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Introspection Poems | Examples of Introspection Poetry

Introspection Poems - Examples of all types of introspection 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 introspection.
Timid and mighty
Categories: appreciation, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Thought of the day
when skies are blue but to our soul seem grey ~ know thoughts conjured by ego are at play...Read the rest...
Categories: how i feel, introspection,
Form: Couplet
Let's do it
Cloudy Hurricane The tides have beads of value Bungee jump and pick...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, growing up, humanity, inspirational,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Hush the blush
Before the seed of thought is allowed to sprout, it is best we pause and examine the cause, filtered through lens of love, to be free from doubt, because oh hermit, our heart’s not free from flaws. Each breath...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, love, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima
Nature's Flower Runs Through My Fears
Nature's flower runs through my fears, Her old seasons there interceding On the silver gray blunt of the shears, Where the stem—sharpened by night—is keeping For the day's rain starving in the clouds; This time, it needs your weeping. When coming...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, flower, introspection, loneliness,
Form: Terza Rima



Premium Member Zen mode
we are astonished at use of labels assigned to domains imaginary yet sought after by fickle desire of deluded hearts nonchalance yawns and moves on...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, heart, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Finding My Courage
Inspiration line #4 - I Can't Believe I Thought That once when I was much younger I was living with a boyfriend the promise...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Laces And Soulful Paces
like opposite shoe sides, tightly secured together meeting each other’s needful strides, two different species making sure-footed, secure bow-ties – though truth seldom in mating’s many polished, too often only briefly ...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, emotions, feelings, first love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Idle musings
each moment in linear time if we be mindfully awake we will notice the clues life leaves all around if response be gentle soul presence ascends whilst if driven by the ego the life lessons are repeated...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member There Are No Hard Days Riding A Bicycle Across The US
I've spent a great deal of time riding alone this last week. Many of the roads we have been on do not have a shoulder making it impossible to ride side by side. There have...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, adventure, blessing, cancer, encouraging,
Form: Narrative
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
Premium Member By Little Steps
By Little Steps By little steps The world engulphs us, Day by day Dawn to dusk As our better Angels follow With silent tread unseen Their firey wheels All full of eyes See all we would conceal; The self-deceptions and the lies That separate the things...Read the rest...
Categories: faith, introspection, mystery, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eternity In A Telescope
We're all searching for eternity — To, in holy book or telescope, someday see A version of everlasting me Hanging in the heavens of some infinity. That we can with, in spite of, or through A hand of god, philosophy,...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, hope, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member but a moment
I stood … on a mountain not nearly the highest but the air was clean … seraphic cold, but not bone-chilling keen, that it restore the marrow and course the blood more acutely it sharpened my senses and I listened for The Voice...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, beauty, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thought of the day
surely wisdom of our soul has grown dim ~ we first create a god, then worship him when we are reborn in another realm ~ new illusions we cling to overwhelm...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection,
Form: Couplet

Specific Types of Introspection Poems

Definition | What is Introspection in Poetry?


Book: Reflection on the Important Things