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It Is Just Soup
In the unquiet chamber of a kitchen,
where brittle leaves of thyme and sage sway
in unison, to the hot hum of convection
crooning softly from a stove of iron.
The guests hang waiting, by turns,
for their...
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Categories:
care, food, self, solitude,
Form: Verse
LeonineWhile looking up into the blackness; past this now leafless canopy
Fires are simply burning; within their own realms of infinity
Wonderous twinkling is intertwined in the branches repeatedly
It is hard to believe this basic beauty gave...
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Categories:
self, analogy, confidence, courage, emotions,
Form: Monorhyme
Until It Is Not
I am sorry
I'm not more
exciting.
I meant to be
for you,
an adventurer
with mountaintop stories,
or someone
with a limp
hinting at a life
starting
with the gift of an early struggle.
My presence is a bland suburb
of wanting,
anything
other
than what is
in (front of) me,
until...
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Categories:
appreciation, growth, self,
Form: Free verse
Enigmaso I, the riddle
of my own confoundedness
chewing life’s biscuit
...
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Categories:
self, fun, humorous, introspection, life,
Form: Senryu
UNTITLED AND UNFINISHEDThey call you a queen
Where is your crown?
They call you a hero
You've got no cape
They call you a beauty
How can you be called so when you are the beast
You are called a victor
When you have...
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Categories:
self, anger, dark, feelings, sad,
Form: Free verse
BlindersAfter much delay
And many episodes of going astray
Finally, I put them on
Now, they're snugly and comfortably fastened
Fitted, strapped, and secure are my blinders
Spectators and distractions I no longer entertain
I'm sure-footed, aligned and I...
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Categories:
self, confidence, courage, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Beast-like Things with WingsBeast-like Things with Wings
The hour is late
But many thoughts I have are stirring
Restless, feathered things
Flying as far as one can
When locked in a cage
They long to be free
And their incessant screeches
Is enough to let me...
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Categories:
psychological, self,
Form: Free verse
'Drawings'I love drawing.
It’s how I express myself.
But these drawings,
nobody ever saw.
Drawings that I hid.
I loved drawing,
I was good at it too.
Getting the angles and lines perfect.
But no one thought my art was pretty.
But they never...
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Categories:
emotions, self, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
OrdinaryPlain jane- nothing special - just ordinary -ME...
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Categories:
self,
Form: Monoku
Body DivineIn just two weeks I will attain the body divine
Eat my greens, attempt a sit up or two...
If only I'd lay off reduced aisle wine
Replace old habits with a nicotine chew.
I should take this...
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Categories:
self, change, culture, funny, growth,
Form: Narrative
Let Your Soul Be SeenI cannot see the essence of thee,
Yet in thy deepest mystery lies reality.
Not with my eyes but with my heart I see,
Truth is inside of me.
The chaos of this illusionary life is blinding,
Yet still unwinding.
Within...
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Categories:
self, creation, heart, life, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
RefelctionA reflection is a funny thing.
No matter how you look at it, it will always look back at you the same.
No matter how much you want it to change it never will.
You will always be...
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Categories:
self, destiny, identity, love, me,
Form: Free verse
I Will Be The BetterI Will Be The Better
*
To have left the world
Without making it a better
Place for ourselves and
Our animal friends,
What kind of a life was that?
*
To have left the world
With family and friends
Remembering...
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Categories:
motivation, self,
Form: Free verse
Filter By My Consciousnesslike steaming water seeps through the openings in the bottom of a colander
the wisdom of ages past is filtered by my conscious mind
leaving all but a few bits and pieces caught in the process
I am...
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Categories:
creation, god, introspection, self,
Form: Free verse
The Colored Lens of LifeThings taught black and things taught white
When I was young and caged,
Became a brilliant-colored quilt
When teens rushed through my age.
Things swarmed shadowed shades of gray
Once I turned middle-aged,
Then circled back to black...
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Categories:
self, growing up, life, moving
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Self Poems
Read wonderful self poetry on the following sub-topics:
acceptance, confidence, dear, determination, esteem, future, harm, hate, identity, inner, love, note to, personality, reflection, sacrifice, worth,
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Definition | What is Self in Poetry?
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