Poems about Identity
#identity
Exploring the meaning of identity within our society. Identity poems explore our personality, uniqueness and lifestyle choices to find out what gives individuals, groups and sub-cultures their identity.
PandoraUnleashed
Poem Published
Today 00:24am
Today 00:24am
Sunshine On Melancholy
Although the dark clouds of a harsh winter and my ominous forces hover and
loom;
Still do I look toward and seek out the glowing embers of the sun;
replacing my existence of somber with solace
Trading my foreboding thoughts and feelings of uncertainty;
Like a flower sprouting through trodden soil - growing to face the world in full
bloom
As it's warmth and shine dawns to kiss my face on darkened days; ...
loom;
Still do I look toward and seek out the glowing embers of the sun;
replacing my existence of somber with solace
Trading my foreboding thoughts and feelings of uncertainty;
Like a flower sprouting through trodden soil - growing to face the world in full
bloom
As it's warmth and shine dawns to kiss my face on darkened days; ...
#hope
#identity
#uplifting
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
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6 Comments
jenjames
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:08pm
Yesterday 6:08pm
unattainable possibility
I need to fix my attitude
Don’t laugh, let me finish
I only need a minute
I'm sarcastic,
open minded,
aloof,
and
Sometimes spacey
I’m free with my will
my life revolves around my whims
I'm selfish
but
I give more than I take
I am a REALIST
PESSIMISTIC
some may say
I just see it for what it is
Or what
I believe it to be
No one else’s reality matters
this is
MY MENTAL STATE
I struggle daily
with insecurities ...
Don’t laugh, let me finish
I only need a minute
I'm sarcastic,
open minded,
aloof,
and
Sometimes spacey
I’m free with my will
my life revolves around my whims
I'm selfish
but
I give more than I take
I am a REALIST
PESSIMISTIC
some may say
I just see it for what it is
Or what
I believe it to be
No one else’s reality matters
this is
MY MENTAL STATE
I struggle daily
with insecurities ...
#identity
#SelfReflection
#meditation #SelfDiscovery
#meditation #SelfDiscovery
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5 Comments
poetOftragedy
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:07am
Yesterday 2:07am
A world gone too soon
We were once devoted hearts.
Caring, selfless and beyond ourselves.
We were once beautiful souls.
Helping hands and way more than just vagabonds.
We were once more than just bodies .
Everyone looking out for somebody.
We had something that made the birds sing.
Songs of joy under the sunshine.
We had something that made the stars dance to the night.
Something that gave flowers life to every sunshine.
We're a world gone too soon.
We were once so bright as fireflies.
So free and so full of life.
We were once so...
Caring, selfless and beyond ourselves.
We were once beautiful souls.
Helping hands and way more than just vagabonds.
We were once more than just bodies .
Everyone looking out for somebody.
We had something that made the birds sing.
Songs of joy under the sunshine.
We had something that made the stars dance to the night.
Something that gave flowers life to every sunshine.
We're a world gone too soon.
We were once so bright as fireflies.
So free and so full of life.
We were once so...
#identity
#evolution
#LifeCycle
28 reads
12 Comments
gazellemon
Bradley J
Bradley J
Poem Published
21st Jan 2019 3:28pm
21st Jan 2019 3:28pm
Vessel (instrumental by Aggressive Beats)
#identity
#drugs
#rhyming #SelfDiscovery
#rhyming #SelfDiscovery
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TheMuses22
Muse22
Muse22
Poem Published
20th Jan 2019 4:45am
20th Jan 2019 4:45am
Diversity You Can’t See
they dragged her out by her hair
a twiggy girl of fourteen
they planned to rape her but one said
“that Jew is too skinny”
that would not be
the only horror
she would face
bombs overhead
hiding under mattress
on basement floor
soldiers came to ransack
tearing the flesh
of her fingers
with...
a twiggy girl of fourteen
they planned to rape her but one said
“that Jew is too skinny”
that would not be
the only horror
she would face
bombs overhead
hiding under mattress
on basement floor
soldiers came to ransack
tearing the flesh
of her fingers
with...
#identity
#politics
#racism
22 reads
5 Comments
Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 3:33pm
16th Jan 2019 3:33pm
Set Ups
Women and gender studies- a useless class, judgmental (only when shit is in my immediate intimate space otherwise I don’t really care what anybody really does ethically; not close to my heart) shouldn’t say that just because it didn’t serve the purpose, we felt it should (that’s arrogant at will, as well); there has to be a lesson somewhere that it taught but we didn’t get it…moving forward…I had a peer in grad school and we use to critique each other on paper. She was fantastic at proofreading and critical was AP fluent, so we paired up; my professor’s idea. We were tight in that sense of...
#women
#relationships
#identity
#politics
#feminism
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Tuncs
-Alice-
-Alice-
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 3:23pm
16th Jan 2019 3:23pm
Black
Waking up, seeing that I’m covered in Earth
A huge smile on her face when my mother gave birth
Certain things I noticed, as I’m listening around
That people call me black and not brown
Yet the feeling of black is so blameful
As though I should be most shameful
Black cats will give you bad luck
The Black Death was running amuck
A Black Hole won’t let you escape
Blackballing won’t let you debate
You don’t aim to be a black sheep
And Black Friday’s when everything’s cheap
Blackmail can be destroying
And blackheads are really...
A huge smile on her face when my mother gave birth
Certain things I noticed, as I’m listening around
That people call me black and not brown
Yet the feeling of black is so blameful
As though I should be most shameful
Black cats will give you bad luck
The Black Death was running amuck
A Black Hole won’t let you escape
Blackballing won’t let you debate
You don’t aim to be a black sheep
And Black Friday’s when everything’s cheap
Blackmail can be destroying
And blackheads are really...
#identity
#beauty
#rhyming
#TruthOfLife
#freedom
34 reads
3 Comments
heresjohnny97
Jaw Knee
Jaw Knee
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 12:55pm
16th Jan 2019 12:55pm
Inspiration
Inspiration.
Where’d you expect me to find it?
In smiling, laminated faces of college adverts?
Gameshows?
Waitrose cookbooks?
Life stories seasoned with cinematic appeal?
Try a King’s Cross crackhead, crater-eyed, speed
folded in a brochure for the Eight Noble Truths,
try seeing some strange man
screaming ‘I just wanna end it’ on Blackfriars bridge
and feeling too awkward to approach,
try reaching through your soul and yanking on its ballsack,
but wait,
let the high pitched whine die before you write, ...
Where’d you expect me to find it?
In smiling, laminated faces of college adverts?
Gameshows?
Waitrose cookbooks?
Life stories seasoned with cinematic appeal?
Try a King’s Cross crackhead, crater-eyed, speed
folded in a brochure for the Eight Noble Truths,
try seeing some strange man
screaming ‘I just wanna end it’ on Blackfriars bridge
and feeling too awkward to approach,
try reaching through your soul and yanking on its ballsack,
but wait,
let the high pitched whine die before you write, ...
#identity
#confusion
#SelfReflection
25 reads
1 Comment
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
16th Jan 2019 00:11am
16th Jan 2019 00:11am
"Party" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 29/6/2016
Ya Know I ... HARDLY ...
Choose to ... PARTY ...
Because of THOSE Parties ...
Who DON'T Act ... Smartly ...
So Party ... DARKLY ...
Instead of ... " Calmly " ...
cos' You Can ... Party HARD ...
WITHOUT ... Drawing Cards ...
or ... Drawing GUNS ...
To PROVE Your ... " TOUGH " ... ?!?
Leave THAT Stuff ...
To The ... MILITARY Son ... !!!
And Parties ... Who ...
USE Feds' Like ... TOOLS ... !!!
BELIEVE ...
I'm NO Fool ... !!!
So am part of ... NO PARTY ...
Whose Moves ......
Choose to ... PARTY ...
Because of THOSE Parties ...
Who DON'T Act ... Smartly ...
So Party ... DARKLY ...
Instead of ... " Calmly " ...
cos' You Can ... Party HARD ...
WITHOUT ... Drawing Cards ...
or ... Drawing GUNS ...
To PROVE Your ... " TOUGH " ... ?!?
Leave THAT Stuff ...
To The ... MILITARY Son ... !!!
And Parties ... Who ...
USE Feds' Like ... TOOLS ... !!!
BELIEVE ...
I'm NO Fool ... !!!
So am part of ... NO PARTY ...
Whose Moves ......
#regret
#identity
#politics
#confusion
#denial
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ImperfectedStone
P M Banks
P M Banks
Poem Published
15th Jan 2019 9:38pm
15th Jan 2019 9:38pm
Firestone
In the near dark I am frost-bitten,
glass beneath feet,
edging toward the edge,
a fallen robe, an inch more
a heart thumping through a plump, chilling breast
and yes, I knew it would come to this.
Men hang on slate laid walls, watching,
I tremble evermore into the liquid green,
glass beneath feet,
iced water to the waist,
basting the very external bones,
and internally there's blood rushing as the mind absolves itself
and revolves around the infinite loop of inescapable finality, ...
glass beneath feet,
edging toward the edge,
a fallen robe, an inch more
a heart thumping through a plump, chilling breast
and yes, I knew it would come to this.
Men hang on slate laid walls, watching,
I tremble evermore into the liquid green,
glass beneath feet,
iced water to the waist,
basting the very external bones,
and internally there's blood rushing as the mind absolves itself
and revolves around the infinite loop of inescapable finality, ...
#identity
#sea
#freedom
44 reads
3 Comments
jenjames
Poem Published
14th Jan 2019 6:47pm
14th Jan 2019 6:47pm
QUEEN
Q.uietly
U.niquely
E.loquently
E.ffortlessly
N.ecessary
U.niquely
E.loquently
E.ffortlessly
N.ecessary
#identity
#myself
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
48 reads
7 Comments
gazellemon
Bradley J
Bradley J
Poem Published
14th Jan 2019 3:11pm
14th Jan 2019 3:11pm
Dreamscapes
I
Traveling time
A tick outta line
Out my mind
Looking around
Looking for sound
I found it
Now what happens
Hold me in this minute
It may trigger something in me
Never really clean
With the thoughts and the dreamscapes
Caught up in the relay
Constant decay I just may or may not
Lose it till I'm lost and down
Circling the spot up on my map
I'm ready to blast 'em
Yeah we ride out moving past them
Fools out class em
Used to laugh when I came with the words
...
Traveling time
A tick outta line
Out my mind
Looking around
Looking for sound
I found it
Now what happens
Hold me in this minute
It may trigger something in me
Never really clean
With the thoughts and the dreamscapes
Caught up in the relay
Constant decay I just may or may not
Lose it till I'm lost and down
Circling the spot up on my map
I'm ready to blast 'em
Yeah we ride out moving past them
Fools out class em
Used to laugh when I came with the words
...
#identity
#rhyming
#SelfDiscovery
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