Best Self Discovery Poems

We are born ---
  we live, we die;
  and in between we gaze the aftermath of the gods...
  and the great shining stars at night ---
  with greater grip in old age than fleeting youth;

More fiercely we cling to ebbing mortality,
...

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I’m not the body
suffering
not even the mind


6/22/2018
MagiCicada 13 - Body and Mind Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Maureen McGreavy...

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Searching in the wilderness,
amongst thorns and creeping silence,
Finding myself lost and dazed.
The night whispers in my ear,
of unfulfilled dreams and desires.
I find myself alone,
praying that this isolation doesn't last for long,

I have journeyed into the wastelands,
Too far to turn back and admit defeat.
Bound by the...

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They say there’s a touch of God in every one.
An Angel inside, that is sitting there… ready to come out.
He’ll have to wait a little bit longer… Dragon just woke up.
He’s a tad bit persnickety, which makes me rather petulant.

Yeah! He drives me slightly crazy,...

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Wobbly, these feet… sagging on miles
of dangled reeds: a hike takes me
to an attic of moonlight, bestowing bows
of serenity prayers for wayfarers
unyielding to a precise compass
of direction, reckless as it were, 
losing the self to gypsy stones
and nomadic thistles bearing my trails...
for a moment, I...

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I embarked on a journey of self-discovery
To find that where I began was also my destination
We would like to think that life has some magical equation
I have travelled across the sea and through eclipsed forest floors
I’ve climbed the highest peaks only to discover
That God must...

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Every outside element
Each one holds inside
Whether fiery hot
Or
Icy cold snow
We must learn to temperate
For in this self discovery
Our true character will show...

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On a voyage across a vast
sea of discovery. The tide is
turning through winds of
change, now every day shall
not be the same.

My crashing waves with in
my mind are turned to calm
waters, the air is still and the
water stiller. with a clear view
of the horizon and opportunity
rising.

The...

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Dawn on my skin,
Sun warms good feel;
Feel deep within
A touch that heals.


Morn seeds a smile,
Dreams float away;
Awake to style 
A brand new day.


Bow my head here,
Gratitude feel;
A cause for cheer
To greet goodwill.


Tiptoe and stride,
Face to face greet;
Feel time and tide
Bring blessings sweet.


Now on the verge,
Embrace...

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2 of us together
always and forever

Loving you as days go by
never having a reason to cry

no more sorrow 
no more pain

nothing to lose
everything to gain

my friends they warn me
they say that he's wild
"listen you guys...i'm not a child"

we go to the movies
and then to the...

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Self Discovery
A
Violette Poem

sometimes I remember
our time in September
that became an ember
Faint memories

it's unforgettable
not understandable
We aren't valuable
gone centuries

I gave you everything
my love was bellyaching
you don't give anything
wasted journeys

your love slipped from my hands
please stop violent chants
your downgrading commands
angry flurries

from sunny to aching
I am slowly breaking
stop your...

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Life is much more than a pretentious ambition
A sense of entitlement or finding one’s position.
Life is discovering your individual, innate talent,
Unique self-qualities, on which you hold a patent
Your raison d’etre, answering “Why am I here?”
You will find it in the things you hold most dear.

Written...

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SELF REFLECTIONS

These are poems about mirrors, images, self-image, reflections, impressions and self-reflection. 

Self Reflection
by Michael R. Burch 

for anyone struggling with self-image

She has a comely form
and a smile that brightens her dorm ...
but she's grossly unthin
when seen from within;
soon a griefstricken campus will mourn.

Yet she'd...

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I see me in every little scared child
Littler than even the smallest of her peers
Voiceless outside, screaming inside
Taking solace in a closed space with a dozen imagined friends

I see me in every defiant teenager
Beautiful, smart yet full of lies and seductive tricks
She knows no better
The...

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Where is my life heading? why do I constantly feel like I'm going in the wrong direction? 
is it a lack of confidence or my intuition? I have a vision but I cant put it into words. 
even if I could you'd never understand its...

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