Best Self Centred Poems
Below are the all-time best Self Centred poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of self centred poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
self centred, allegory, introspection,
Form:
Haiku
Pun With EggsBenedict was tired, he’d been driving all day.
This was his last delivery, 2 tonnes of eggs delivered to Safeway.
The kid came...
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Categories:
self centred, fun, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Empathy of Elements with Ink Empress
When life parades a fine line
between alienation and rationality,
internal intruders of the soul shroud spotlights.
In my dreams
I'm playing charades with the grim reaper.
surrounded...
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Categories:
self centred, analogy, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Zephyr
Some express their pain,
some sacrifice it for others,
only poets turn it into poetry - (my quote)
Only poets can turn words into poems,
so those who are...
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Categories:
self centred, analogy, loneliness, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Unforgettable MomentThose were my green and salad days,
a time of innocence and play, where
marbles shone like pearls and
every trinket was a treasure.
The world...
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Categories:
self centred, for him, memorial day,
Form:
Free verse
Private RomeoRomeo Jaxx had a friend for a fool
So he never thought "Baby's in love."
He fought for his rights
and he slept through your dreams
With his self-centred...
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Categories:
self centred, america, journey, lost, military,
Form:
Ballad
From Darkness To LightEarth element
Driven by instincts feral
Self-centred stance
An animal in human form
Gravity pulled me down
Material possessions
I seized by any means
Territorial behavior
In an imaginary cage
Yet in this density
In...
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Categories:
self centred, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Sonnet For Los CampitosSONNET FOR LOS CAMPITOS TEAM
Orinoco flow to Andean peaks, the nation
Protests the chaos suffering and pain
Yet once more you young pilgrims made migration
To this distant...
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Categories:
self centred, courage, creation,
Form:
Sonnet
SoldierI’m here, in this terror.
Blood, blood puddles everywhere
like after a demonic storm of rain, but instead it’s human red liquid .
Splattering,
leaking and escaping.
More...
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Categories:
self centred, absence, betrayal, death, horror,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Uncanny StrangerThe stranger is strange, pariah, leper sounds offbeat,
Neither truculent, nor relevant, all destined to encounter the doomed relic;
The bizarre outlander, alien to stimulate the...
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Categories:
self centred, fate, fear, grief, hate,
Form:
Rhyme
The Forgiveness of OthersWarm, sticky hands palm off dry, self-centred ground,
Touched by gingerly acclaiming seeds of new-borns:
Ready, willing and eager for the harsh, expecting role,
Supposedly not...
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Categories:
self centred, appreciation, forgiveness, friendship, love,
Form:
Sonnet
Gone and Hopefully Permanently ForgottenBy Stanley Collymore
Never speak ill of the dead we’re constantly and solemnly
exhorted regardless of who they are or the life that
they freely chose to live,...
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Categories:
self centred, funeral, life, woman, life,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Defining a Man ( a Letter To My Daughter ) Prt 1Defining a Man ( A Letter to my Daughter )
What is a man in these modern day attitudes and parlances of our times
harder now, I...
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Categories:
self centred, lifelife,
Form:
Free verse
A Recount and Recap of Lockdown Scenarios the World OverHumans have long trespassed
and destroyed animal territories
Humans have poached
And selfishly encroached
upon animal habitats
cutting down trees to build
human habitations.
Now the tables have turned
Humans are quarantined in...
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Categories:
self centred, animal, environment, perspective, planet,
Form:
Verse
Guilty ConscienceGirl Talking :It was my fault! Well…
Stage Direction: Begins fiddling
Girl Talking: I’m not too sure; I mean I do remember what happened. I have a...
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Categories:
self centred, murder, mystery, mum,
Form:
Ghazal