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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.
Premium Member Seasons Of Our Minds
A voice from my heart whispers tearfully of life's regrets, It tells me of my sorrows and the promises I never kept, You live in all my dreams, and days I wish I could forget, I never knew...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, loss, sorry, truth,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Within these Walls
Faces of death stare against my raptured skin. Silently, they watch me in frigid judgment. I used to run from them in unholy matrimony, Peeling the sins from my teardrops Wishing they would Just go away. The brown-skinned disease normalized her...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, introspection, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thought of the day
stirred from stillness by an urge, awareness could not discern ~ ego conveniently labelled, desire as spontaneity...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, introspection, silence,
Form: Free verse
Love Is Thy Lamp Through The Night
Love is thy lamp through the night, A beacon glowing, ever bright. In deep shadows, it casts its glow, Guiding hearts where they should go. A lantern's flame, steadfast and true, It illuminates the path for two. In the darkness, love's...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, imagination, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry Soup Saved Me
I came to Poetry Soup a poetry novice, many years ago with emotions to write; my grief deep, overflowing and drowning me, ...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection,
Form: Verse



Premium Member O, Where Will I Wake Up
where will I wake up in the morning on the day I don’t wake up will I green the summer pasture seen in bloom of wildness or sky the flight of soaring high and leap from clouds above or maybe somewhere...Read the rest...
Categories: death, fear, introspection, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Can Be a Luminary
Stitch up my soul, with threads of the moon, so as night falls, as it’s sure to, soon, I can be a luminary, roaming, in her runes. ...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, analogy, extended metaphor, identity,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Blink of an Eye of the Butterfly
Fleeting, the emotions, found in a hurry, still...I try to stop, to apprehend them, in my thoughts, even if just for, a little while....Read the rest...
Categories: butterfly, emotions, introspection, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thought of the day
egoic thoughts trap us in a small domain ~ we’ll know no peace, till fears to rest are lain...Read the rest...
Categories: fear, introspection, peace,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Child's Play
Let life trickle out, the hour, I want to play, the great pretender, one last time, before I have to hail Mary, to bring back the day, and say, how silly we've been. ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, child, childhood, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member There'll always be a little Texas
It's more than twenty years since I left Texas. I've settled down, no longer roam, And now I call Missouri home. I'm happy here for many reasons… The lifestyle, people, all four seasons… And as the years go by, I must...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, nostalgia,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Stillness
who is the doer acting through us and to what end save consciousness awareness self-existent there is no one here...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, silence, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
The Cost of Change
The torment by lower things only adds fuel to the dormant flames You can try as you will to block its shine but still it will rise & rage the same Time & again they've felt the flames so...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, philosophy, poetry, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Stand erect
we walk alone fate bemoaning dethrone ego...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection,
Form: Than-Bauk
Premium Member Thought of the day
euphemisms employed by mind ~ entrap our soul in ego’s bind...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, language,
Form: Couplet

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