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Self Discovery Poems - Poems about Self Discovery

Self Discovery Poems - Examples of all types of poems about self discovery 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 discovery.
Premium Member Roots of My Own
Once I bent to every breeze, shaping myself to fit each passing storm, blending into skies others cast, a darkness of what I might become. Now, I’ve grown unruly, rooted in my own soil, no longer persuaded by borrowed winds. If...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Edges of the World
Step past the line you’ve drawn, where comfort holds you, soft and sure. Out there, in the open air, life waits with edges sharp and clear. What is safety, really, but a fence we build ourselves, while the world calls out,...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Space I Fill
I turn inward, tracing my own quiet ground, each choice a step into an unmarked path, trusting the echo of my breath, the steady rhythm that asks for nothing. In solitude, I find a heartbeat— not from others’ eyes or...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unearthed
Not a single root runs clean— they twist beneath the earth, unseen, holding stories too old to tell. I stand in rain, not seeking answers, but to feel the rawness of being washed, to let mud cling, to call it...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Sorrows and Joy
I feel so caged, Having to see the same walls, Over and over again. I think I’m losing my mind. I wish to see the whole world, But the dream Fades away in the blink of an eye. I am so lonely, I...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, flying, hope, how i
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Who Are We?
Who Are We? Who are we, if not a collection of our memories? I am the baby on the window, The girl on the floor, The teen who could always love more— Full of hopes and dreams, The woman who lost...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, appreciation, art, celebration, confidence,
Form: Free verse
The Call
Tiptoes on timid, balancing on fear you peeked at perfection. Chiseling abundance into limited hopes you can only pray for more. Chances did not weep only regrets paved a paranoia. To shun years of disillusionment - tribulations await rewards. Boxed fears deliver ambiguous...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, blessing, change, courage, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Gentle's Deity
Once at my lowest, yet I stride, With the poise of a boss, I take my pride. Light beckons softly at the tunnel's end, In lands of the blind, the one-eyed man...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, growth, life, me, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
In Shadows of Dawn
My greatest fear is not the fall, But failing myself, the deepest dread. A Queen I sought through toil and call, Now stands before me, love’s thread. She rekindles spring's warm embrace, Her beauty in each quiet glance, Her...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, emotions, growth, hope, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Self-discovery
Digging deep and finding your true self...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, self,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Metamorphosis
True Golden Is the light given to write The words that lovingly depart Gleaned from the collection of moments Watching the dance of life on a limitless silent stage While the multitude of days fold in-between A ream of poems on blank...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, blessing, change, emotions, memory,
Form: Free verse
Dearth
Accustomed to be the sunshine of the sun, Attuned to catch up with all the fun, Worn myself, all to gain love from trust, While may this be true, it all is just nothing, A piece of paper driven...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, age, confidence, passion, perspective,
Form: Bio
We are
We are, we are Brighter than a shooting star We are, we are Faster than a racing car We are, we are Louder than a speaker bar We are, we are Stronger than we think we are Smarter than we...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, art, beautiful, heart, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member All said and done
All said and done Nigeria is the giant of Africa Though currently lost in a maze of confusion The giant is on a journey of self-realization The journey of self discovery Shedding its skin of criminal enterprise Preparatory...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, allusion, birth, confidence, corruption,
Form: Free verse
The Mind
*THE MIND* I know a damsel who dances to the tune of circumstances Never believes in the power of positivity Always quick to claim negativity Blaming God for everything And asking questions in her insensitivity "Oh! Why is...Read the rest...
Categories: self discovery, appreciation, growth, happiness, mother
Form: Rhyme

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