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POEM STARTER
Corruption
Write a poem that addresses the theme of corruption. This is an uncommon theme to express poetically, so think about different types of corruption, and how they can best be explored through poetry.
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BANG, BANG! The gun goes pop.
A criminal flees, as the bodies drop.
Innocent eyes fixed on the TV screen.
Fascinated by what they’ve seen.
Glass pipes and syringes, glorified.
Innocence bleeds from a young child’s mind.
And as the TV flickers with its evil allure,
The hearts of our children are left impure....
Cw for religion ✝️
Not to play devil’s advocate
But I can see his side
Yenno besides the whole
‘Let all the glory be mine’
It makes a lot of sense
To do away with free will
The moment we got agency
Everything went downhill
You’d think intelligent beings
Would use their power of choice
To make all people equal
To give everyone a voice
Instead it seems that humans try
To go out of their way
To...
Those who point the finger
Telling right from wrong
The high and mighty linger
Reigning for far too long
Money-hungry gluttons
Far beyond reproach
Flaunt without reluctance
As our deaths approach
When the leaders fail
Who will light the way
No more men for sale
No more bribes today
Armies of officials
Marching for their cause
Drag the guiltless with them
Into open jaws
Caring not for people
Li...
I write doodles, of loss and despair. But live in a world, where Rapunzel has strong
hair…
My paper jaded times, with poetry on the fly. It's a landscape of art and horror, in depths of my
mind...
But oh, there is a price to pay; these sickening odd thoughts. Abrubt and outright, like the fading of a memory
lost…
It's what it's like, to be in love. To hear a heartbeat within the burnt out stars...
A People, faces pressed into the sand.
They cry and cry,” God please just make this end.”
A Pharaoh, sandals propped upon their backs.
They’re starving as they build his monuments.
A Promise, He will set them free.
LORD will break this bondage of misery.
A Prince, floating in a basket.
Raised by those he’d soon surpass.
A Conflict, the Prince saw too much pain.
Eyes couldn’t stand to wat...
Corruption
Where did it start
Where does it end
It flowed through my fingertips
When I wrote you that letter
It slipped from my tongue with words of disgust
Corruption
It decayed
It spread and now I’m led
Down a path riddled with disease
Corruption
Love tainted
No faith obtained
Just the eroded leftovers
Corruption
You know where it started
You know it’ll never end...
What some brand corruption
Others praise as evolution
Like the hands of wind and water
molding the Earth
beneath the pale light
of rainbows
The wind will make mountains
that man will seek to climb
The water will stretch
the once-stolid lips of limestone
And oh, how those rocks will sing
I have heard the monochrome melody
Rushing through stalactite teeth
Combing though the sand
And I note the c...
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