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Self Denial Poems - Poems about Self Denial

Self Denial Poems - Examples of all types of poems about self denial to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for self denial.
Premium Member The Hamster
... In the children’s room at the public library a porky hamster spends his days in a cage that barely accommodates him. In so small a space he endures a spartan existence behind glass wal......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, animal,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Lord God, You Are My Best Cheerer
...September 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Matthew 14-16 Key Verse – Matthew 14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Sacrifice 3
...All beings the sacrifice of self-denial it is the fruit For humans a higher sacrifice It's the sacrifice of the will.......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, love,
Form: Free verse
A Sober Limerick
...I only drank one year, a while I vastly prefer self-denial Didn't like myself more Back when dates *tried* to score Now I've let them go, with a smile :) Never got totally wasted (Well, didn'......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, character, drink, faith, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member This Man of Definition
...Where has he gone This illusion of me Still hidden in a childs pain Where has he gone this vision of me Manifested in change Lost in a creation of self denial Where has he gone Twisted in fear......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, anxiety, appreciation, desire, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Biblical Spiritual Characteristics
...The Christian way is no easy task God's call is a call to fully endure many obstacles have to be overcome but victory's assured for God is sure A true Christian shows real godliness having dee......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, bible, character, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Stanford Warren and Barren Lands
...I have heard of a Stanford Warren, Who chose to live in lands barren, Self submitting to predicament; It was simply not God’s Commandment. Warren tags it Rich Self-Denial And swears “Decisio......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, absence, allusion, evil, money,
Form: Rhyme
Self Denial
...Had to deny myself today So much of my life I just got in God's way I had to pay the price For choosing my own will And God let me go to have my fill I took the fork in every road ......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sophisticated Lady, Small Town Girl
...“Sophisticated lady” gropes the table at her bedside, blindly taking random swipes to kill the morning scream That shatters little privacies she shares with no one else, and steals, with full impun......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, loneliness, sorry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Human Promises Weakening
...Every stomach should be bounteous with food. Acceptance should be ingrained and subdued. With terrorism demise, may Humanity prevail? Embrace peace through embracing humanity tale. To......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, change,
Form: Rhyme
My Parents Taught Me To Be
...My parents brought me up to be Self-aware, Self-assured, Self-motivated, So I could live with myself, And choose friends who make me smile. They did not bring me up to be Self-centred, ......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, absence, addiction, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Instruments of Mercy
...*Image of People of the Dawn by Pixabay. Instruments of Mercy Amidst the wailing whiplashed 'neath a moonlit plight, Against the cowered beast of demons gnashing white, Angst me......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, angst, fate,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Red
...Red blood was shed as their land was taken Red graves lie unmarked behind shuttered schools Treaties flouted through Parliament's rules With redskins confined to reservation Red songs unsung and ......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, racism,
Form: Other
Premium Member Lent
...Lent What does it mean? To take the desert stance Then walk this path Of greatest resistance To tangle your heart With the rocks and the snakes To lie your head down Where the deceiver ......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, christian, devotion, easter, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member On Being Who You Are
...New rhyme, new lyric, an old melody Michael, not the archangel, sat across from me At table and spoke about his new outlook On life, a sudden leap into conversion (I took Him to mean) , that conf......Read the rest...
Categories: self denial, anxiety, future, self,
Form: Rhyme

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