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Truth Poems | Examples of Truth Poetry

Truth Poems - Examples of all types of truth poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for truth.
Premium Member A Wider Beam
Night after night, images flicker on the tube Horrific images of ‘the enemy’ dying Dying ‘Agent-Orange’ deaths ...Read the rest...
Categories: truth, death, history, horror, technology,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Teens Know It All
Teens Know It All Miracle Man 4/26/2024 When I was a young lad hurrying to grow, My intelligence hadn’t yet started to show. But today I’m alive, passed eighty-five, and amazed at things that I didn’t know. ...Read the rest...
Categories: age, teenage, truth,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Thought of the day
discard oh hermit, your to-do list ~ the seeker who seeks does not exist...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, spiritual, truth,
Form: Couplet
Are We Too Much?
I’ve been breathing in the fumes of my existence and expectedness for some time now… Far too long because this thing I cannot place has had unending hold over me. I’ve been realizing things lately, and witnessing...Read the rest...
Categories: truth, community, deep, feelings, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member seek and ye shall find
in our earth life role that we feel blissful and whole we search for our soul feeble thoughts muddle and holy books befuddle with fear we huddle silence sets us free head and heart with love agree soul frolics carefree made in God’s image we...Read the rest...
Categories: truth, i am, self, spiritual,
Form: Senryu



Haves and Have Nots
In the grand story of life, a tale unfolds, Of the Haves and have-nots, their stories untold. For in this world, where survival reigns supreme, Life's true meaning obscured, like a forgotten dream. Ideologies clash, religions divide, Political affiliations in...Read the rest...
Categories: life, spiritual, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Bamboo Wisdom
Bamboos are awesome It bend when the wind smites Such clever wisdom....Read the rest...
Categories: meaningful, truth, wind, wisdom,
Form: Haiku
Lets Work It Out
The air in here is really dense The room is completely tense Feelings are out in the open We are both wishin' and hopin' This gets settled really fast Before emotions stir and blast Us both with hateful words We shouldn't have...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, emotions, relationship, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Black Sheep
Inside the house, She's full of kindness. But the true skin can't hide. Because The Eye of Above always watching. And you must be careful to trust. You'll never no your name will vanish. Even your not an evil, but in the...Read the rest...
Categories: truth, care, deep, fire, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kayaking Down the River of Lies
I eased our kayak into the river of lies. There was me, Dave and Jim, experienced guys. The current grew stronger, Jim said he would quit, He said it felt wrong, the scene didn't fit. Dave urged I go...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, allegory, truth,
Form: Lyric
Sulu Kampilan
Sulu Kampilan Can chop two or three heads clean One power spleen....Read the rest...
Categories: creation, culture, scary, truth,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member the ultimate truth
The ultimate truth pointed out by sages, being taken as read, needs to be applied, transforming our heart where a fierce fire rages, fanned by wayward ego, which to soul has lied, to which end, shifting to silence in...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, spiritual, truth,
Form: Ottava rima
Look Within
2/4/23 No ifs ands or maybes Daily I'm seeing hatred People still extremely racist Meanwhile food and materials being wasted I understand the messages these mummies meant Continually money spent Making matters worse, followed by a bloody event Too often the crooked win Always greedy...Read the rest...
Categories: truth, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Only Knew
2/13/23 A fu**** up past Always past fu**** up It's just me and a cup damn Still can't put down the damn cup I am truly sad How i've been living is sad truly I can't smile away problems It's been difficult to...Read the rest...
Categories: truth, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Confessions
A person's acknowledgment of wrongdoing such as mine when I write senryu, haiku and monoku and label them wrong...Read the rest...
Categories: truth, writing,
Form: Monoku

Specific Types of Truth Poems

Definition | What is Truth in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs