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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.
The Edge of Oblivion
I can tell you that the edge of oblivion is a comforting place for the wise Oblivious to the wondering eyes of the layman that watch, things are seen just as they are All it takes is a...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Divine Mgnetism
Dive in deep ! Enjoy awakening from stupor surpassing torpor. ...Read the rest...
Categories: angel, introspection,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member We fell
the capsuled module of our luminescent Self in bondage to body-mind hypnotised and thus deluded strangely attains an equilibrium with limitation and ignorance asking light to pay homage to the befuddled identity which soul has donned ...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, spiritual,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Delusion
The assigned unseen lamp hidden somewhere, someone kindles for you when you’re made to arrive. Unperceived, it creates reflective beam of contemplation, illumines the pathway of your destined journey. The free will you make as the mental mural...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thought of the day
the eristic hermit ~ self-judges his merit...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection,
Form: Couplet



Shadow Self, By Nature
Spring tones, the blues— creature sky must come down, For Summer will chip on flowers cut under ploughs, Power now shared by crows long before Autumn's fast, And Winter then, snowing hard with a forest's bare; bony...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, god, introspection, loneliness,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member As Time Goes By
Home Again reprise: We and Time started out together but somewhere Time left us behind The home of childhood - a house now owned by others - resides in the past When the blush of youth has matured into wise years, memories remain Life's path...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, change, destiny, growth, identity,
Form: Senryu
Away but at home
The tribulations of being close On a journey, away from home But where is home? Is it a place? Or is it a state of being? A mindset within ones soul A feeling of comfort and rest Home is where we build...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, deep, home, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Jamais Vu
Jamais Vu ~ "The feeling of being unfamiliar with something that is familiar. The opposite of deja vu." These days, life is shroud in a fog so vivid I’m forgetting what it was like before I’m feeling saner...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, growth, introspection, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Now is Just Your Then
As the clocks creep, unknown... again, my summer's call, of Calendulas, and Cotswold stone, crumbles, in compliance, that this, beauty, cannot be…here, just for me, alone. ...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, beauty, extended metaphor, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Divine Magnetism
Divine magnetism power, where like will attract like; and souls open like a flower, magnetism alike. And the pure of heart twine, with calm truth of divine; spiritual entwine. With boundless abysm; divine magnetism ! What we radiate to the world, our beauty and...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection,
Form: Verse
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

Specific Types of Introspection Poems

Definition | What is Introspection in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs