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.
APissPoorShaman
Ryszard
Ryszard
Poem Published
Today 6:36pm
Today 6:36pm
Footprints on my Mind
Thinking I'd write something humorous
I sat down at the computer
as fun thoughts ran through my brain
leaving muddy footprint all over the place
now instead of using pen and ink (or typing for that matter)
I'm spending all my time
scrubbing out my mind
and does anyone know
how to get stains out of brains?
my mother once washed my mouth with soap
to clean my mind her fervent hope
to no avail she miserably failed
but not for lack of trying
Sunday school was no less horrifying
that left the poor sisters crying
for a...
I sat down at the computer
as fun thoughts ran through my brain
leaving muddy footprint all over the place
now instead of using pen and ink (or typing for that matter)
I'm spending all my time
scrubbing out my mind
and does anyone know
how to get stains out of brains?
my mother once washed my mouth with soap
to clean my mind her fervent hope
to no avail she miserably failed
but not for lack of trying
Sunday school was no less horrifying
that left the poor sisters crying
for a...
#identity
#funny
#SelfReflection
22 reads
2 Comments
PostalPoet
Poem Published
Today 3:39am
Today 3:39am
The Creative Process
Now, some people tell me that writing is easy.
Well, what do they know of the thoughts in my brain?
While some of them help me, some others are queasy,
And some of them are just too hard to explain.
When it comes to a poem, the heart of the matter,
It rests on a subject I cannot foresee.
“Too much of the former, not enough of the latter”
Seems to be the one thing on which I can’t agree.
The time that it takes me to think of my verses
Could fill a whole day if I’m not very wise.
And if I’m not mindful, my talent disperses,
And...
Well, what do they know of the thoughts in my brain?
While some of them help me, some others are queasy,
And some of them are just too hard to explain.
When it comes to a poem, the heart of the matter,
It rests on a subject I cannot foresee.
“Too much of the former, not enough of the latter”
Seems to be the one thing on which I can’t agree.
The time that it takes me to think of my verses
Could fill a whole day if I’m not very wise.
And if I’m not mindful, my talent disperses,
And...
#identity
#SelfReflection
17 reads
0 Comments
MYSTERIOUS_GIRL
Lizzy_3164
Lizzy_3164
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:01am
Yesterday 5:01am
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN
I was told that real women
doesn't know the meaning of being a real woman
that only trans-woman do
Only because of the effort they put into being a woman.
Well hears what I have to say.
Trans-woman doesn't know squat about bein a real woman
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Tapping into a power that cannot ever be taken away from you.
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Being both feminist and feminine.
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Overcoming adversity. It is strength and empowerment.
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Having a strong sense of...
doesn't know the meaning of being a real woman
that only trans-woman do
Only because of the effort they put into being a woman.
Well hears what I have to say.
Trans-woman doesn't know squat about bein a real woman
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Tapping into a power that cannot ever be taken away from you.
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Being both feminist and feminine.
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Overcoming adversity. It is strength and empowerment.
BEING A WOMAN MEANS:
Having a strong sense of...
#anger
#identity
#TruthOfLife
#feminism
#transgender
21 reads
0 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
4th Feb 2023 10:55am
4th Feb 2023 10:55am
my mother the communist
My mother, the communist
My mother was brought up in an orphanage because her father
a confectioner became an alcoholic and lost his job, ended
up looking for work when ships came in and needed dockers
to unload the cargo.
My mother, although working class, was well-read but also
a bit eccentric, she had come to the erroneous conclusion
that only communism (equality in her mind) could bring peace.
It was in one of the papers she read I learned about
Roosevelt’s knowledge of the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack.
I was about twelve years old...
My mother was brought up in an orphanage because her father
a confectioner became an alcoholic and lost his job, ended
up looking for work when ships came in and needed dockers
to unload the cargo.
My mother, although working class, was well-read but also
a bit eccentric, she had come to the erroneous conclusion
that only communism (equality in her mind) could bring peace.
It was in one of the papers she read I learned about
Roosevelt’s knowledge of the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack.
I was about twelve years old...
#identity
#music
#art
#morality
#masculinity
29 reads
1 Comment
copingwithwords__
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2023 7:40pm
3rd Feb 2023 7:40pm
freedom
i'm asking for a box,
for guardrails for myself.
keeping me inside, safe
my soul - held back by locks.
in a world where everyone aches for freedom
i fear what's mine.
without control i'm floating around,
while everyone seems to know how to live
i'm busy figuring out who i am.
my world haunts me,
everything is mine but i don't know how to use it.
my world haunts me, makes me delusional - because freedom, i found,
is just as depressing as being held down
if you don't know what you want to be.
for guardrails for myself.
keeping me inside, safe
my soul - held back by locks.
in a world where everyone aches for freedom
i fear what's mine.
without control i'm floating around,
while everyone seems to know how to live
i'm busy figuring out who i am.
my world haunts me,
everything is mine but i don't know how to use it.
my world haunts me, makes me delusional - because freedom, i found,
is just as depressing as being held down
if you don't know what you want to be.
#identity
#confusion
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
#SelfDiscovery
72 reads
2 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2023 4:38pm
3rd Feb 2023 4:38pm
Book Of Geezer
Hey dude! get off your gender. In The Book Of Geezer, the world was made in seven days. But it came with a warning. " Beware of petticoats and high heel sneakers impersonating homo sapiens." Make sure the gender shoes are touching the ground and sticking with the Good Book. So put that in your pipe until you choke on it. First, there was the man, and then came Cheetos before "the big guy," crossed a blender with a fool processor. Geezers come in all sizes and shapes and surprisingly all ages. Some with accouterments, some with snipped equipment. The itty bitty book of Geezer will let you down...
#identity
#philosophical
#morality #responsibility
#morality #responsibility
75 reads
2 Comments
Results_May_Vary
Seth_
Seth_
Poem Published
1st Feb 2023 9:33pm
1st Feb 2023 9:33pm
Hello
Hello, my name is resentment
We've met before
But you swear you've never known me
Pushing you closer to those words
You never thought you'd say aloud
Bow down and pray to the lord
Forgiveness means it's all allowed
Pulling you in, you can smell the hate
The undeniable anger at everything
You can never hope to change
Give them nothing...nothing
Drowning in the humbling river
Scratching for air, but he's never there
Losing to your own will
Suffer unto me, it's all I ask
Hello, my name is solitude ...
We've met before
But you swear you've never known me
Pushing you closer to those words
You never thought you'd say aloud
Bow down and pray to the lord
Forgiveness means it's all allowed
Pulling you in, you can smell the hate
The undeniable anger at everything
You can never hope to change
Give them nothing...nothing
Drowning in the humbling river
Scratching for air, but he's never there
Losing to your own will
Suffer unto me, it's all I ask
Hello, my name is solitude ...
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#LifeCycle
55 reads
4 Comments
REMARKABLE_8
RichyRich
RichyRich
Poem Published
1st Feb 2023 10:40am
1st Feb 2023 10:40am
"Black Boss"
Welcome to my new economy!
Hiring all races and ethnicities!
All Asians are welcomed as well as Jewish and Indians, Spanish, Italian and Mexican,even Saudi Arabian, Pakistani even African! Etc....
For all those with black pride, black activists who refuse to show support as a team and try push aside the vibes!!
Instead of being a monolithic people, moving as equals, with a code of conduct of respect to discern and disect!!
As a group and a team, with team power moving forward as a culture!
With a sharp eye 👁 to see 👀...
Hiring all races and ethnicities!
All Asians are welcomed as well as Jewish and Indians, Spanish, Italian and Mexican,even Saudi Arabian, Pakistani even African! Etc....
For all those with black pride, black activists who refuse to show support as a team and try push aside the vibes!!
Instead of being a monolithic people, moving as equals, with a code of conduct of respect to discern and disect!!
As a group and a team, with team power moving forward as a culture!
With a sharp eye 👁 to see 👀...
#identity
#freedom
#culture
#morality
#tradition
58 reads
7 Comments
abetterstart
Poem Published
1st Feb 2023 10:29am
1st Feb 2023 10:29am
a view from a sidewalk cafe (in paris)
these picturesque sights,
a taste of new summer wine
light tears in my eyes
this gentle inspiring city
like a painter's spectacle
proud of this delightful moment
this open, airy feel,
the cobblestones echo
opening my mind, my thoughts,
the sky hinged just above
that lasting skyline, waiting,
listening to the crowd below
i find myself mingling among
the casual everyday people
their language foreign to me
but their love, their actions, real,
even when i sit among them
dressed as they...
a taste of new summer wine
light tears in my eyes
this gentle inspiring city
like a painter's spectacle
proud of this delightful moment
this open, airy feel,
the cobblestones echo
opening my mind, my thoughts,
the sky hinged just above
that lasting skyline, waiting,
listening to the crowd below
i find myself mingling among
the casual everyday people
their language foreign to me
but their love, their actions, real,
even when i sit among them
dressed as they...
#identity
#beauty
#art #culture
#art #culture
39 reads
4 Comments
Chere-Rene13
Poem Published
1st Feb 2023 2:40am
1st Feb 2023 2:40am
A Quilt Of Quotes
A blanket of time, A comforter of learning echos, A bedspread that holds together your words of recite. This bed where you sleep & snore...Sweet dreams vs. nightmare screams. This bed for intimacy of two, that never exposes it's secret trust and the physical touch of love with hints of passions played. The book jacket of this bed is a warm, personal quilt of quotes. Words of a lifetime...sewn squares past history...together that enshords someone's meaning and thoughts of life. ...
#identity
#confessional
#memories
#myself
#choices
23 reads
0 Comments
Fishmander
Poem Published
31st Jan 2023 10:12pm
31st Jan 2023 10:12pm
All Systems Must Go
Jaded I am now trembling
Privately in turn fumbling
Tainted I gamble it all
Deceptively now trawling
Use me like a battery
Dial tone effortlessly
Confuse me in all your glow
Tombstone our calligraphy
Rewind mine, poor sympathies
Re-code these faulty delights
Divine chance telepathies
Brute-force my syntax, rewrite.
Privately in turn fumbling
Tainted I gamble it all
Deceptively now trawling
Use me like a battery
Dial tone effortlessly
Confuse me in all your glow
Tombstone our calligraphy
Rewind mine, poor sympathies
Re-code these faulty delights
Divine chance telepathies
Brute-force my syntax, rewrite.
#dark
#identity
#technology
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection
59 reads
0 Comments
Gahddess_Worship
Poem Published
30th Jan 2023 5:32am
30th Jan 2023 5:32am
Senryu: Changing Drivers
No time for despair
I've constructive things to do
ego takes the reins
I've constructive things to do
ego takes the reins
#happiness
#love
#identity #SelfDiscovery
#identity #SelfDiscovery
59 reads
6 Comments
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