Best Self Made Poems
Below are the all-time best Self Made poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of self made poems written by PoetrySoup members
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:
self made, mental health, mental illness,
Form:
Narrative
SenselessThrough the shallows,
Through the depths,
The muck and the mire,
With trembling limbs
I succor the dying,
Strip the layers naked...
A conceit of consciousness
In psychic awareness,
I repute the repudiated
Caught...
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Categories:
self made, allegory, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
These Four Walls
my four walls are invisible, they cannot be seen
but they are thick, wide and deep after all these years
each board, each nail, a sorrow, a...
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Categories:
self made, life,
Form:
Free verse
Scared of the PenSitting alone with my thoughts and this drink at night
So many thoughts but I'm scared to pick up the pen and use this Ink...
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Categories:
self made, anxiety, dark, deep, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Loud MouthInspired by Machinehead – Darkness Within (Acoustic version) & members of society who refuse to embrace the kiss of silence…
As great intentions
Wither upon invalidated declarations,
Serenity’s...
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Categories:
self made, life, people, slam, society,
Form:
Free verse
Prison WallsFrom my self made
Prison walls
I look outside
And see the sun
The ocean breeze
Reaches me
I see the seagulls
Flying free
These hard and cold
Stone cell walls
Close around me
Cut my...
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Categories:
self made, flying, freedom, inspiration, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Courage Vs ConflictCOURAGE VS. CONFLICT
The history of man defines Ape as a primate.
Man seems to be in that mind-set today.
He lives life as pent because he denies...
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Categories:
self made, conflict, courage, culture,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Boadicea Blood Cup
"The Boadicea Blood Cup"
Didst thou think? Didst thou?
Didst thou think, at all?
That thou would remain untouched, unchecked, unscathed
Safely locked up away from mine wrath and...
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Categories:
self made, daughter, home, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Chef - DadIf he were my Dad, he would be the best.
A distinguished Chef that taught me to cook.
An ever loving Heart, beats in his chest.
His spare...
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Categories:
self made, family, father, life, love,
Form:
Quintain (English)
Lumpy Rumpy and the Rotten Egg GasLumpy Rumpy, now a high school lad,
I'm afraid is still acting very bad,
In his school laboratory he did amass,
Some stinking, self-made, rotten egg gas.
He corked...
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Categories:
self made, children, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Hostile Head Takeover Part 2A din ensued
my imaginary brood
with a good dose of misapprehension
hauled out their toys
and with a deafening noise
held band practice to demand my attention
My head resounded
I...
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Categories:
self made, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
No WorriesI’ve never played a hole in one,
that doesn’t worry me.
I’ve never sailed around the world,
its glories for to see.
I’m not a self-made millionaire,
that doesn’t worry...
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Categories:
self made, age, love, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
The CandidateHe speaks with charisma and style
He portrays a commendable role
His words seek to charm and beguile
But who should we really control?
His words lift the beat...
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Categories:
self made, political,
Form:
Ballad
Like a TimexThrough lickings, like a Timex, my husband’s hard-core.
Evermore, heart ticking, he goes on.
They don’t make his model any more.
Not cut out for college, he gathered...
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Categories:
self made, husband,
Form:
Villanelle
WomanI'm raising babies all alone.
Doing this thing, because Daddy's gone.
Rubbing cocoa butter on my knees so the scars you can't see.
They come from staying and...
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Categories:
self made, beauty, blessing, courage, deep,
Form:
I do not know?