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Deep Poems | Examples of Deep Poetry

Deep Poems - Examples of all types of deep poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for deep.
Something to Survive
I couldn't see it Blame the way the viscid blackness Of your soul Exterminates the sunlight Couldn't feel it Sinking in your tar like sand And blowing bubbles Like a boiling child Not loved enough to understand That living Isn't the same as having...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, betrayal, break up, conflict,
Form: Free verse



Just Some Sun
In a transient instant, I savored the ambrosial essence of bliss, witnessed the dawn adorning, the skyline with tints of optimism. In that ephemeral moment, I felt an affinity with mankind. Yet a sinister shroud eclipsed...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, deep, gothic, light,
Form: Free verse
Looking Glass of Dreams
I use philosophical musings, My key maker is reverie, A few attempts may be needed, Alignment may not occur each time. Upon success, the door opens, A mirror stands there, devoid of reflection, Then a ripple, whatever part of you hidden, Manifests. It...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, deep, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
I Think Too Much
I never wake up to silence, It is as if my brain wakes up before I do– I am already thinking before I can even comprehend it. I automatically think of the ways in which I could have...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, depression, i am,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Time will Be No More!
I call the law! Am dialing it now! Hello! Spirit friend speak time to what time has been even to my enemies this be soul time to everything anything everywhere on some things time...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, appreciation, bible, birth, body,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Symphony of Soul
“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..."  E.E. Cummings Another day soaked in the melody of your musical memories. Breathless I seek, for a rosy gleam of...Read the rest...
Categories: deep,
Form: Abecedarian
Petal of The Night
Oh petals of the night, your fragrance seeps through the clouds of love and soak the heart with the aroma from above Oh Petal of the night your balminess Spread its perfume in the atmosphere And filter the remnant ...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, america, angel, business, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Echos of Rivers Shadow
Raging webs of haunting silence. In the meadow I lay. Walking forward the debt is made. Accept the fever Yoke to me. Giant rays of blooming seed. In the light we built our way. Mention Anastasia she is alive. Despite the...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, art, beautiful, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Self-hatred
It is addictive. Used to it like the wicked bitter pills that one swallows to numb the pain, to block the feelings. Lethargic yet nerve-wracking; A tightness in the chest that never goes away. Faint, throbbing, persistent. It is inherent to me. the salinity...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, depression, endurance, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Suffocating
A hostage in my own home. I should feel safe. I have no reason not to. And yet I am suffocating in my own skin. I am drowning, the feeling burns my throat and my eyes water. I...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, deep, hate, hurt,
Form: Free verse
My fear
I was afraid, not of the dark, But the obscure nature behind the mask. I was afraid, not of the crowd, But the lacuna of you being one of them. I was afraid, not of losing you, But losing myself...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, beautiful, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sands of time
Life starts out with a slate so clean, As the sands of time begin with a trickle It begins with a word and then a wound unseen More words, then everything turns physical. As the sands of time begin...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, abuse, birth, books, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Echoes of the Heart: Is Like
Meeting you was like igniting a bomb site, consuming my body with fright yet holding on tight.    Finding you was like finding a single star in the sky, glistening like the twinkle in your eye.      ...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, emotions, inspirational, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If only you knew
Is there enough adjectives I can use, to sew these sensitive sensations to you, when my dandelion heart is dense with combustible phrases, and my sunken soul is weeping into the weariness...Read the rest...
Categories: deep,
Form: Romanticism
Violin in The Sun
I looked towards the sun and see the heaven on the run, the heat is so high causing the animals in the field to fall down and die, fill up the reservoirs and dams and...Read the rest...
Categories: change, courage, deep, flying,
Form: Narrative

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