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Short Self Consciously Poems

Short Self Consciously Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Self Consciously by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Self Consciously by length and keyword.


Angelic Imperfection
Late for the Nativity
I stand among the throng
Self-consciously
Singing with the angels 
Quietly
Sensing the future
Yearning out
In front of me
Revealed 
Symbolically
How it will 
Always be
Odd one out
For all to see

The only angel
Without wings

by Gail...

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Categories: self consciously, angel, child, destiny, mystery, school, symbolism, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Lunch is a Knife’s Edge
The avocado’s belly-heavy body
splits clean, revealing its seed, polished
like a child’s marble, or the tooth
I left under my pillow
before I learned what parents keep.

The flesh, yellow-green,
curls in on itself self-consciously
exposing a betrayal of aging—  
edges browning.

I promised to make guacamole,
but the blade waits patiently,
and no one is watching. 

How does one resist the temptation?
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Categories: self consciously, age, fruit,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things