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Self Poems | Examples of Self Poetry

Self Poems - Examples of all types of self poetry to share and read. This list of self poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of self poetry. This list of works about self is an excellent resource for examples on how to write self poems.
Premium Member Burn the book
Memorising scriptures was all in vain, since symbolic words but addressed our mind, whereas our soul wished to walk the terrain, to vanquish demons of darkness that bind, enabled on becoming love aligned. Breath by breath thus, we chose to...Read the rest...
Categories: religion, self, spiritual, truth,
Form: Dizain



Premium Member Zen mode
humming toroidal heart looks at the head ovoid which now glistens with light that is gifted to it by Self which dwells in heart’s core the seeker who sought is dead all that that now glows is Self which as of choiceless...Read the rest...
Categories: heart, joy, light, self,
Form: Free verse
Lighter Side Of Me
Nice to be alone With nature, it's welcoming It's lighter, secure....Read the rest...
Categories: engagement, inspiration, perspective, self,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Finding yourself
Only in silence can you find yourself through meditation...Read the rest...
Categories: self,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Swans
I wonder how aware they are, what shadowy sense of self occupies their brain. Perhaps no more than a flicker of consciousness glows in the far reaches of an inner dark, sufficient to propel them here and there...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, mystery, self,
Form: Free verse



The Authentic I
I cannot see untainted, The world without the warping windows. I fail to make, for I am merely An illusion of inconsistencies Stolen from society. I wonder how open a mind can be before its brains start to spill. The buttons on...Read the rest...
Categories: self, age, future, growing up,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The Burden of Being
All day the wind has tormented the trees, causing branches to whip and bend. There is an anger let loose, loud in its haste to rip and destroy what is vulnerable. Spider webs woven last night are torn, flowers are plucked of petals...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, life, self, storm,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Invitation
I do it often, drag a perfect morning in through the front door of myself and make it a reluctant guest, replace its colors with my own dour palette, drown out its soft voice with noise. It has become a habit, trying to...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, morning, self,
Form: Free verse
The Chill
This chill caused by the pills of rejecting our life's will, unknowingly ignoring the purpose for which we decided to till is what will kill any skill which we may have long drilled into the heads. ...Read the rest...
Categories: growth, self, success,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If Only You Knew
If only you knew the struggles I have had, many were very sad. My kind and loving dad, knew I was never bad. I should have kept a notepad, about the people that made me mad. If only I had not...Read the rest...
Categories: self, dad, daughter, love, people,
Form: Rhyme
Passage Of Time
Passage of Time Time, that unforgiving mistress, whisks us away like autumn leaves on a gusty day, scattering our lives like petals in the wind. She wraps her bony fingers around our hearts, squeezing tight until...Read the rest...
Categories: self, beautiful, betrayal, day, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wake up weary hermit
We are the power, that enlivens body-mind, yet strangely we prefer trance. In this lucid dream, as both subject and object, all that is, is light of Self....Read the rest...
Categories: dream, i am, self,
Form: Sedoka
Premium Member Paradox vastness
Paradoxes Are stories with Apparent Responses of Rejection..or of An immediate Resonance Burning borders And a vastness Which cannot be Explained... ...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, music, self, words,
Form: Light Verse
Thanks For The Wind
The wind changed my life Accident happen in sea I won that strife....Read the rest...
Categories: character, courage, engagement, self,
Form: Haiku
I am only curious
I sit beside myself and think, And try to evaluate my life; Yes, my life that is blotted with ink My life of which evaluation would cause strife. A strife between the living and the dead, Between our world and...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, humanity, introspection, self,
Form: Quatrain

Specific Types of Self Poems

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