Category: Poems about Society

Poems about society

01/28/26 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Ioana Mohanu

The boy saw his laundry
That his mom handed to him.
He lounged for his favorite shirt,
But she said, “Keep it clean.”
“But I want to wear it.”
“If you wear it now, it will dirty again.
You must keep it clean as long as you can.”

He ran to his room
And put his laundry aside,
And looked at the shirt on his chest
Evidently becoming dirty.
To keep them all clean,
He knew what he must do,
Waltzing into the hall
Knowing that
He’d never wear clothes again.

Blast from the Past:

Brains are like lettuce:
Both go bad if I do not
Use them frequently.

01/23/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Anastasia Egorowa

As my youth simmers,
Some parts harden into me
After the dew fades

Blast from the Past:

Young kids stare amazed
Fingers typing, “Dupe dupe dupe!”
At the typewriter

01/05/26 A New Tanka for a New Day

Photo Credit: Gabriel Crismariu

(My poem for today is a tanka.)

Bolting to the street
In such a rush I forget
To even decide
How I will get around or
Even where I am going

Blast from the Past:

Rapids rinse water
Free of color – too rushed to
Reflect its world back

12/23/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

We didn’t start the fire,
But we profit from the smoke.
Dancing in its flames.

Blast from the Past:

What is this world?
It’s a world of fire and salt
Where nothing is real
Unless it is in ashes

12/08/25 A New Aphorism for a New Day

Photo Credit: Timon Studler

Today I wrote an aphorism instead of a poem:

Instead of asking whether someone is a good person, sometimes the better question to ask is who are they a good person to? Some people are only good to themselves and maybe those closest to them.

Blast from the Past:

Each day, two choices:
Cast out the bad out of yourself,
Or receive the good.

11/28/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: ardhito giovanni

(Sorry. I haven’t posted my daily haikus in the last couple days. I was busy at a wedding. I wrote the haikus on those days but didn’t have time to post them. They will be up soon.)

Motorbikes, cars, and people
Whiz by, the constant motion 
Of Java

Blast from the Past:

The world keeps spinning
While I sit still and ponder
It’s ceaseless motion