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Psychological Poems | Examples of Psychological Poetry

Psychological Poems - Examples of all types of psychological poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for psychological.
CROSSROADS
Well, here I am again… at my crossroads I can tell they are mine The marker I.D. reads “Between a rock and a hard place” “What a shameful disgrace As usual, I am not alone We are not born alone So,...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, destiny, journey, mythology, perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry



Emotionally Disturbed
to heal. But the journey is long, with no end in sight, As I grapple with demons, both day and night. Yet still, I press on, with courage untold, As I battle my mind, and reclaim my soul. For I...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, depression, emotions, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
An Overthinker's Torment
Thinking and thinking and thinking. I want to stop going over the memories, The looping record of agonising nothings. That's the problem, you see? It's not a problem to them. A simple mistake, So quickly forgiven, and yet, It lingers like a...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, anxiety, confusion, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ponderings
Does a broken mirror reflect again? Are we shadowed by our past and sins? Can fallen flowers return to branches? Are our traumas rippling avalanches? Is fate a tightrope we must follow? Can we control our chain of morrows? Is...Read the rest...
Categories: perspective, psychological, religion,
Form: Rhyme
WRITTEN IN PSYCHEDELIC INK
WRITTEN IN PSYCHEDELIC INK Wrongly chosen words convey naught Creating impressions of the wrong sort Even when inspiring lines deny empathy Especially showing contempt for simile Causing bloody battles to be hard fought It’s errors despite what has been taught As...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, psychological,
Form: Rondeau



Premium Member A Stoic's Chlorophyll Corona
Sonnet I In realms of emerald hush, where sunlight strains Through veils of green, a silent throng takes root, A clovered congregation on the plains, Their stoic forms a timeless, lushful loot. No melodies from throats unseen they sing, No pleas...Read the rest...
Categories: feelings, nature, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
A False Combination
Sometimes I don't know you, Other times I don't know me, Sometimes, you are just a stranger crossing the sky's limit, Other times, you are my dearest brethren. You don't look beyond the surface, My perceived height is nothing but...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, emotions, fate, heartbroken, irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Morning Sickness
Pregnant with intense distress Fists fly eyes not yet open Break and fight not fully woken Metal to metal, bone to wall Impulse festered in my chest It did not banish, never left Hijacked me while I sought rest A dream of...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Frankenstein or His Monster?
We know the dire story of Jekyll and Hyde Where a man’s potion made his nature divide. In real life, it’s not easy to separate Ourselves like eggs and potatoes on a plate. If man is made in God’s...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Neither In The Slightest
At worst, philosophical poet. At best, neither your foe or friend....Read the rest...
Categories: psychological,
Form: Crystalline
Hateful Of The Hopeless
I hate people who don’t put up a fight, I hate people who don’t express their feelings with all their might, I hate people who have nothing to say, I hate people who act like they have no...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological,
Form: Quatrain
How I Frustrate You So
Sometimes you may as well also be wasting all your breath, Other times you may even find you secretly resent How I come to you with a reading about all the things I sensed....Read the rest...
Categories: psychological,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Gaslit Memories
When I was younger, days moved softly, an endless waltz of hours beneath the cherry blossoms where I walked alone, convincing myself that solitude was sweet, that love was for the others....Read the rest...
Categories: love, memory, old, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That Was Then, This is Now
Your paradigm's a relic, a plea from data's cemetery, While I sculpt luminaries on screens, a sable sea. "Company loyalty," a myth, spun in your reverie, But AI forges kingdoms, in ephemeral memory. Survival's a mosaic, the gig life...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, dad, daughter, father daughter,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Chasing Secrets
In shadowed halls, I've followed the quiet threads of power,   Charting each muffled cry, its subtle sway in time,  Silently navigating the veiled histories held in their gaze.   Indeed, the world is more than a stage...Read the rest...
Categories: corruption, money, psychological,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Psychological Poems

Definition | What is Psychological in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs