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The Cynical Ones

We are the cynical age of man
we are the mouth of ridicule,
whispering alone,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 28, 2020August 5, 2020Posted inPoems about life, Societal Collapse poemsTags:poems, Poems about life, poetry, Poetry about life, sadness poem, Societal Collapse poems, suffering poemLeave a comment on The Cynical Ones

The Hermit in the Woods

I met a hermit where a stream diverged,
passing the hours and the minutes of day
and honing his whit he stopped to stretch, and said—

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 21, 2020Posted inSocietal Collapse poemsTags:poem, poetry, Societal Collapse poemsLeave a comment on The Hermit in the Woods

Pablo Neruda Was No Mad King

Pablo Neruda oppression poem mustard gas

How could we
leave you at the shore,
or forget you
or the image of those little boats.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 16, 2020July 19, 2020Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Societal Collapse poemsTags:oppression, Pablo Neruda, revolution1 Comment on Pablo Neruda Was No Mad King

The Mad King of Araucani

My vast kingdom, larger than France and Spain
led a crusade against conquest and genocide,
I did not have birth right, nor did I take it by sword,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 15, 2020July 19, 2020Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Societal Collapse poemsTags:history, Mapuche Poetry, Uncategorized Poetry1 Comment on The Mad King of Araucani

Doomed

Some say the times are changing fast,
Some say they always have.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 9, 2020July 16, 2020Posted inSocietal Collapse poemsTags:history repeats, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on Doomed

The Gallows

Let the elite country clubs become grave yards.
Come and erect the boards,
and let low the noose, and let known the deeds

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 8, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Societal Collapse poemsTags:revolution, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on The Gallows

A Pharaohs Rise

Among the worlds most pressing ruins I have seen
artifacts come rising as phoenixes
to part their form from the fierce driven wind
and sand that whirls around in its dying

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 7, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inScience Poetry, Societal Collapse poemsTags:Archaeology, Mysteries, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on A Pharaohs Rise

We Wish to be Kings not Free

London Bridge is a symbol for societal collapse and is famous for the Rhyme

We wish to be a king not free
of the autocrat or tyrant’s
immortal knee on our airway—
easier to be chained than change.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 7, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inPoems about life, Societal Collapse poemsTags:poem, Societal Collapse poems, Uncategorized Poetry, verseLeave a comment on We Wish to be Kings not Free

To be

A golden lid on porcelain throne. This toilet is used as a symbolic representation of the madness of kings in this poem

This rusted throne of kings, this gilded smile,
This divine right of blood, this gift of sight,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 6, 2020July 16, 2020Posted inSocietal Collapse poemsTags:freedom, oppression, Parallelism, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on To be

Children Spinning

In youths youngest hour comes the dawn
and we whirl around at the sky,
and being young and in love

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 6, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inPoems about life, Short Poems, Societal Collapse poemsTags:Childhood, kids spinning, poem, Societal Collapse poems, Uncategorized Poetry, verse, wonderLeave a comment on Children Spinning

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