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Self Deprecating Poems - Poems about Self Deprecating

The Backstroke of Bitter Tears
...I dove into the deep end, headfirst, quite a splash, Not of the pool, you see, but grief's enormous gash. It’s Olympic-sized, this sorrow, chlorinated blue, And I’m the sole competitor, with nothi......

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Categories: self deprecating, art, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
jimmy Campbell
...He deserves a plaque He so wanted a music school but could not prevail He was broken by the dark side of the hill He was at times self deprecating forecasting his lack of success always puttin......

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Categories: self deprecating, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



Jack 63
... Brain cells that were once bright shiny colourful marbles Now starting to dull and lose the vibrancy they once had Some days they still shine but in a different light, in a different way I hav......

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Categories: self deprecating, family, life, love, mental
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Guess Who
... An Ohioan, born with the last name Driver, she was an actor, but an author she was too. She first appeared in the film “Splendor in the Grass.” TV shows she would also often do. However, she ......

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Categories: self deprecating, celebrity,
Form: Rhyme
Just A Girl and Her Seven Dogs
...Once upon a most wonderful walk, a girl and her seven dogs Shared an entirely spontaneous and ridiculously rude, Yet delightfully playful social interaction. To the dreary, disapproving outside ......

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Categories: self deprecating, abuse, animal, corruption, deep,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Disorientation
...My distant spirit is dying, disheartened, disintegrating and self deprecating. Defenceless, as hope disappears, emotionally shipwrecked in deep waters, yet to be discovered. In the ......

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Categories: self deprecating, angst, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
British Traits That Ain'T So Great
...We as British people are known around the world for our own individual traits Such as we are supposed to be and thought of as polite Love ever so saying and apologizing for anything and ever......

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Categories: self deprecating, slam,
Form: Free verse
Matthew Scott Harris Whar Art Thou *****
...Matthew Scott Harris, whar art thou *****? The following admission honest to dogness haint no bunk nobody, but yours truly bore deeply and countersunk his spontaneity satisfactorily lightweig......

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Categories: self deprecating, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Auction of Emotions
...When fate pulls at my haiku of heartstrings, I curse the syllables of my poetic musings. If I do not express my sorrows, how will petals blossom in my garden? Upon the midst of bewilde......

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Categories: self deprecating, angst, emotions, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 31
...They had only been practicing for a few days but DynDoeth was not surprised when he was made aware that elves were on their way to escort him to Rian. He had his spies as well. In fact, he figured ......

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Categories: self deprecating, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Sleep Thief
...Once again, sleep evades me Weary and worried, I lie awake Struggling to quiet my anxious mind The relentless 'why's' and 'what if's' And the self-deprecating thoughts stealing my slumber A co......

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Categories: self deprecating, conflict, faith, stress,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Laugh At Your Optimism
...You hear roses and violins I hear gunshot, screams, open fire I am heading toward trouble But I cannot turn my feelings into flowers The sun, the sky and the moon are for others. They have not......

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Categories: self deprecating, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Could Not Keep Up
...Attempting to revive them I felt my nostrils fill With the bloodiness of their deaths Determined I kept digging My fingernails full of stench of her hopelessness and despondency You are ......

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Categories: self deprecating, self,
Form: Free verse
Self-Deprecating Joke and Humor
...Read this in conjunction with my previous poem, when I wanted to be white The Amazing Coconut. Why is it amazing? It is like the people of India - Indians: "Brown outside, white inside!"......

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Categories: self deprecating, analogy, color, confusion, fruit,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Stretching Health Care
...My oldest friend, and older, too, has a daily yoga practice of self-care, which I would healthier emulate. But, when I mentioned this as rich in comparison with my own brief leg stretches w......

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Categories: self deprecating, caregiving, creation, friendship, health,
Form: Free verse

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