• Home /
  • Search By Tags

Materialism stories, books, poems, and more

33 results

Related Tags:

materialism, money, society, truth, life, love, evil, false, god, greed, poetry, religion, self, soul, values, ambition, atheism, black, buddhism, commercialism, conformity, consciousness, darkness, death, dream, dreams, esteem, fake, fear, fire, grace, ignorance, lust, mind, philosophy, power, romance, selfish, spirit, spiritualism, vanity, wealth, abandonment, again, aging, alienation, alternative, anger, appearances, army
Worried About Your Investments? Place All Your 'Stock' In Other People Instead. Read More

Tags: greed, capitalism, debt, materialism, happy-holidays

this poem is about a road a drive on everyday Read More

Tags: materialism

Holiday time and material possession, in an ephemeral, spiritual world. Read More

Tags: spirit, materialism

A brief reflection on the state of relationship between Pastors and their churches Read More

Tags: religion, truth, deception, materialism, spiritualism

This literary piece is focusing on three of Emily Dickinson's poems through a sociological perspective. Read More

Tags: feelings, rejection, thoughts, life, society, alienation, mind, sadness, fear, soul, nobody, ignorance, community, difficulty, identity

Living out my youth in penthouses, driving fancy sports cars, and indulging in all the sensual and emotional pleasure every young adolescent boy can dream of. The parties, expensive toys, and exotic vacations; you could imagine it wasn’t very difficult to lure girls into “falling in love with me”. I… Read More

Tags: love, greed, true_love, materialism

Sometimes I make the mistake of thinking hard about how weird our materialistic world is. Read More

Tags: poetry, poet, song, laughter, dreams, dream, laugh, separation, materialism, atheism, ignornce

Stop and smell the roses... Everyday,we overlook the people in our world,our importance to society and the things inside us that make us who we are.We let materialism get to us and leave parts of us in ruin. Read More

Tags: death, hope, society, money, ignorance, materialism, human_nature

Essay / Non-Fiction

December 11, 2012

Reads: 8156

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

This is an essay about materialism. Read More

Tags: world, money, empathy, etc, materialism, values, morality

A logical guide toward living by grace and love, utilizing the benefits of neuro-plasticity, logic, the wisdom of pious religions, and common sense. Read More

Tags: love, religion, christianity, illusion, mind, self, soul, truth, spirit, conscience, law, power, peace, consciousness, grace

A Letter of Truth Read More

Tags: politics, spirituality, truth, selfish, materialism, economy

taken from my book, "Trying To Learn About My Madness" Read More

Tags: girl, dream, shopping, money, materialism, sr, parnell, terrell, derealization, unconfidence

Short Story / Humor

May 29, 2012

Reads: 246

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

An inconvenient convenience store robbery. (Pie chart not included.) Read More

Tags: materialism, marketing, commercialism, shooting, inhumanity, bureaucracy

I wrote this poem for an old friend who is blindsided by money and material possessions. She terminated our friendship because on greed. This is how I felt and I wanted to express it to the world! Read More

Tags: passion, evil, ambition, greed, desire, lust, power, selfish, hatred, slave, corruption, materialism, envy

Poem / Poetry

April 16, 2012

Reads: 275

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The inexplicable doubt which settles into one's soul as the artificial hopes structured by societal expectations begin to melt away with the rain of the dawn of understanding. Read More

Tags: depression, god, poetry, life, society, confidence, philosophy, beauty, personal, truth, sorrow, doubt, weakness, judgment, materialism

A man has dreams for his life; he writes what he wants to have, while fearing what he will become. Will it satisfy him? Will he look better in the eyes of others? Read More

Tags: pondering, dreams, fear, guilt, materialism

You might wonder what life holds for you, whether you'll make it out alive, whether all these people around you really understand anything. Look no further. Warning: Put yourself in an associative, light-hearted frame of mind before you read this, or don't. Just don't tell me that I'm wrong. You… Read More

Tags: drugs, god, social, fish, evil, temple, inspiration, hand, fire, voice, universe, sun, truth, glass, grace

Two former band members meet after many years, only to find they no longer have anything in common. Read More

Tags: friendship, materialism, musicians, reunion, spiritualism

Poem / Poetry

August 12, 2011

Reads: 159

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

I'm not religious but this story is based upon the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve once lived. Metaphorically,this poem is about how we have created illusions of wealth with gems rather than nature, and that materialism has led to the decline of a once beautiful world. Read More

Tags: loss, nature, religion, evil, wealth, materialism

Poem / Poetry

June 01, 2011

Reads: 260

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

A response to "living responsibly". Read More

Tags: love, marriage, romance, soul, breaking, materialism, staying, mates, couples

In this, my next to last chapter before the end of my End Of Life Story, the Devil and I continue to argue over the disputed wager, but the relationship between us begins to shift. Unbeknownst to the Devil, the “condition of the possibility for the devil’s existence,” begins to… Read More

Tags: god, freedom, education, science, consciousness, devil, materialism, values, wager, indoctrination, sense_experience, social_status, unlimited_growth

A boy tries one last desperate attempt to reform the life of the girl he loves. Once again, based on a song: "Everything Goes Dark." Apparently I'm obsessed with sad stories inspired by music. Oh well. :) For Zemet's Short Story contest. Read More

Tags: love, romance, darkness, everything, vanity, tragedy, water, mirror, beach, materialism, drowning, too_late

this is anger, frustration, despair, sadness, injustice, and the obvious truth all rolled into one....I'm sick of it all, and I have had enough of the fake people, and the fake promises made by the "god-like" people who have made themselves this role, because it causes me to suffer, for… Read More

Tags: anger, blind, hate, fake, darkness, fire, winter, depressed, money, black, sickness, false, materialism, minority

Poem / Poetry

January 04, 2009

Reads: 197

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Deals with what we are becoming. Read More

Tags: society, empty, materialism, materialistic, robots, soulless, vessels, mechanistic, mechanized

Poem / Poetry

December 22, 2008

Reads: 231

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

i just thought about this... Read More

Tags: materialism, buddhism, lame

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 20, 2008

Reads: 6458

Comments: 17

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A story about a two life long friends separated by the materialism that rules over our world with some. Read More

Tags: short, materialism, homelessness

Poem / Poetry

October 30, 2008

Reads: 255

Comments: 5

The Booksie Classic House

an epic tale in four parts; of a world in which society, conformity, and commonality have overcome the very core of what makes us human. Read More

Tags: society, philosophy, fake, conformity, individuality, materialism

Why a person constantly looks at the stars at night, when to another it seems but a pointless, meaningless act and a waste of time... Read More

Tags: wonder, money, stars, materialism, values, meaning_of_life

Nadine had everything and nothing. Read More

Tags: fiction, society, drama, money, materialism

A response to that perennial question we ask each other when we first meet: "How are you?" Read More

Tags: poem, materialism, existentialism

Tickle My Funny Bone Comedy Writing Contest 2018

Welcome New Writers

Gregory Luton
Gentle Family Dentistry
M.J.Deibert
anonymous-writer-guy
alionalynn
Wanda Adams Fischer