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Identity Self Poems

These Identity Self poems are examples of Self poems about Identity. These are the best examples of Self Identity poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Ode for a Fortunate Infant
Ode for a Fortunate Infant

Newborn: 
  Smacked and 
    Screaming —
 Hardly more than a new fact,
    A...

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Categories: self, birth, blessing, family, identity,



Lilith, Finale Moon
Zenith swirls of black rose petals,
burst into a flock of circling crows,
descending ash and rain on my frozen form.

Viscera and scarlet pools flash,
feet running of...

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Categories: self, beautiful, change, dark, death,

Too Close To The Edge
The world tilts into a crescendo,
manifesting a lure of viral plague,
pervasive and fangs virulent,
sickening coquettish carnivorous creatures.

Why bother with their musings,
why care?

A question that reminds...

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Categories: self, dark, extended metaphor, gothic,

Premium Member Swans
I wonder how aware they are,
what shadowy sense of self
occupies their brain. Perhaps 
no more than a flicker 
of consciousness glows 
in the far reaches...

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Categories: bird, mystery, self,

Premium Member Hey, Self
Hey, Self

Hey self, 
I called your number
I was hoping you’d pick up
But I had no luck
You sent me right to voicemail
It's been awhile 
I wanted...

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© Rowe Weiss  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, cheer up, emotions, hurt,



I'm not quintessence
At the end of the day,
I pour my soul into these words, they say,
These scars, they tell stories of my past,
But they don't define me,...

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© Socky xxx  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, depression, emotions, endurance, i

Why Do I Paint Myself The Villian?
Why do I paint myself the villain?
Why do I see everyone else as a saint?
What makes them so great?

I know I make mistakes,
But don't they?
Why...

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Categories: self, deep, forgiveness, identity, introspection,

My Name is Girl by Amenah Manzoor
My name is “Girl”
A girl with wings
I had a pearl
A pearl filled with inks

I had a dream 
A dream to fly
I heard a scream
A scream,...

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Categories: self, confidence, girl, identity, inspiration,

Premium Member Zen mode
head having melded with heart
ego identity vaporised
all souls one, none from us apart
light of our true Self is realised...

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Categories: i am, self, spiritual,

Sahmbadi
Parked in the dark, waiting for somebody to shine the way...

That somebody, is someone, who has found Sahmbadi and that Somebody is Me! 

-Your Shadow...

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© Tanya Ross  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, body, car, dark, hindi,

I once asked my ego what makes it go
What with vainglory vanity and pride, 
I once asked my ego what makes it go: 
It’s not me who’s on a vainglorious ride, 
Nor arrogance...

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Categories: self,

Premium Member To Which Image should We Cling
In a maze of shadows and light, To which image should we cling? Is it the mirage of perfection we chase, Or the raw beauty...

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Categories: allusion, identity, self,

Dwarf Star
The universe swallowed my thoughts
In another instant of uncertainty
Truthfulness and doubt together were something
Morphed into a new creation of nothing 
As if my time itself...

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Categories: age, emotions, identity, self,

Flesh Wounds
The mirror reflects a lifetime etched upon my skin; a canvas of stories whispered through maturity. I stand before it, middle-aged and exposed, my nakedness...

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Categories: self, appreciation, beauty, body, growth,

Skin Walker

Only an Alchemist can master the mist at the flick of a wrist,  but here's the twist...

  A White Witch can switch into...

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© Tanya Ross  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, identity, Lullaby, magic, meaningful,


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