Thought of the dayto give ourselves a raise, do we seek praise ~
delusion of vanity, let’s erase...
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Categories:
introspection, spiritual, vanity,
Form: Couplet
Open Your Eyes? Open Your Eyes ?
Open your eyes, not just to the light
But to the stillness that waits in the absence of sight
Truth doesn’t hide in temples or skies
It lives in the silence behind your own eyes
You search for answers in pages and speech
But the knowing you seek is just out of reach
Not because it's far,...
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Categories:
introspection, age, analogy, bible, creation,
Form: Rhyme
A side of me PT1I don't know how to act
I can't even behave
Is it a fact?
I'm not even brave
Her voice rings in my head
I'm not sure if I'm losing it
Starting to feel dead
I think I should sit
The world seems grey
I haven't seen her smile
I don't know what to say
It's been a while
...
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Categories:
introspection, conflict, emotions, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
inherit the wind
We are inheriting Art and Arc
Of trying to understand.
How once, we were fingers,
Born of the same common hand.
Miniatures born into this land
Of thought.
Tactile each, and that ought,
To have been enough.
But,
In the sound of each brushed whisper
Overheard in the billowing clouds,
We fought the thought
Of the popular injunction.
Loud as a newborn’s...
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Categories:
introspection, 7th grade, creation, i
Form: Free verse
A PrizeIf I ruled the world
I'd take the game and change it.
A prize worth the fight....
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, humanity, introspection,
Form: Senryu
Broken Glasses and Shattered HeartsHow long does it take to break broken glass until it’s broken beyond repair?
How long does it take for avoidant eyes to finally learn to stare?
Will it take long enough for glass to pierce my shattered, battered heart,
Or eyes that will never look that way from the very start?
Does it take a fool or a...
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Categories:
introspection, analogy, angst, depression, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
ExcireWords captured in amber for all eternity—valued for their unique resilience as the tides of time cannot erode them. Our deeds like skipping stones on water sink in although they go unrecorded; the ripples soon fading from memory, becoming a distorted reflection in a cracked mirror.
Tides gather the echoes to...
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Categories:
introspection,
Form: Other
Thought of the dayknow that love assigns no grade ~
God offers bliss readymade
are we prepared to receive ~
asking ego to beg leave
...
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Categories:
introspection, love,
Form: Couplet
Perhaps I should pick up a hammerInsidious is internalized inception
What's real with all these questions?
Feels like I missed my alarm and slept in
Broken legs but I still chase affection
These walls are my blank expression
My mind is the home I'm trapped in
It's lonely inside an unfinished mansion
The sharp truth most people gaslight themselves and don't even realize it...
Have I detached so...
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Categories:
introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
introspection, africa, break up, conflict,
Form: Acrostic
The MirrorI opened my eyes when it was too late.
The river passed before my wide-open eyes.
I missed my childhood;
I was a prisoner in my mind.
Neither God was called, nor nature invoked.
Fate took the driving seat of my life,
Only regret will not compensate now!
The grass was greener,
The sky seemed clearer,
And when I look back in the mirror,
What...
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Categories:
introspection, extended metaphor, growing up,
Form: Free verse
The Prismatic SelfI say the word and feign a Freudian slip
From between its legs duplicities drip
Often doubling as a quip and tasting chalky, just a bit
History will record the troubling truth
that I never existed if I don’t submit
I’ll submit this thing as if it’s a soliloquy
while being transparent with reverse psychology
When transparency is brutal it packs a...
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Categories:
color, god, introspection, mirror,
Form: Quatrain
Thought of the daythe waking state is where we can awake ~
if heart’s quiescent, mind calm like a lake...
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Categories:
introspection, peace,
Form: Couplet
The Cage Upon the WaveThough caged in a corner where gallows still loom,
Beware — for it sails on a wave of dark gloom.
A wave from the sea of existence runs red,
A net cast through nightfall and daylight ahead.
You, sovereign hawk in this narrow domain —
Be not content, for these bars still remain.
Yet I bring good news from the breath...
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Categories:
introspection, allegory, dark, faith, freedom,
Form: Masnavi
Non negotiable
a line drawn in the sand of time
plucked from the depths of my mind’s eye
curled edge of what’s real what’s not
that line that never should be crossed
plucked from the depths of my mind’s eye
things we’ll forgive but not forget
built an imaginary fence
washed away by tides yet lingers
curled edge of what’s real what’s not
distinguishing what’s...
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Categories:
integrity, introspection, meaningful, psychological,
Form: Other
Specific Types of Introspection Poems
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Poems Related to Introspection
contemplation, reflection, soul searching, scrutiny, meditation, rumination, egoism, self absorption, deep thought, self examination, brooding, introversion, heart searching, self observation, self questioning,