap.

People want to live their own
they didn´t want to hate,
they just want to own their home
for a better fate.

- Tarmo Selter -
2024

#nature #meandyou #politics #taxes #goverment #lovenature #hope #sooul #natureandme #protectnature