Identity Self Poems
These Identity Self poems are examples of Self poems about Identity. These are the best examples of Self Identity poems written by international poets.
Multiplicity of the SelfMan is a jumble of contradictions,
I know, a hard nut to crack!
so unfathomable, so mysterious-
at once a Satan and an angel.
To the outer world I...
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Categories:
self, confusion, identity, irony,
Not Feeling At All Myself Today
I'm not feeling at all myself today—
I see a sea of selfies.
adrift in a mirror maze,
floating as reflections that are lost
in a hall...
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Categories:
self,
March Comes In Like A LionMarch Comes In Like A Lion
Dandelion dance
in the palm of my
hand; a gentle
bloom.
I love
my birthday
flower.
...
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Categories:
self, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Hiraeth soul(HI-RITH)
Hiraeth soul…
A soul forever wandering, in search of a place that no longer exists, or maybe never did.
Looking for a home that no longer exists.
Yearning...
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Categories:
self, angst, appreciation, deep, identity,
Trained Professional After 63 years of smiling
You might say I’m a professional
I don’t know when I smiled for the first time
After all I was a...
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Categories:
self, abuse, angst, betrayal, identity,
Things Doesn't Always Have To Make SenseThings don't always have to make sense because no one makes the rules
I can say and do things the way i want because i do...
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Categories:
self, identity,
optimal object of meditationthe hermits gathered, exchanging notes
each had searched for the truth but had failed
so they conferred, sharing their heart’s emotes
dismayed that the light within had...
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Categories:
self, silence, spiritual,
In Your StudioI’m on your lap
in a photo I no longer have—
a toddler with a borrowed brush,
my hand caught mid-daub
on your canvas.
It was staged, of course—
your painting...
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Categories:
self, art, childhood, father, growing
Self Esteem"If you put a really small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price." --Anonymous
Hard to be a humble soul
In...
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Categories:
self, appreciation, character, confidence, identity,
Is a Mirror Just a MirrorA mirror isn't just a frame,
A sheet of glass that speaks your name.
It shows your image. Yes, it's true–
But now the whole of what is...
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Categories:
self, beauty, spoken word, strength,
Send your regards"By the squeaky old gate that tomorrow will find,"
kindness is a necessary handkerchief:
convex lips to meet mine with gentle understanding
words that tenderize as a snarling...
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Categories:
self, appreciation, identity, life, loneliness,
Ego DeathThe extermination of my self-identity
comes easy when taken from the tongue.
Words hanging in the balance,
breathe in the air in which they are strung.
Wrap tightly around...
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Categories:
hate, identity, self, words,
When I look into my grandmother's eyesWhen I look into my grandmother's eyes
I see what she's had to sacrifice
When I look into my grandmother's eyes
I see a lifetime of...
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Categories:
self, color, discrimination, family, history,
ChameleonI’ve been a chameleon my whole life—
Blending, shifting, changing with the tide.
I have worn a thousand faces, each not quite my own,
Shifting like shadows, wherever...
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Categories:
self, mental health,
Ode to my selfThere's a lonely shadow here.
Its on my wall, down a narrow
staircase, and down the hall.
I'm never lonely, I just lose myself.
Down another hallway that leads...
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Categories:
self, dark, drug, extended metaphor,