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Best Self Sustaining Poems

Below are the all-time best Self Sustaining poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of self sustaining poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Sun Rises--The Moon Sets
The Sun Rises- -The Moon Sets 


Think of life, the cycle of 
How radiation can support life, enough heat to
Ensure a stable self sustaining system.

Something...

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Categories: self sustaining, life, naturemoon,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2
[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]

SM
“The...

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Categories: self sustaining, society, truth, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Being American
I live in America, as in the United States of America, and that used to mean something. At least to me it did. And it’s...

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Categories: self sustaining, america, class, how i
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Her Never Ending Creation Story
WINTER

We all have heard The Greatest Creation Story Ever Told,
and it is
as title so boldly baldy states.

Yet, within and without,
before yet also after,
this History of...

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Categories: self sustaining, beauty, culture, dance, health,
Form: Prose Poetry
Science and Creation
A span of questions fogs the mind of man. 
Some famous thinkers wonder; is there God?
Was man formed by chance or by divine plan?
If not...

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Categories: self sustaining, creation, philosophy, religion, science,
Form: Ottava rima



Premium Member Twin Souls
There is an emptiness
that knows another's emptiness
two voids that cannot be seen
the feeling of an abyss
darkness with no meaning

Existential Longings
for voices 
that cannot be heard
a...

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Categories: self sustaining, introspection, life, love, nature
Form: Lyric
An Ode To Jenni Mann
Oh an ode to jenni mann 
To write an ode, oh an ode to jenni mann
Would be good, and proper. 
Fitting.

Fitting, not like the clothes...

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© Behe Moth  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self sustaining, absence, abuse, betrayal, february,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
H2o
The planet oxygen 
Contained two constant 
Continents called H, 
Both covalently bonded, 
Similar in shape, surviving 
In a scheme far superior than 
The disparity that...

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Categories: self sustaining, life, nature
Form: Free verse
Premium Member To Question Existence
Isn't our quality of life greatly subject to how we view our world and what happens in it?

I heard someone say recently, (and I agree),...

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Categories: self sustaining, appreciation, beauty, earth, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where Has All the Water Gone
Where has all the water gone?
What is not poisoned is now in poor supply…
They call it “fracking,” a way of trapping
gas or oil for fuel...

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Categories: self sustaining, loss, water, world,
Form: Free verse
Live In the Now
Raw emotions
Churns like oceans
In my mind's eye
And my heart's cry...
Is left unheard again 
Where have you been?
I will not worry 
I will not hurry
I'm just...

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Categories: self sustaining, deep, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
The Northern Powerhouse - Ode To Gideon
Gideon in his high viz vest
Trying his best 
To look like those 
Who graft for work
Forgetting we have a long tradition 
Of this in the...

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Categories: self sustaining, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Earth Governance
Discerning one's universal right of conscience
forms comprehensive unitarian consciousness.

Or so we future hope
recognizing self-governing justice requires trust
in each eternal past moment's empathic truth,
rooted back in...

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Categories: self sustaining, destiny, earth, love, nature,
Form: Political Verse
What Happens When the Moon Falls In Love With the Sun
I see him across the
orbit,
Creating time in
mesmerizing circles,
Always so far from
me
Always so near.

We dance.

A lonely dance—
A tormenting dance,
Where we can never
touch
Nor; ever be apart.

The universe...

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Categories: self sustaining, anger, break up, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Rhyme Cause I Want To
rhyme cause i want to
all about the thought
develop my delivery
summarize a plot
story telling chivalry
too many double shots
its my medium believe me
when i say id never...

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Categories: self sustaining, on writing and words,
Form: Rhyme

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