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Self Poems | Examples of Self Poetry

Self Poems - Examples of all types of self poetry to share and read. This list of self poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of self poetry. This list of works about self is an excellent resource for examples on how to write self poems.
Premium Member Zen mode
frolicking consciousness joyous, content, complete in time dissolved peace renews itself within itself in subjective awareness beheld by eyes of totality one and as the heartbeat of the absolute noumena resplendent in its luminosity...Read the rest...
Categories: self, spiritual,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Otherworldly Anomaly
It’s a long journey from where I’m from. Light years away. And then some. Your TV transmissions kept me entertained. But the News worried me. Perhaps more than it should have. Upon my arrival I...Read the rest...
Categories: science fiction, self,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Small Fish
Holding onto a rail. I lean over to see my reflection mirrored in the water and small fish swimming in the camouflage of me. I muse whether they are feeding on my thoughts, nibbling on the strands that loosely float my...Read the rest...
Categories: fish, mirror, self, water,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Freshly Cut Grass
So much passes unnoticed, fails to attract an eye or an ear, excite the senses enough to interrupt the mind's endless chatter conducted within the windowless walls of itself. Too often, a walk is no more than an exercise...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, day, nature, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member can you feel
raindrops touch your skin softness of a kitten's coat loving words from spouse...Read the rest...
Categories: self,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Flickering awareness
When glimmers of light are by us cognised, it is for sleepy soul, a wake up call, signalling that God can be realised, if in staid silence we choose to stand tall and the truth of our true being...Read the rest...
Categories: i am, light, self,
Form: Dizain
Premium Member In Choosing Seclusion
Choice is a cause Choosing brings effects. Effects bring potential closure Into perceived final ending. Heart thoughts mitigate all Rummaging memories In choosing seclusion… Quiet time, all looking for a fuller Self. Please, no grief in this Just joy, and understood tenderness. ...Read the rest...
Categories: self, engagement, growing up, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Circumstances
Mist on crimson poppy petals Embraces the air when sun rays fall Adores the poppies at dusk...Read the rest...
Categories: self,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member I Would Rather Be
I would much rather be a member of the minority capable of critical thinking, as opposed to a member of the majority susceptible to easy influencing....Read the rest...
Categories: self,
Form: Couplet
Living In Peace
Always choose your peace Landscape, beach, ranch, or sleep Body, mind can rest....Read the rest...
Categories: mental health, peace, self,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Burn the book
Memorising scriptures was all in vain, since symbolic words but addressed our mind, whereas our soul wished to walk the terrain, to vanquish demons of darkness that bind, enabled on becoming love aligned. Breath by breath thus, we chose to...Read the rest...
Categories: religion, self, spiritual, truth,
Form: Dizain
Premium Member Zen mode
humming toroidal heart looks at the head ovoid which now glistens with light that is gifted to it by Self which dwells in heart’s core the seeker who sought is dead all that that now glows is Self which as of choiceless...Read the rest...
Categories: heart, joy, light, self,
Form: Free verse
Lighter Side Of Me
Nice to be alone With nature, it's welcoming It's lighter, secure....Read the rest...
Categories: engagement, inspiration, perspective, self,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Finding yourself
Only in silence can you find yourself through meditation...Read the rest...
Categories: self,
Form: Monoku
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 of an inner dark, sufficient to propel them here and there...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, mystery, self,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Self Poems

Read wonderful self poetry on the following sub-topics: acceptance, confidence, dear, determination, esteem, future, harm, hate, identity, inner, love, note to, personality, reflection, sacrifice, worth, and more.

Definition | What is Self in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs