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Philosophy Poems | Examples of Philosophy Poetry

Philosophy Poems - Examples of all types of philosophy 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 philosophy.
Love Is Not Always Love, Part II
...In fact, these truths are nothing new, the Jews and the Christians knew well that love disordered is nothing more than an expressway to Hell. That evil will misuse your live, something that was made to be great, and with it...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, emotions, evil, humanity, love,
Form: Rhyme



Love Is Not Always Love, Part I
I hear folks say it, “Love is love,” a mantra they like to repeat, it’s said with such vapid sureness you’d think it was bleatings of sheep. But if you stop to think of it, turn the thought over in...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, emotions, evil, humanity, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beneath Turquoised,Peaceful,Waters
I was sinking and searching for humanity’s peace. Hoping to find silence from worldly, negative speech! To let the cool, kimd, aqueous, blue waves, Remind mankind to please, oh,please,behave. The minuscule , sparkling wondrous fish eyes Studied me with awed...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, fantasy, hope, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
The leader, philosophical and wise, Ends his speech after a long silent pause, His true followers with half open eyes Responding with admiring oohs and aahs. Turn up the mic on the silence to hear A leader's lust for worship...Read the rest...
Categories: perspective, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
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: philosophy, deep, hope, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse



The Jeopardy Suit
If there was a suit A suit of sensors Aware of your actions Following your mind, your movements A jeopardy suit That killed you with a lethal injection When an imaginary galleon hit you with cannon fire Or you clipped a stealth...Read the rest...
Categories: death, philosophy, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eternity in Seven Acts
"Eternity is the simultaneous whole, seen all at once. This is the character of eternity, and this what the past and future are in God." - Augustine of Hippo "Eternity is not the hereafter. This is...Read the rest...
Categories: future, philosophy, psychological, universe,
Form: Blank verse
Skin Color
man skin unmatter diamond unaffected by its put in box Inspired by Demetrios Trifiatis....Read the rest...
Categories: anti bullying, philosophy, wisdom,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member All That Rises Must Fall
Her spring returns to me, in death, I shed a tear, alone, for the weeping blossoms, in the knowledge a moon will rise again, before the rhythm of her breath, turns out to be my own. ...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, creation, death, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
LIFE poetry contest entry
Listening to what the world is telling, what the bird chirps mean, and where the truth lies in the words of others Inspecting my thoughts and my actions through the day, did I succeed...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, appreciation, beauty, death, encouraging,
Form: Acrostic
Life is a picture
History awaits for it's train to the past. The future awaits for it's train to the present. History blows a kiss of comforting memories. You linger on to History, Yet History is quick to board his train. It's time to...Read the rest...
Categories: art, destiny, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
A Collective In Pieces
We struggle to find peace in the collective because we're in pieces as a whole This fragmentation is unnatural & we're at war with the divisive No matter how you slice it us coming together should be the goal The...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member John Stuart Mill
English philosopher John Stuart Mill His social and political theories are practiced still. Utilitarianism thinking today - Is it always the most moral way?...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy,
Form: Clerihew
TRUST
Condescending Mastermind Your path is certain, Always a narrow line. Your words you fill with sweet designs; Relinquish scattered emotions to the flame of the hearts, Now eroded with time. Why such a deliberate sorrow? To a love so fine? A Love...Read the rest...
Categories: philosophy, angst, betrayal, deep, heartbreak,
Form: Sonnet
Above The Rubble
Structures crumbling under the weight of the decisions made in haste Beneath the rubble lies all the reasons it was all laid to waste The signs were seen but disregarded as mere means to an end The golden mean would've sufficed...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, perspective, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

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