Best Identity Poems
Below are the all-time best Identity poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of identity poems written by PoetrySoup members
Like A GirlLike A Girl
I play like a girl, I hit like a girl
You say I throw like a girl,
And when I run --...
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Categories:
beautiful, girl, identity, rights,
Form:
Free verse
Alice Sweet Alice ~Alice Sweet Alice~
*Like Sisters*
Everyday -- Holding Hands
Sunday...
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Categories:
identity, abuse, addiction, anger, art,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Midnight Poet Whisper's of October
Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream
Warding off the howling sound...
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Categories:
addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form:
Free verse
WALLPAPERWALLPAPER
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Paper Thin
Cut down to any size,
Crumble, crop me wrong
Pull the insulation from my heart.
Never will I be "A Paper Doll!"
Thank you for calling me...
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Categories:
change, creation, friend, identity,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Illusory Disguise My perception is vague, my reflection unclear.
My eyes are two distorting mirrors that devise
a veneer fashioned with my fears.
I’m seized inside an illusory disguise...
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Categories:
identity,
Form:
Lyric
Q TippingI remember when
Q was part of a Tip
now Q is a one way trip
to crazy town
It’s a place where thoughts flip
and up is down
Where every...
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Categories:
identity, abuse, america, angst, discrimination,
Form:
Political Verse
Insanity or DeathInsanity or Death
Life begins with insanity~~
~Your soul is kicking and screaming,
Ready to exit with the touch of human hands.
Insanity rides on a gallant stallion...
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Categories:
identity, abuse, adventure, art, how
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
I The Mirror - With A Major Contribution By Joseph May - Dramatic Free Verse
an impression of the world
stands before me
Left is right, and right is wrong,
and the mirror reflects a melancholy song.
i the mirror
not
the babbling brook,
or
the...
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Categories:
identity, conflict, dark, depression, grief,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
To Bloom in Red FlameUnderneath all the layers
Of tradition
Of religion
Of philosophy
Of reason and understanding
I smolder
In passion's pleasure bed of red
Paroxysms of pleasure
Emanate from my core
Searing the shroud
Flames of...
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Categories:
identity, image, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Peacocks and Predators
The raptor and the peacock hence,
Sit pensive on a rambling fence.
The first, inclined to be the host,
Jumped down to claim the nearest post.
The pea averse...
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Categories:
animal, identity,
Form:
Imagism
When It Comes To MeI often sit for long periods of time
hoping the perfect beginning will come to me.
To write a poem that starts with a pristine Capital
leaving readers...
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Categories:
adventure, celebration, change, identity,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Veil I WearA fire blazes behind the veil
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This veil I wear
is not made of cloth
for no fabric could withstand
the incendiary passion
I command
It's self-imposed
not forced
no man's hand
would...
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Categories:
analogy, identity,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Star of the ShowNarrate you own life's story
and tell you own life's tale
Don't leave it up for grabs
or even up for sale!
Write down your own life's story
before the...
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Categories:
identity, life, people, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
My Pledge of Allegiance"My Pledge of Allegiance"
by: Eric L. Boddie
I Pledge Allegiance To The Word
Because there is no greater sound I've ever heard
I Pledge Allegiance To The...
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Categories:
bible, devotion, faith, identity,
Form:
Couplet
My Secret SoulA meek Monet, a gentle Van Gogh
I may seem too nice and mild, though
The moon knows my true name
In lust I ascend to claim my...
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Categories:
bird, identity, mystery, night,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Back to meThis my nothing-happy,
my stone-faced bliss,
this is my sweet release
from grinning artifice.
I am floating on zero,
life-sloughed and stuff-free,
I am guileless, I am tribeless,
I am back to...
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Categories:
identity, me, self,
Form:
Verse
Cyber realHas the convenience of technology
inoculated us from reality?
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
I pray the code my soul to keep?
Does your universe live within 4G
Or...
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Categories:
computer, culture, identity, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
The Perfect FriendThe Perfect Friend ©
Today I found a friend
Who knew everything I felt
She knew my weakness
And the problems I’ve been dealt.
She understood my wonders
And listened...
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Categories:
identity, best friend, friend, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
I am strongI am strong
You may simply disregard me
with your arrogant throng
You may treat me with disrespect
I'm still here, I am strong
Why don't you like it when...
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Categories:
identity, character, confidence, discrimination, hate,
Form:
Free verse
I Need Your Help DaddyI’m tired
I’m Physically and Emotionally tired
I don’t want to be the strong one anymore
I can’t this time
I don’t know what to do Daddy
I need your...
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Categories:
identity, absence, angst, cry, dad,
Form:
Elegy
The SecretThe Secret
Somewhere someplace not far away a couple lied together.
No talk about the future no talk about forever.
They had lovers of their own their lovers...
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Categories:
identity, betrayal, conflict, confusion, growing
Form:
Rhyme
THE OTHER SELF
( Repost )
Somehow, her eyes expand with the disobedient sky
and there, she senses urchins filling water on the lake
her feet and thighs slide up changing...
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Categories:
fantasy, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Joining the PiecesSometimes we sit alone,
quiet, trying to figure
out who carried a piece
of us with them, as we try
to put ourselves together again...
Date: 24/02/2016...
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Categories:
humanity, identity, imagery, life,
Form:
Free verse
Artwork - what am IScratching their heads
They look at me
Am I a tree stump
Am I a grotesque face
Inside I am laughing
I know what I am.
Am a freak...
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Categories:
identity,
Form:
Personification
More Secret SelvesI've been wondering about our secret selves...
The vegetarian smoker
The introverted joker
The soldier with the peace sign
The anonymous byline
The accountant with unfinished sums
The deaf musician's steel...
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Categories:
conflict, identity,
Form:
I do not know?