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george
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bubbles8u
Do i have to submit my own poem or can it be my favorite poem?
cvilain2016
To join
is to belong
to stand out
is wrong
they condition
with a
mission
to kill individual thought
clones are brought
to send one message
be possessive
over the ideology
big brother says
their taking over
playing red rover
for those who are
weak
and won't make
it to the other side
to my surprise
I never knew
the brain dead
would rise
well let's call this
resident evil
I'm sorry Pharaoh
but you will leave my people
talking about positivity
creativity
that comes with your reign
will it's time
for a change
because I'm apart
of a movement
that doesn't condition
zombies to the world
but our main mission
for every boy and girl
is to make
responsible men and women
who will procreate
a nation
and put the brainwashing
to resignation
like Nixon
because he the vision
of his people coming together
and over throwing the power
than thought
it would last forever
Karl Marx
theory
Charles Darwin
survival of the fittest
Marcus Garvey
moving back
to your country
to learn about your
identity
at the end we should
all be like
Malcolm
get what we deserve
by an means
necessary
shelbybee3
This was seriously so good ! probably one of the best i've read on the site.
willlbertolivar
I had a dream I can buy my way to heaven, when I woked I spent that on a necklace I told god I'd be back in a second, man It so hard not to act recklace.
T.A.Z.
I've spent my life being influenced by the skill of amazing poets like Langston Hughes. You are truly in his league with Maya Angelou and Robert Frost. I thank you for this and I encourage you to keep on writing.
AustinT
Yooo I love that !
Christina Michel
Love this!
Marie Wisa Beauge
This was so good that it sent shivers down my spine.
Demeka1
Beautiful Poem, keep it up ! #FoodForThought
Nikkole95
This right here was soooooooooooooo good!!!!!!!!!
ultrabookworm
I loved your use of allusion ^_^
I'm sure you're a skilled rapper
aracelis17995
I loved this <3
leo_girl95.13
This is a really awesome poem. I thoroughly enjoyed all of your historical references. Keep up the inspirational work.
NovelistinturnPoet
Beautiful! Maybe you could check for misspellings, unless that was part of the flow.
fayth
This is so true but it's a great poem. I'm sure that we all can relate to it one way or another. Keep it up!! Looking foward to more poems.
bunners
woow its really goo I love it
Princess-of-the-Sky
I am now offically both scared and pumped to put my work up on this site. That was pure poetry dude, that was seriously the best.
katriadony
The amount of historical figures in here is amazing!
In unity I trust
Man this was great !
vcruzzing
Your poem was very inspiring and i could feel that you wrote that from the heart! A lot of people are not aware of what is going on and should open their eyes.
WordPlay_Jr
This writing to me is truly inspirational and fun.
Lucretia Williams
You really thought this through and it shows that you pay close attention to the world and in school. I love that. You touched on everything that ever went on in the world and still continue to go on. Good work!!
Dria4
all be like
Malcolm
get what we deserve
by an means
necessary....
This is so real because now we live in a world where everyone follows the crowd like zobies and we need true leaders.
Cristal
I love rhyme and the depth between each line.
Petravovskaya
It's good that u used famous people-but of people whom arent as big of labels...can u bring them to light in a poem where people will connect with the famous people as much?? very good, thougg,i loved it.
Miya95
I loved this poem he state what we all need to get use too. He used a serious amount of names of p-eople that has passed but they all had a dreamlike Martin Luther King Jr. did.
Bizzar0
This was pretty good but I think u put too much effort into rhyming I want to see wat u can do with a free verse
mz.ladybugg.diva
Soul real
Madeline Dueitt
Really enjoyed your references and rhythm! You're so talented! I hope I see more of your poems!
jazzyma1
THIS WAS SO DEEP!FROM THE FIRST COUPLE OF LINES I WAS ENTRANCED AND WHEN I GOT TO THE END I JUST CRAVED FOR MORE. YOU ARE AWESOME!
Siege Ramiro
TRUE WORDSMITH!!!! LOVE IT KEEP IT UP.
Kaikei30
I enjoed reading this poem. The first poem I opened once I registered for this site. How you crafted your poem with a mixture of poictics and science was amazing. Great job!
Jtroublez
This poem is really strong, the types of names and comparrisons help make out a mental picture. This was written really well.
As_The_Truth_Comes_Out...
This was amzing. It was so true and real. Loved it.
finding freedom
I really appreciate this piece. Thank you so much for sharing it.
god_ignited_poet
Good message, I appreciate the thought, but I am a spelling Nazi and you need to do some spell check before posting.
lehnsherr
Inspired me to write stronger poems
glicia_bell
this poem was good, but i would aspect to see if you could but a little more emotions into it. im not saying its bad. just giving my little opioion that really doesn't matter. thank you. i applaud you on making this poem though.
Rachia
so wonderfully expressed!
Dynamic_Destiny
This was very inspirational and made me realize alot of things.
Dynamic_Destiny
This
was
very
inspirational
and
made
me
realize alot
of
things.
J.Irene
this was deep *snaps, snaps* lol
Venance
*"then thought," I'm assuming
samanthalynn
that was so good, nice message!
polymath
Greetings.
Congrats! A very simple, simply structured poem that talked about kids growing up to be responsible adults and whatnot.
I believe that your constant references to big names would have been much more efficient and quickly understand had you added their entire names.
I don't understand how the poem flows from talking about joining something and big brother into some resident evil stuff. And you finished by talking about the big figures in our history but I didn't understand how that all came about.
Who is big brother? Little things like those would perhaps need some clarifications for unknowledgeable readers who aren't familiar with the subject.
ladybluerose
All the details were awesome and desription of resident evil and moses, very creative