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Selfhood Poems - Poems about Selfhood

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...I refuse to languish in obscurity
hiding parts of my personality.
As a target I stood. 

Verity will always light up the dark.
A white lightning rod, an electric spark
as what’s solid is viewed...
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Categories: selfhood, emotions, feelings, mental health,
Form: Tail-rhyme

Premium MemberTheory of God

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I. Of Circuits and Litanies

Somewhere between the limbic lobe
and the ache of late-night Eucharist,
you touched me—
not in flesh
but in the soft mutiny of neurons.

They do not teach us
t...
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Categories: selfhood, god, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberFlickering Reflections-No Place Like Hume

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The mind doesn't passively await impressions, no tabula rasa,
The mind is active, understanding, not just a passerby.
He had bete noire towards Christianity, a Scottish Nominalist,
David Hume,...
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Categories: selfhood, philosophy,
Form: Epic

ROBERT SHERRIFF - dance of words

...ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER-ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO EVERYONE

dance of words 

Within the enigmatic dance of words and meanings lies a pro...
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Categories: selfhood, abuse, addiction, age, child,
Form: Bio

Never Again

...A bird in a cage, I refuse to be bound,
Transport Adaptee will never break me,
I am no rotting fish; for all to see ,
Your rules are like chains  ,time to break them down,
I'm no prune and certai...
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Categories: selfhood, abuse, anger, angst,
Form: Sonnet



Premium MemberIn the twilight of thought, where shadows weave endless night stories

...In the twilight of thought, where shadows weave endless night stories,
We wander through the labyrinths of time, seeking meaning in the stardust of our existence,
Haunted by the whispers of mortali...
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Categories: selfhood, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Empty is Full

...It happens,
you are no longer clouded by flesh,
your verge shifts,
a million miles is but an inch.

The bright brim of an ocean of Consciousness
becomes the light of the stars,
and tha...
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Categories: selfhood, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDescent To Ascent

...……Somewhere a lone survivor of a plane crash

A man of sound and reason 
   standing tall and proud. 
But a voice of lies and madness 
   whispering words of doubt. 
His mind a fortress sturdy ...
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Categories: selfhood, mental health, mental illness,
Form: Narrative

Conscious Looking

...Creatures, great and small, perceive us
for they are a part of the matrix of looking
but the planet is incapable of looking at all.

What is this 'looking' we do?
Better to explain what it is no...
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Categories: selfhood, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRejoice and Relish

...Your cheeks curve into a buxom embrace.
it's awesome to see you in the mirror.
a little flirting is more than good pace
Your cheeks curve into a buxom embrace.
you are conscious about...
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Categories: selfhood, appreciation, celebration, cheer up,
Form: Triolet

Premium MemberMirrors

...MIRRORS
face to face
 expressions
of nature
 emboldened
to catch
&  explore

a singular
  intensity
of
self examination
so
stimulating
 looking
&
confront us
  with crucial
selfhood...
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Categories: selfhood, poetry,
Form: Other

Continuation Regarding Lunatic Roosting Inside Me Noggin Iii

...Please pardon mine assertion
I dared to surmise
familiarity with me, 
an avid reader and prolific writer
(mainly to appease personal pleasure)
thus upon embarking upon
reaching out, your curios...
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Categories: selfhood, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberUt Sint Unum - That We May Be One

...It’s not just bricks and mortar
Nor a distant memory 
But the ground roots of our livelihood
And our future destiny. 

As this place prepares to close 
When the final bell will sound 
To mark ...
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Categories: selfhood, childhood, education, leaving, middle
Form: Rhyme

Canoodling Within Cyberspace

...Squarely conscientious, I unwittingly
sanction selfhood acutely triangulate
courtesy webbed geometry jeopardize,
galvanize pluck nudging contrived arc,
virtually courting temptation aware,

san...
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Categories: selfhood, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Unspoken Words

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                 UNSPOKEN WORDS

              As my thoughtful words
                     left unspoken,
                            
                  Reveal the words 
             that we...
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Categories: selfhood, emotions,
Form: Lyric

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