#socialist poetry

[toronea]

“Parting” (pre-execution note)

To my wife

Sometimes I'll visit in your sleep

as an unexpected and unwanted guest.

Don't leave me outside on the road -

don't bar the doors.

I will come in quietly. Slowly, I will sit down,

and I will gaze into the dark to see you.

Once I've looked at you for long enough -

I will kiss you, and then leave you.

– Nikola Vaptsarov, tr. by @toronea

#poetry #nikola vaptsarov #spilled ink #my heart sang of you #bulgaria #bulgarian literature #bulgarian poetry #poetry blog #poetry in translation #my translation #eastern europe #european literature #socialist poetry #(this is a love poem but the author is overall socialist #he's one of the greatest) #poets on tumblr #writeblr #20th century poetry #20th century literature #40s poetry #keeping the original punctuation again. have decided to do that when i translate #ngl this one was hard because of the nuanced verbs in the original... they just don't carry the same meaning and tragedy like in bulgarian #yall are barely starting to discover non-english poetry and im here to introduce bulgarian poetry! #1942 #никола вапцаров #прощално

[queerpunktomatoes]

How do y'all feel about poetry? Same topics as the rest of this blog. I just love writing it and thought you might love reading it

#communism #marxist feminism #social justice #disabled #eat the rich #fat liberation #free gaza #socialist politics #socialism #palestinian liberation #black liberation #liberation #trans liberation #queer liberation #marxist #marxism #marxism leninism #lenin #poetry #disability politics #autistic #autism poetry #justice poetry #liberation poetry #sociology student #communist poetry #socialist poetry #resistance #palestinian resistance #resistence poetry

[icarusxxrising]

If it wasn't for humans writing on the walls we wouldn't know our stories. Fuck this dull world, vandalize the buildings that keep us caged. Graffiti is the purest communication with the future.

#poetic #poetry #graffiti #vandalism #radical #art #anarchy #anarchism #socialism #socialist #leftist #leftism #queer #lgbt

[poetical-camaraderie]

ON VIOLENCE

(A found poem inspired by Vijay Prashad and Frantz Fanon)

A civilization

that tolerates high

levels of

hunger

among its people

is a violent

civilization.

A civilization

that tolerates high

levels of

unemployment

among its people

is a violent

civilization.

A civilization

that needs a police

force to stop

hungry people

from getting food

is a violent

civilization.

The violence comes

prior to looting.

Colonialism

was looting.

Capitalism

is looting.

How is it possible

that rich countries

have such high

levels of

hunger

when there is food

all around?

If you don’t have money,

you can’t have food.

That is an act of violence.

It is a violence

against humanity.

#poem #poet #poetry #anti-capitalism #anti-capitalist #colonialism #colonization #neocolonialism #marxist #marxism #communist #communism #socialist #socialism #leftist #leftism #vijay prashad #frantz fanon #the wretched of the earth #violence #writing #writer #creative writing #creative writer #spilled ink #spilled poetry #spiled words

[metamatar]

i love old archives

sourced from the itrans songbook archive

the much beloved rendering by noor jahan into song.

#faiz ahmed faiz #someone snipped this poem into an ode to lover type standard urdu poetry for a tumblr compilation #don't do that to socialist depression poetry!!! #poetry #.r

[catgirl-kaiju]

be weary of people who do not use facts to inform their positions, but instead try to alter reality to fit reinforce their beliefs

you cannot correct them, because they do not care. objectivity is inconvenient, and facts are fungible. they delight in the control they weild.

but reality cannot bend. they will make you believe in their control, but it is just as false as the lies they use to weild it. they will keep pulling on the world, trying to bend it, but it will not.

if they are allowed to bend with all their might, the world will break. they will run to save themselves and let others die in a world shattered into pieces at their hands. but they cannot run forever, and soon, they too will fall. they will fall through ground they thought they could make solid with their lies. but canyons heed no words, and gravity cares not for their cries.

#poetry #scout's brain #us politics #politics #leftist #socialist #anarchist #communist

[revathirgiri]

Revolution

Ask the moon, chaperon among the stars.

For who was it, we fought O'er wars.

Was it not for you, blood ran rivers shy,

Or did you think it was some omen, oh my?

-RRG

#quotes #socialist revolution #writing #literature #poetry

[deafeningcollectorstudent]

Red like roses, red like blood

I know what they will write about me

After I am gone and dead

They will write that I betrayed my ideas

They will sigh and mourn the once promising rebel

But they will be lying

I did not betray my ideals

No, I tried to hold on to them

Like roses with a hypnotizing smell

And I kept holding onto them

when the thorns started growing

But even then I didn't stop

I watched them pierce my skin

I watched the blood poor into the ground

And pretended it was holy blood, the blood of Jesus

No, I didn't betray my ideals

They betrayed me

They turned into stardust and fell to the mud

And left me with two choices

To drag myself into the ground like a worm

With hopes of finding a little piece of what they once were

Or to let them go forever

I chose the second

I would narrate this story from the beginning

But there's no point in this

As if anyone will ever be able to think of this beautifully raging Beginning

Without thinking of the bitter End

And the cries of its so called traitors

That's the story of what could have been my legacy

But instead became the scar I left behind

#poetry #poem #poems on tumblr #red roses #tw blood #socialist revolution #ussr #my writing

[felltheadequate]

Equality

The greatest generals, kings and priests

Now resting e’er in houses grand.

Are paupers given equal stone

When death does offer out his hand?

Or are they low and buried cold

With but a name on common rock?

Forgotten, dead. They’ve not the fame

Afforded those with gates and locks.

(2 February 2024)

#poem #poetry #original poetry #original poem #leftist #leftist poetry #class poetry #class #socialist

[theperplexedpoet]

Tegan and Sara

and you think I'm up to no good 'cause words like vegan scare ya when I'm just rolling through your hood bumping Tegan and Sara you called me a terrorist when I was opposing fascists like Santa making your list like Judy about to smash it pushing for equality and moreso equal protection your concerns were property and the white to insurrection so we are not the same beast but that fact shouldn't be scary should have dialog at least and then help each other carry whatever load we're facing we know that it takes a village but we're done interfacing if you want to rape and pillage and you think I'm up to no good 'cause words like vegan scare ya when I'm just rolling through your hood bumping Tegan and Sara you have called me a snowflake when I supported safe spaces because when you get irate you are all up in folx faces you're the ones with the meltdowns losing your shit and starting fights if a mermaid ends up brown or if dwarves and elves are not white so, yeah, we are not the same which should be a good, but it's not 'cause you want to frame this game around your disease and your rot sorry to be a hater but that is more nightmare than dream go work on yourself, player and learn to be part of a team yet you think I'm up to no good 'cause words like vegan scare ya when I'm just rolling through your hood bumping Tegan and Sara you called me a socialist admittedly that one's closer claiming it's bad, you insist it's deadly, discussion over prefer exploited workers and a wealth gap that's exploding all as our nation suffers with the workers' wills corroding so we are not the same beast which is not meant to be scary but you've set a toxic feast to sustain our bestiary it's chemicals forever poisoning each of these systems the old ways must be severed if we're going to resist them and you think I'm up to no good 'cause words like vegan scare ya when I'm just rolling through your hood bumping Tegan and Sara you have called me a hippie 'cause I care about the planet told me to “go hug a tree we don't do compassion, dammit” when what you really mean is that the conditions of your birth made you, a selfish penis, who has far overplayed their worth so yeah, we are not the same yet somehow I'm the deviant because I'm pushing for change that you deem inconvenient sorry to be a hater but that shit is too short-sighted we can't afford to cater to those who are profit-minded yet you think I'm up to no good 'cause words like vegan scare ya when I'm just rolling through your hood bumping Tegan and Sara yeah you think I am cold and gruff 'cause I'm pushing for progress and you think we've come far enough and are fine with this distress you've called me a lot of things to try and undermine my words never were you listening not once were any of them heard (9/29/22)

#poetry #sociopolitical #twenty years a poet #tegan and sara #progress #fear #labels #to undermine #to dismiss #terrorist #snowflake #socialist #hippie #vegan #progressive

[butchstalinist]

comments under every post about Laika is just ppl endlessly demonizing the USSR, so forgive me if I’m not swept up in this weird trend 🤷‍♂️

#annoying as fuck tbh #quite a coincidence that they focus on a test animal from a demonized socialist state VS making uwu tumblr poetry about USA test monkeys

[comradeolivia]

I don’t know why but I feel like the whole thing of “classical music improves your brain and intelligence” kinda seems like classist and racist to me. like maybe people who listen to classical are better at certain stuff because those things are inherently tied to wealth because of how this country is set up, so it’s not the music, it’s the racism.

#don’t get me wrong #tscaikovsky goes hard #but like rap is also poetry with a beat so maybe that can help your kid #socialism #socialist #anti capitalist #communism #eat the rich

[rainygalaxyparagon]

A gift, kiss muted-

"I missed you so much, darling!"

...he cannot perform.

He downloads Tinder-

"Looking for passionate woman."

Three of Swords upright.

Polyamory,

socialist feminism?

Karmic love- twin flame.

Marxist-Leninist,

hypocritical critique,

the truth- unbound -binds!

Female retention,

"Sexism? Not an issue."

-the Missing Stair.

#haiku #poetry #heartbreak #socialist #feminism

[mexiwrites]

You heard him

#my poor attempt at a joke #socialist #digital art #art #poetry #seize the means of production #seizetheopportunity #marxist theory

[witchqueenofthemoon]

via @curiousvolumes

#this singing world #louis untermeyer #vintage books #vintage children’s books #vintage poetry books #curiousvolumes #socialist writers

[roll4gender]

We're taking it back

In this world we spend to forget. Like cattle we wait in lines to fill our heads with fantasy, our hands with technology, our ears with music. Desperate attempts to connect to something, to feel like we're not alone in a world that forgets us, silences our voices and shuts out what it doesn't want to hear.

I used to have a life, a mind, a will to change and grow and laugh and live, but they've stripped it from me, told me I was worthless. They force us to see their view  and punish those that disagree.

Don't ask so they won't tell. Don't complain because they don't care. Don't question and they won't answer. Don't doubt because they are right.      America is right, and how dare you question her? Bit by bit, the wall of ignorance comes up. And Lady Liberty lays trampled, unrecognizable behind the Wall they want to build between corporations and the ones who fight against them.

And they know we use their empires against them, form our rallying cries on their platforms, spread messages of hope and progress across the globe.   That's why Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Walmart, all of them try to suppress us, to keep us poor and ignorant.

But we no longer use music and fiction to forget the harsh realities of our world but instead as a fire to gather round, a cleansing fire that will set us all on equal ground. 

#poetry #poem #poemsociety #blue wave #take back the power #corporate hate #socialist