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Zen modehead having melded with heart
ego identity vaporised
all souls one, none from us apart
light of our true Self is realised...
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Categories:
i am, self, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
PerfectionismI wish I wouldn't try to be perfect
When I know it can never come to fruition
Perhaps I do it for the self respect
Maybe I do it for the recognition
Always I try to keep it all...
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Categories:
self, angst, emotions, how i
Form: Free verse
the mirror doesn't lieThe mirror doesn’t lie
Perhaps indents, reverses,
Contains
That which we hide
For it has no soul
No desire to know us.
It cares not
About your heartache
Or joy
Feels not your tears
Hears not your curses.
It remains neutral
Undecided
Uninvested
It knows no loneliness
When you are...
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Categories:
allusion, self,
Form: Free verse
Time Wasted
So much time wasted
So many years
Consumed with inner turmoil
Cried an ocean of tears
Zero self confidence
Brimmed with inadequacy
Failed before l even began
“Everyone else can do it …..but me!”
l found inner peace
My soul was...
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Categories:
confidence, conflict, self,
Form: Rhyme
Hot and FatMy arms are moist, uncomfortably.
Standing in the humidity of a tiny bathroom after an overdue shower.
Heat hovers disgustingly around my squeegeed sack; a pink puss of skin.
I thank the mirror for being useless.
Covered like...
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Categories:
self, age, anxiety, body, boy,
Form: Free verse
seek and ye shall findin our earth life role
that we feel blissful and whole
we search for our soul
feeble thoughts muddle
and holy books befuddle
with fear we huddle
silence sets us free
head and heart with love agree
soul frolics carefree
made in God’s image
we...
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Categories:
i am, self, spiritual,
Form: Senryu
Bottlebrush and Greyhound
There are times
when I long to move
beyond the edges of myself
as when, this morning, alongside
the power station fence,
I passed under a red cloud
of bottlebrush flowers
dripping nectar in a frenzy
of birds feeding on the...
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Categories:
bird, dog, joy, self,
Form: Free verse
Beneath the branchesYou'll find me under the stars
Beneath the branches of a willow tree
Longing for something
That'll never be seen
2 parts slave
1 part free
Forgotten by lovers
Forgotten by me
Wrapped in a blanket of roots and earth
A pillow...
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Categories:
self, death, extended metaphor, life,
Form: Free verse
MirrorWhat you see in me is you
You are me and I'm you too
So always make your glitter glow
Shine so bright like glaring snow
Your, beauty they may not see
But your grace...
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Categories:
life, self,
Form: Rhyme
You SeeYou see my life
You see me struggle
You laugh watching
Hoping I will fall
What you don't know
This is just the beginning
A rise of a successful,
Beautiful life
Continue to watch at your will
As you will see
I will never fail...
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Categories:
bullying, inspiration, self,
Form: Free verse
SainthoodI make my case for sainthood knowing all that I've done is no good.
My mortal coil feels it needs
spoiled can we perceive
I believe that it would.
I walked in the Valley of the...
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Categories:
self,
Form: Free verse
War of Me versus UniverseFor long I lived a life far from whole—
Of me and just my soul,
Not one together with all else,
Individual, and not what spiritually spells,
A life that took its toll.
I once fought a self-imposed curse,
A...
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Categories:
self, spiritual,
Form: Verse
I once asked my ego what makes it goWhat with vainglory vanity and pride,
I once asked my ego what makes it go:
It’s not me who’s on a vainglorious ride,
Nor arrogance a gas that makes me blow,
And vanity the vehicle...
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Categories:
self,
Form: Sonnet
BE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BE...
…bold enough to use your voice
…brave...
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Categories:
courage, self,
Form: Free verse
QuarantineWaiting for a day
Confine myself in a tree
Hustle bustle free....
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Categories:
how i feel, self,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Self Poems
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acceptance, confidence, dear, determination, esteem, future, harm, hate, identity, inner, love, note to, personality, reflection, sacrifice, worth,
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