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Life Poems | Poems About Life's Journey, Struggle, and Fun

Life Poems. Read and share beautiful poems about life’s experiences, struggles, fun, adventure, and journey. Life poetry conveys a point in time that has had an impact on us. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of life poems.
Premium Member Life - v2
I have forever loved you, my dearest, But, for you, there was nothing I could give. Through my life, the thing I've held the nearest - A broken heart, I can never outlive. Life on this earth can...Read the rest...
Categories: death, life, love,
Form: Sonnet

A to Z of InkWell Gathering - A Poetic Rendezvous
A is for Artists, ageless souls ignite, In Malleshwaram's magic, bathed in golden light. B is for Bard's whispers, stories that unwind, Connecting young and old, a tapestry we find. C is for Children, curious and...Read the rest...
Categories: inspiration, life, poems, poetess,
Form: ABC
Premium Member 8:37 AM Monday
A bunny feasts on a clover patch The Keurig moans Almost as badly as me Breakfast Been eatin’ the same cereal Since 1952 (slow eater) The debate rages Should I put on pants Watch the news Let the friggin’ cat in I slurp the milk...Read the rest...
Categories: age, life, motivation,
Form: Free verse
What's going on?
What’s going on? I don’t understand what’s going on The will of evil people killing me Why? I don’t know, but it is going on Maybe my simple single life is the reason Reason? Reason for what? Oh, yes I understand...Read the rest...
Categories: identity, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Failure
People may fail us the world may fail us too but God never does...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Always a reason
Things always happen setting the course for rewards whether good or bad...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Cycle of life
We follow our hearts make mistakes and learn from them cycle of our lives...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member In and out of seasons
In and out of seasons my faith is always with God...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Monoku
Heron's Way Of Fishing
On his beck is bait Share to tot fishes to eat Pick one for diner....Read the rest...
Categories: creation, fishing, life, perspective,
Form: Haiku
Moments and memories
And moments pass as come— The beautiful moments of life Pass like wayfarers on the way, O getting stuck in strife Like roadblocks on the way— Protruding milestones that lay, Over time in life’s long past, Memories of that time of...Read the rest...
Categories: life, memory, remember,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Enigma
Do you know? I don't think so, But I dunno. You know? Life's an enigma - And everything in it. I'd try to understand, But I can't pin it Down. Experts abound. They're all around. I hear their sound. They're so profound - Like my leaf...Read the rest...
Categories: life, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Free Your Mind
Turn your regrets into balloons that fly away and get lost in forever Because what ifs are a lifetime sentence, multiplied by a run on sentence, with a period that doesn't end without self-reflection Free fall into...Read the rest...
Categories: life, confidence, flying, freedom, inspirational,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member TRAVEL
One of the wonderfully exciting features of traveling…. Is something all those who have ever traveled know: No matter how many places you have been…. there is always somewhere else to go. ...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member heading toward heaven
my enewed refreshed resolve sparkles like copper, aluminum, silver, gold, sequins nourished by necromancy, I blaze toward victory disregarding the naysayers, Shale and Granite They lost their sparkle a long time ago, in the dark ages I soar toward the...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Free verse
Hometown
I held from boondocks Not so busy and unknown Place jest with wisdom....Read the rest...
Categories: birth, inspiration, life, places,
Form: Haiku

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