Best Self Poems
Below are the all-time best Self poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of self poems written by PoetrySoup members
Touch Me"In Touch With Myself"
I can't seem to find her
The reminder of yesterday
I shut my eyes for a few seconds
Only there, can I reach to bear...
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Categories:
self, absence, confusion, imagination, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
No ReservationYou Are Not Invited
--Latching onto my soul without an invitation--
Elements around my shore expose more than air
--Playing with fire is not a game you will...
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Categories:
self, abuse, bullying, deep, evil,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Soul Searching Trek Along Winter's Snow Painted Trails - a Collaboration With Robert and TeppoWaking to cold blown tent, ground frozen icy hard
woods are my love, as is poetry to a bard.
Today starts my anticipated forest trek,
seeking salvation from...
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Categories:
self, appreciation, beauty, introspection, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Forgotten Treasure- the RebirthFORGOTTEN TREASURE
I found the fountain of youth
When I stumbled across the forbidden garden
Right smack in the middle,
Was what I thought to be a wishing well
I...
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Categories:
self, beauty, deep, growing up,
Form:
Light Verse
Categories:
self,
Form:
Free verse
You'Ll Find Me Before the Ink Is DryMy inky echoes conflate,
atop mountains of ivory versos;
Blank pages into whispers,
like the sway of moonlight tides;
Papers dappled by my ineffable,
frays of jet-black...
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Categories:
poets, self,
Form:
Free verse
SolitudeIncessant din of jammed highways
suddenly lulled to deserted streets
quiet of rustle forlorn breeze plays
laughter of birds, smiling sun greets
diamond dews glisten ruby petals
on a palette...
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Categories:
self, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
A Smile In the SkyThe sky is smiling
Luminous clouds concede a simple clearing
Boasting rays of an aureate sun
Gleaming
The brightest smile I've ever seen
It shines on me
The leaves are dancing
Cool...
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Categories:
self, future, happy, nature, seasons,
Form:
Free verse
The Glory Days of NowI’m grateful for the sun
which shone on younger days
The days of scurried heartbeats
...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, life, self,
Form:
Free verse
The Perfect FriendThe Perfect Friend ©
Today I found a friend
Who knew everything I felt
She knew my weakness
And the problems I’ve been dealt.
She understood my wonders
And listened...
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Categories:
self, best friend, friend, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
Selfie Or Call Me InsensitiveYou call me insensitive,
But I don't believe that's true;
Because, you see,
It's all about me.
It's not about you.
You say your opinion doesn’t matter,
That I’ve no respect...
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Categories:
self, angst, culture, funny, giggle,
Form:
Rhyme
I'M Not Your PuppetI’m Not Your Puppet
Don’t you ever forget
that I’m not your puppet!
I’m not a toy on a string that you can manipulate,
so you can walk...
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Categories:
self, break up, goodbye, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am Virgo TooIn response to my fellow poetess, dearest friend and soul sister, Jennifer Proxenos, inspiring poem “I am Virgo”
I am Virgo too
A September woman
thriving in her...
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Categories:
self, autumn, beauty, faith, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
Third PersonHe speaks metaphorically to avoid dealing direct,
shows the unknown hand he’s against too much respect,
writes about his bravery though it’s no where to...
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Categories:
self, anxiety, depression, introspection, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
Box of Sadness To:(Rambling Poet)My box of sadness too.
A box full of sadness I store under my bed.
With thoughts so sad
Making me wish I was dead.
With one look underneath...
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Categories:
sadme, self, feelings, me,
Form:
Dramatic Verse