Twenty Less
Poem About Sandy Hook Shooting
I woke up to see the bright Connecticut sky.
My mom came in with a holiday twinkle in her eye.
She helped me get dressed and the morning flew by.
Current Events Poems
Poems about Current Events
Poetry about current events are relevant to our particular lifestyles. Some may choose to write about suffering and injustices that are occurring in the world and others may write about politics. Taking an interest in the world around you is a way of showing that you care about the other living things that inhabit the world together with us. Sometimes it hard to get a handle on what is truly happening with the television news and radio. With the advent of the internet, we have multiple sources to tap into in order to get a more accurate picture.
Poetry on Current Events Across the Globe
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Defeat
Poem On The Horror Of WarBlood starts drippin' from the soldier's wound
Seeps like sewage 'neath the politician's room
Deep in the house, white fades to redFeatured Shared StoryVery nice poetry. I am overwhelmed. The poet is great who understand teary and hearty feelings of the people towards our great soldiers.
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They Were
Poem About The Victims Of Sandy HookDedicated to the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary
They were the ones who made us smile,
And blessed our lives for a very short while. -
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Poem About Michael JacksonYou taught me the ABC's and my 123's. Your musical genius will go down in history.
Your nickname was the King of Pop, You Never Stopped Until You Got Enough.
People of all ages learned to Rock With You, Billie Jean wasn't your lover and you Beat It too.
Your music was Black or White, Thrilling was your game. Now that you're not here the world will never be the same....Featured Shared StoryMichael Jackson saved my life when things starting falling apart for me. I believed in him and his music. His words of love and peace in each song he wrote and performed. When things got ugly...
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War Why?
Poem Questioning War And FightingHurt, pain, suffering, people are dying
What's going on we're both crying
Guns, hand grenades and bombs too
People running scared they don't know what to do...Featured Shared StoryI can see what you write and totally agree with you, I may not be in a war but my family lived in Iraq until my brother got killed there. His family lives now in Netherland but they still...
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Rise Above
Response To Orlando TragedyToday another tragedy in the news,
Senseless violence from people with nothing to lose.
Never once thinking about the destruction and pain,
Instead only focused on placing the blame. -
Darfur
The colors of their faces,
The tears that they shed.
The writing on the walls,
Their parents nearly dead. ...Featured Shared StoryWhen ever I think of such crisis that covers Africa I couldn't save my face from getting choked, my eyes from precipitating, my shirt from getting wetted. All I do is pray to God to restore...
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America the Beautiful
Poem About AmericaAmerica the Beautiful is that what we say?
America the Beautiful of 2008, we have shamed our country with war and hate. Loss of life from war to guns how can we be number one?
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Never Ending Fight
Poem About The Conflict In GazaPlanes coming in at night.
Tanks coming in at dawn.
Dreams attacking us in our sleep.
You can see that shadow creep. -
Daddy Broke Her
There she lay in a room so low
Only in that room, little did she know
She saw no sunlight, she saw no snow
No place to explore no place to go...
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