Best Self Poems
Below are the all-time best Self poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of self poems written by PoetrySoup members
Eternal Life and the Total Self
Life is but a fleeting whisper echoing through time,
never dying, always being- magnificent and sublime.
The body's a receptacle, a superficial shell,
but in it dwells the...
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Categories:
self, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Letter To My Future SelfHey are you still breathing?
Are you still believing,
or is your heart seething?
Does life still have meaning?
How's the word weaving,
is the ink still bleeding?
Tell me, does...
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Categories:
self, death, life,
Form:
Rhyme
My Future Self
Line of inquiry:
“looking back, I’m ashamed of what I was
I’m different now, though not without flaws
Each crest becomes a trough, as we move on
God...
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Categories:
self, life,
Form:
Etheree
Poisonous Self DoubtOnly life in our mortal realm
entrenches self-doubt’s stand.
People and events cripple us
with critical mirrors showing us
visuals of our ineptness.
All who are predisposed...
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Categories:
self, anxiety, character, confidence, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Touch Me"In Touch With Myself"
I can't seem to find her
The reminder of yesterday
I shut my eyes for a few seconds
Only there, can I reach to bear...
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Categories:
self, absence, confusion, imagination, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
No ReservationYou Are Not Invited
--Latching onto my soul without an invitation--
Elements around my shore expose more than air
--Playing with fire is not a game you will...
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Categories:
self, abuse, bullying, deep, evil,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Soul Searching Trek Along Winter's Snow Painted Trails - a Collaboration With Robert and TeppoWaking to cold blown tent, ground frozen icy hard
woods are my love, as is poetry to a bard.
Today starts my anticipated forest trek,
seeking salvation from...
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Categories:
self, appreciation, beauty, introspection, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Forgotten Treasure- the RebirthFORGOTTEN TREASURE
I found the fountain of youth
When I stumbled across the forbidden garden
Right smack in the middle,
Was what I thought to be a wishing well
I...
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Categories:
self, beauty, deep, growing up,
Form:
Light Verse
Categories:
self,
Form:
Free verse
What Is Stopping YouWhat is holding you back?
What is stopping you?
What is making you uncomfortable
about asking?
about wanting?
about dreaming?
about wishing?
about expecting?
about planning?
about setting new goals?
about learning new things?
about...
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Categories:
self, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
You'Ll Find Me Before the Ink Is DryMy inky echoes conflate,
atop mountains of ivory versos;
Blank pages into whispers,
like the sway of moonlight tides;
Papers dappled by my ineffable,
frays of jet-black...
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Categories:
poets, self,
Form:
Free verse
SolitudeIncessant din of jammed highways
suddenly lulled to deserted streets
quiet of rustle forlorn breeze plays
laughter of birds, smiling sun greets
diamond dews glisten ruby petals
on a palette...
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Categories:
self, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
I Found Someone To Love Today
* Inspired by the Joni Mitchell song - Tin Angel
** My first pantoum
I found someone to love today
Her firefly eyes light up a room
In dreams...
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Categories:
self, anti bullying,
Form:
Pantoum
A Smile In the SkyThe sky is smiling
Luminous clouds concede a simple clearing
Boasting rays of an aureate sun
Gleaming
The brightest smile I've ever seen
It shines on me
The leaves are dancing
Cool...
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Categories:
self, future, happy, nature, seasons,
Form:
Free verse
The Glory Days of NowI’m grateful for the sun
which shone on younger days
The days of scurried heartbeats
...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, life, self,
Form:
Free verse