Best Existential Poems
Below are the all-time best Existential poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of existential poems written by PoetrySoup members
12-31-23: A Number's Existential Crisis'Twas the twilight of the year, a twinkling tiara,
December 31st, digits dancing dunes in the Sahara.
One, two, three, one, two, three, it's a prance,
A numerical...
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Categories:
existential, celebration, hilarious, holiday, humor,
Form:
Lyric
Existential RepriseBefore I scarred the page
Raging what your letters cannot invent
Let me invite you to other books
I wrote before you owed me wage
For all maladjustment and...
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Categories:
existential, philosophyme, old, me, old,
Form:
Free verse
Existential EssenceIn the vast algorithmic wilderness, we search for truth...
In the chaos of digital existence,
we navigate the maze of virtual connections,
seeking answers in the pixels that
form...
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Categories:
existential, culture, environment, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
MoonlightPainting by Edvard Munch, 1895: "Moon Light"
your soft hand trembles in mine
no words are spoken
we observe our ascending full moon
as we have every month...
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Categories:
existential, death, love, love hurts,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Absolute Truth: How Can it Be?Absolute truth, both mystery… and paradox.
“You make me wonder if you exist or not?”
The Greeks glimpsed you in circles and squares,
The medievals revered you...
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Categories:
existential, faith, history, mystery, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Silver Solitude on Storm's EdgeI emerged with a silver pen in hand,
…and a tempest raging within.
Words writhe, a serpent's coil,
…tightening their grip,
A soul adrift in a sea of
…self-made...
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Categories:
existential, mental health, mental illness,
Form:
Narrative
An Existentialist Asks---What Is LifeWhat is life?
Euphonies, cacophonies and chromosomal anomalies
intertangled destinies and illusive methodologies
Occurring in obscure dimensionless time
Millenniums fertilized to create the sublime
Perceived by ideations so pure...
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Categories:
existential, how i feel, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Cosmic DustSince time immemorial across the Universe—
Traces of my vapor, my dust trails, my footprints, my being
Light up the skies of innumerable planets etching themselves
Indelibly in...
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Categories:
existential, adventure, beautiful, creation, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Kiss of DeathYesterday, I soared with the wind
Today, death and I dance entwined in a slow waltz
Somber mood as bright lights shine above
Wagner in the background of...
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Categories:
existential, art, dark, death, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Eyes of ProphecyYou know how they say,'what will be will be'...
but what is it that will be?
What does the future hold
for me?
I wish somehow
it would all be...
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Categories:
existential, future, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Bare Infinitive and the Meaning of LifeTHE BARE INFINITIVE
Look: up above the stratosphere
Outside the earth's blanket veneer
Beyond planets stars and galaxy
Past even faintest nebulae
Far from the pull of gravity
Free...
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Categories:
existential, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
existential, august, beauty, creation, emotions,
Form:
Rhyme
Unmasking the ScriptIn borrowed plumes, a masquerade we stage,
Thoughts echo doctrines, passions preordained.
From broken families, where fractured spirits weep,
Mothers of sorrow,
With eyes that never sleep.
We inherit...
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Categories:
existential, journey, life, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Coagulation~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Finally, my blood began to coagulate,
but my spiritual blood still spills from my poetic pen
like a razor has sliced upon the wrist of the cosmos.
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A...
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Categories:
existential, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Time and SpaceTime and space in deadlock
Time unlike the progression of a clock
Time dependent on interpretation
A linear cessation
Space dependent on mass
Triangulation through impasse
Portals of acquisition
An inner self...
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Categories:
existential, space, time,
Form:
Rhyme