Worth Self Poems
These Worth Self poems are examples of Self poems about Worth. These are the best examples of Self Worth poems written by international poets.
I Plucked The Moon From The Sky
I plucked the moon from the sky last night.
No one else seemed to be using it
So, I thought, “Why not?”
I mistakenly thought it would fit
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Categories:
self, humor, metaphor, moon,
Painting Pictures
What shades of colours do we paint
while walking on this earth?
Do we leave behind a masterpiece?
or a squiggle with no worth?
Will the colours that we
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Categories:
color, self,
The poems I should've never had to write
The poems that weep with grief
The one that bleeds a sadness unnoticed
The ones that grieve the erasure of colour
I wish I didn't have
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Categories:
self, discrimination, grief, poems, poetry,
As I Slam Arthritic Hands Into A Broken Keyboard, Nobody Can Hear Me Screaming
In a rather egotistical
and pathetic attempt
to immortalize myself,
in something I lost,
everything.
And now that I’ve burned
all of my bridges and I’m drowning,
the only thing I have
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Categories:
self, 10th grade, 11th grade,
The Rites of Business
When one hits pay-dirt
How far can this go
The thrill in success is habit forming
Success becoming currency of the day’s blo'
Materialism playing a heavy hand as
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Categories:
self, betrayal, business, corruption, culture,
A black girls stance on self love
A black girls stance on self love
Is one not often understood
One that take years of healing
One that understands the process of feeling
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Categories:
self, discrimination, joy, mirror, prejudice,
Anatomy of Silence
After poem for "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I offered you trust, an open door without locks, My heart lay exposed, vulnerable
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Categories:
self, betrayal, trust,
She Burned the Script
after still I Rise by Maya Angelou
They said, "too loud, too wild, too much"—
so she learned to burn with a softer touch.
But thunder lived
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Categories:
self, emotions, hope, inspirational, poetry,
God Gave Me You
We both jumped off a cliff,
I fell
You flew
We both went for a dip,
You swam
I sank to darker hues
Each night my dreams play
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Categories:
self, god, love, miracle, religion,
I’ve Paid My Dues
to be of use
without abuse
there’s no excuse
a bit obtuse?
well-cooked my goose?
slide on the noose?
that I refuse!
slip on my shoes
spread the news
do not confuse
it’s not a
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Categories:
self, character, courage, strength,
optimal object of meditation
the 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,
The Quiet Fighters
Some individuals wage wars within themselves, battles they rarely vocalize. Not from a desire to conceal, but from a profound understanding of silent resilience. They
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self, care, character, encouraging, inspiration,
She wore the wrong thing that day
That day she decided to speak
For too long they had called her meek
She woke up early
Decided she'd wear something that would compliment her curvy
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Categories:
self, growth, inspirational, inspirational love,
Self Esteem
She rises, she rises like the sun that knows no shame,
this woman-teacher-poet-mother-flame,
her soul vast as the sky that holds all storms
yet gentle as the dewdrop
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Categories:
self, caregiving, children, dedication, passion,
Never Enough
I wake up heavy, hollow-eyed,
a war inside I cannot hide.
My chest is full of aching glass,
each breath I take, a splintered gasp.
I try to speak,
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Categories:
self,