I'll start the ball rolling. One of my favourite protest poems is 'The Cry of the Children' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It was written in the 1800s to raise awareness of the plight of children working in the mines in England. The poem is credited with helping to change attitudes. Not long after its publication, reforms were introduced. You can read the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43725
I'll start the ball rolling. One of my favourite protest poems is 'The Cry of the Children' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It was written in the 1800s to raise awareness of the plight of children working in the mines in England. The poem is credited with helping to change attitudes. Not long after its publication, reforms were introduced. You can read the poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43725