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Life Poems | Poems About Life's Journey, Struggle, and Fun

Life Poems. Read and share beautiful poems about life’s experiences, struggles, fun, adventure, and journey. Life poetry conveys a point in time that has had an impact on us. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of life poems.
Premium Member If Only You Knew
I was lying in bed, unable to sleep, Thinking of troubles I'd seen in life, so deep. If I could give counsel to the younger Dave, From him, so many disasters, I could still save. Somewhere, in bed, many...Read the rest...
Categories: life, age, child, fantasy, humor,
Form: Rhyme



I am sorry, but you don't understand me
I am sorry, but you don’t understand me Ladies, I am sorry. I apologize for my behavior But that is correct. I needed you. Loved you. Be my muse and mentor and my life is yours. Gone Understand me,...Read the rest...
Categories: life, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member budding moon
buds begin to leaf begging for bucolic growth ~ flora in full dress (May Full Moon – Cree)...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, environment, life, moon,
Form: Haiku
Life may be tough
Life may be tough but stay strong. Even though things may go wrong. Your dreams may take so long. And you can't help yourself but feel sad all day long. Don't despair in life's challenges. Never forget to wear a...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Use Time Expediently
Use Time Expediently Written: by Miracle Man 5/13/2024 Yesterday’s are always unforgiving, for hourglass sand can’t defy gravity. Thoughts should be on time we’re living, we shouldn’t live life in depravity. We cannot alter the hands of time, nor learn what amount remains. But...Read the rest...
Categories: life, time,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Love Is Life Itself
Love is in the air One can tell by the fields of clover That adorns the hillside The scent of jasmine, the taste of honey We only need stop and observe All the many wonders of the world To realize how...Read the rest...
Categories: life, love,
Form: Free verse
Boy With An Eye
Betwixt the vibrant threads of a busy bazaar, A foreigner's gaze seize on a singular star, A boy with one eye, an enigma raid, Their dialogue begins, a journey to trade. "Your salesmanship shines," the foreigner inquires, "Does schooling attend...Read the rest...
Categories: life, boy, child abuse, courage,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Be What You Are
The frolic boughs of trees tremble, butterfly-latticed leaves flutter in the trail of summer squall, where the feisty forest plays with foliage. Don’t make your mind a sprawling forest of forlornness. In descending dismal dusk, with the flickering...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, life,
Form: Free verse
Take a chance
Did you roll the dice Knowing it was your vice For to take a chance It had some romance So did you go for it Confident that you had the fit So in the end you just smiled No sense...Read the rest...
Categories: care, life,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Dance Partners
was thinking the other day How things work in their own way And decisions that you take May be different once you wake For the world will turn away And the cogs interact without your say For decisions can hold...Read the rest...
Categories: life, work,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Old Swimming Hole
Was a swimming hole down south where the bullheads chewed your feet, Though there's no need to worry if you didn't go too deep. There were no steps to...Read the rest...
Categories: high school, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
Voices
Mom, Dad, I hope you are doing well. Because honestly I am going through hell. And I don't expect you to understand. Because NOBODY else can. I can't even say that I'm fine. Because honestly that's another line. Another line that...Read the rest...
Categories: life, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Premium Member A Prayer
A Prayer For K. S. Written: by Miracle Man 5/12/2024 Sometimes, life seems to just float along, but we perceive in the balance life hangs. It’s these times that faith must be strong, and pray deliverance from unknown...Read the rest...
Categories: faith, god, life, sick,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Here We Go Again
What is going to take our legislators to put in safe gun laws The ones we have on the books in most states are so deeply flawed Everyone should have the rights to defend their homes But assult...Read the rest...
Categories: life, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Puzzle
Life is one big puzzle- each year of your life is a piece...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Monoku

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