Best Self Effacing Poems
Below are the all-time best Self Effacing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of self effacing poems written by PoetrySoup members
Letter To My MotherRealizing a fresh life growing inside,
What thoughts coursed through your mind,
I still wonder, oh dear my mom.
Did you gleefully welcome the news?
Or...
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Categories:
self effacing, angst, birth, mother daughter,
Form:
Free verse
White Feathers Sprayed RedWe war with impunity
And weaponise such things as the
beauty of flowers
And all for what ?
When come today we have to guard the statues and...
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Categories:
self effacing, slam,
Form:
Free verse
Once Upon a EgoOnce upon a time there never was an Ego
For it was alive by the breath of wishes of those who were suffocating from it
I carried...
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Categories:
self effacing, character, encouraging, growth, how
Form:
Epic
Categories:
self effacing, imagery, meaningful, music, song,
Form:
Free verse
If Ever I Had a Country : Lxxii - Continued-IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXXII
IF ever I had a country with or without nationality
And if ever I were elected or nominated Chief...
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Categories:
self effacing, betrayal, patriotic, satire, slavery,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Better Hide Your DaughtersPressure's on, must think of some sillies
My mind's yelling back “Don't got none!”
Surely there must be a few not yet posted
Through the years I've written...
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Categories:
self effacing, humorous,
Form:
Narrative
The Gift of LifeThe gift of life you gave to me
A heartless gift...we would agree
You didn’t even blink when asked
When surely some would be aghast
Forever thanks...I guarantee
You heard...
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Categories:
self effacing, hope, life,
Form:
Rondeau
Only She KnewShe knew, sadly, no one else
That he was incredible, self-effacing creature
Merely trying to unravel mysteries, roving in people's lives
And share tales from forgotten planets
Like hero...
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Categories:
self effacing, caregiving, dream, encouraging, hope,
Form:
Ballad
Rajaram Ramachandran, You Will Be Missed ForeverRAJARAM RAMACHANDRAN, YOU WILL BE MISSED FOREVER
You’ve left a legacy, a treasure to cherish,
The words of wisdom, the priceless pearls,
Each letter embedded with love and...
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Categories:
self effacing, memorial,
Form:
Verse
II,
A solitary expression of monumental proportions,
The sum of all parts with extra to spare,
The word and the meaning at once,
Selfish and lonely,
I,
When it's me, I...
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Categories:
self effacing, character, deep, how i
Form:
Free verse
The ProspectThe approbation for approval of a bountiful elicitation.
An evocation that is a stimulant.
As it calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behavior.
Thus,...
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Categories:
self effacing, mystery,
Form:
Light Verse
Categories:
self effacing, beauty, desire, language,
Form:
Verse
Holy NightsSilent Nights for echoing lack of resonant laughter
are not most Holy Nights
as purgation's self-effacing advent
opens sublime econormous therapy
of Earth Rights and Wrongs
as Our Grow Ups...
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Categories:
self effacing, earth, humor, light, moon,
Form:
Free verse
Your Worthlessness and Emptiness IrkWiden your perspective and glide beyond and above the pride
Welling up in your chest, embarking on the sparkling quest
To eliminate and waste opportunities to progress...
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Categories:
self effacing, poems,
Form:
Free verse
Love ThyselfRegurgitated words,
moments of retracing,
demented, tormented,
and self-effacing,
Pointless retribution,
shadowy diatribe,
shielded delusions,
salvation contrived.
Self-realization
needs no defense,
adorned with self love,...
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Categories:
self effacing, inspirational, introspection, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse