Meaning Poems - Poems about Meaning

(“Meaning of Life Merit Badge”, 2010, original oil) The Dismal Science and the Meaning of Life Supply and demand is as basic and Nobel a Truth As you can get. If you doubt, just hold your breath a minute And notice the urgency that quickly builds. Somehow in man’s quest for meaning Aka the creation of religion, or “dharma”, The sacred and the secular Became...

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In my soul, transcending this world, I aspire to become anything other than a mere being made of flesh. A light awaits me, attainable by a simple touch. My whole being vibrates as I strive to reach that clarity. “That's why I still walk this planet,” I whisper. Despite my morals and my suffering, I'm gradually detaching myself from...

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B-est E-ver L-ife's I-nsight N-ever D-enies A-ll T-houghts U-pheld B-y E-ach R-ighteous A-nalysis ©bfa062525 Monocrostic (Birthday of Belinda G. Tubera)...

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Sex as the Controller** They heard us outside the bedroom window— Breathing, moaning, panting, grunting, and screaming In the stillness of the night, calling out the names of the Gods. Salty sweat dripped from our bodies Under the Caribbean heat waves, many moons ago— What a summer to remember! Yet...

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Life doesn't belong to any of us It passes by, unfathomable It flows through our fingertips Encapsulates us, satiates our spirits Graces us with swollen ankles And delicate skin prone to wrinkles...

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then one day, a stranger will walk into your life. before you know it, rambling conversation will turn into late night laughs that turns into meeting families that turns into creating a family. only little you knew, how much this person would mean to you and, while you’ve known them such a short time you feel like you’ve loved them a lifetime...

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>> true love, please. [ERROR]unable to retrieve file 'true' >> fine, then just love. [ERROR]file 'love' can’t exist without 'true' >> …just happiness, then. [ERROR]requires connection to server 'live'...

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Burning the midnight oil while writing this poem one line at a time looking for reason searching for meaning making words scan and having them rhyme consider the hands of a clock as around the dial they rotate some arrive early (tick-tock tick-tock) others come in late one is fast the other slow round and round and round they go observe this strange conundrum it's a paradox...

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Is it enough to call yourself a poet, take some scattered words and hang them out like flags flapping pointless rags unless arranged with skill, pooled to fill an empty space with dribbled verbs that splatter making stains upon the page, there must be meaning, surely something more than endless dreary sounds waves of flotsam floating noise which lands then strands itself...

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The last rays of the sun Kissed his forehead, as he lay on the bench, his head snuggled on her lap, whilst she sang a sweet lullaby, as clear as the crystal breeze, as soothing as a mother's kiss. She cuddled him softly, kissed his luscious lips, ran her fingers through his curly hair, and caressed him long and sweet. A soft rain of rose...

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The wind has bruised your tender face, And winter wrote upon your brow— Yet in your eyes, I still can trace A fire the world could not put out. The stars have watched you weep alone, Their silver light a cold caress, But from your soul a song has grown That sorrow could not quite suppress. You move through thorns with quiet grace, The...

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Tulips are spring-blooming flowers, known for vibrant colors. They are showy, coming in a wide array of bright colors, like red, orange, yellow, pink, white, purple and even brown or black. The large, cup-shaped flowers bloom in late March through May. . Tulips are classic flowers loved by many for centuries and are a classic symbol of love...

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I only understand paradise when you are around and hell when you are not......

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May we be blessed to understand the meaning of strength… Which has recently gotten so twisted So contorted So screwed up Strong people don’t put people down… they help to lift them up… ...

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I drove the meaning of the poem home, dropped her at her front door, then drove home alone. And I never heard much more about her after that, except a rumor that some scholarly types had made a sanctum of her flat, where twice a month they meet to chew her fat....

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