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Life Poems | Poems About Life's Journey, Struggle, and Fun

Life Poems. Read and share beautiful poems about life’s experiences, struggles, fun, adventure, and journey. Life poetry conveys a point in time that has had an impact on us. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of life poems.
Premium Member You Today And Everyday
The life of pain enters suffering Molds together righteous gain and restructuring Of self love emoting happiness The mistakes create foundational lessons With so many unanswered questions What to do with this information Needing liberation Stay consumed...Read the rest...
Categories: feelings, journey, life, pain,
Form: Rhyme



To my relative
To my Cousine I never forget you, you were a real friend In my life a diamond, a hard man, and so kind A soul of life, relative of the life, part of life Your life and your heart...Read the rest...
Categories: birth, father, life,
Form: Free verse
You can not leave us
You can not leave us Think about, from up, what is our hearts, the only Heart Okay, you don’t know, we need to move away, two ways You gotta take me, let we us, okay we have it,...Read the rest...
Categories: life, love, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Enlightened
I bridged the chasm and entered ambiguous halls Climbed over barbed fences inside my mind's walls To glimpse the core of how men and women relate Among flowering vines behind the garden gate. Within a flower is both gamete...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Rhyme
The righteous side
I sit alone, and meditate. I think of kin, I dare to hate. I think of things, that I have done. I think of people, we live among. I think of deeds, that shame my soul. I think of sins, I can’t control. But as I embrace, my...Read the rest...
Categories: how i feel, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member NOT A HEART OF STONE-
No one knows the heart is beating Or that it's given life is the heart Set pace hardest as granite rock How do you know said heart is beating When you embrace a one...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, caregiving, life,
Form: Free verse
Gin And Tears
And as I reach my end of years I’ve come to know my gin and tears A pleasant cocktail, I suppose ...Read the rest...
Categories: life, how i feel, introspection,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The World Keeps Spinning
This fleeting glimpse of life Is here and then it's gone It passes by in the blink of an eye While the world keeps spinning on Don't worry about tomorrow Stop reflecting on the past Make each moment...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Rhyme
Walk life like a cat
“Cats live for the sensation of life, not for something they might achieve or not achieve” ...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, cat, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Just goes on
Where I come from you live you die and life just goes on...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member New beginnings
Changes will occur bringing good fortune to me and a brand new start...Read the rest...
Categories: life,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Behind the Scenes of a War-torn State
The doctor’s practice went to waste the moment that the medic faced A call from his reserve platoon ...Read the rest...
Categories: jewish, life, military, society,
Form: Sonnet
Up, up and away
Heyyy friend, since we always UP to something, I wanna give a tribute to the word UP, because everyday of our life we do something meaningful with the word up. So with that being said, I...Read the rest...
Categories: cheer up, life, meaningful,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member life of the christ child
child of promises among those near or far aged a light of conscience shining glow well stored purpose in truth to others true to his loved ones angels tasked his care Michael and Gabriel there darkness and sin kept away never in danger a Father...Read the rest...
Categories: life, angel, bible, growing up,
Form: Sedoka
Faded
The heart of a man is a strong tower A haughty mind is their disguise Deceived by an unknown power All of their ways seem to be wise A flower is alone in the dark Searching for a...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, life,
Form: Sonnet

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