Self Poems
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Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
This area is for personal poetry: poems about yourself and your feelings about who you are. Poems here focus on identity, ego, self confidence, insecurities and personality. For readers it's a chance to get to know the poet better and for writers it's an opportunity to analyse themselves by poetic means. The self poems category encourages the poet to lay themselves bare for all to read about, it can be both a frightening and empowering experience.
Everavalon
Poem Published
Today 2:38pm
Today 2:38pm
Shake my breath
Shades of freedom
Shapes of death
Blades of wisdom
shake my breath
Love is proud
Hate is loud
Courage is displaced within the crowd
Help is honourable
Shame is deplorable
Doubt, insurmountable
Fame, adorable
Privacy is golden
Lunacy is sheer
Pleasure is penchant
And so is fear
The price we pay to find our way
Limits each in what we say
There was a time when we could all relax
They are but words
It’s how we react
Shapes of death
Blades of wisdom
shake my breath
Love is proud
Hate is loud
Courage is displaced within the crowd
Help is honourable
Shame is deplorable
Doubt, insurmountable
Fame, adorable
Privacy is golden
Lunacy is sheer
Pleasure is penchant
And so is fear
The price we pay to find our way
Limits each in what we say
There was a time when we could all relax
They are but words
It’s how we react
#TruthOfLife
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Transitional
Poem Published
Today 2:35pm
Today 2:35pm
Transitional Woman
Transitional Woman,
that’s me, that’s me,
caught between the where,
the hard place and the sea
the why not be
and never was
the place of pity
place of pain
the floating city
of gender,
the binary
exploded like
a piñata
packed with glitter,
candy, toys,
the moment when I walked
across the train station
in heels and skirt
and thought
I have become
that’s me, that’s me,
caught between the where,
the hard place and the sea
the why not be
and never was
the place of pity
place of pain
the floating city
of gender,
the binary
exploded like
a piñata
packed with glitter,
candy, toys,
the moment when I walked
across the train station
in heels and skirt
and thought
I have become
#women
#LGBT
#rebirth #transgender
#rebirth #transgender
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PAR
Poem Published
Today 1:21pm
Today 1:21pm
Reverberation
while not falling asleep
I made a sound map
of those clicks under the bed
and by cities:
platbands and bougainvillea
from Tegucigalpa
machine guns and spiders
from Tel Aviv
flush toilets and platypuses
in mogadishu
forests and automobiles
from Ouagadougou
pigeons and trawlers
by Ulan Bator
whales and household appliances
in Phnom Penh
giraffes and drums
in Maputo
kangaroos and books
from Antananarivo
camels and pyramids
from bangkok
bees and tractors
in Kuala...
I made a sound map
of those clicks under the bed
and by cities:
platbands and bougainvillea
from Tegucigalpa
machine guns and spiders
from Tel Aviv
flush toilets and platypuses
in mogadishu
forests and automobiles
from Ouagadougou
pigeons and trawlers
by Ulan Bator
whales and household appliances
in Phnom Penh
giraffes and drums
in Maputo
kangaroos and books
from Antananarivo
camels and pyramids
from bangkok
bees and tractors
in Kuala...
#city
#mirror
#humankind
#myself
#SelfReflection
18 reads
3 Comments
Journy
Poem Published
Today 9:28am
Today 9:28am
You...
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I see you
But do you see me
Violets are blue
I see you
But do you see me
#hope
16 reads
1 Comment
A_Failed_Artist
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:36pm
Yesterday 9:36pm
Hair
It amazes me, the hairs on my head
One bad look dictates the rest of my day
Beautiful? Debatable
Cause of dysphoria? Absolutely
Pinned, tied, pushed, covered
Anything to make it go away
One bad look dictates the rest of my day
Beautiful? Debatable
Cause of dysphoria? Absolutely
Pinned, tied, pushed, covered
Anything to make it go away
#beauty
#LGBT
#SelfReflection #transgender
#SelfReflection #transgender
14 reads
1 Comment
Sable_Oceana
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:21pm
Yesterday 9:21pm
Duality Within
In the depths of my being, a conflict resides
Two sides of myself, they constantly collide
One filled with light, the other with dark
A battle for dominance, a perpetual mark
Identity torn between these opposing forces
One seeks love and peace, the other enforces
A cold and calculating agenda of pain
Striving for control, driving me insane
Evil's allure can be hard to resist
A seductive force, a dangerous twist
Temptation lures me to the darker side
A place where morality is cast aside
Yet, a glimmer of hope still...
Two sides of myself, they constantly collide
One filled with light, the other with dark
A battle for dominance, a perpetual mark
Identity torn between these opposing forces
One seeks love and peace, the other enforces
A cold and calculating agenda of pain
Striving for control, driving me insane
Evil's allure can be hard to resist
A seductive force, a dangerous twist
Temptation lures me to the darker side
A place where morality is cast aside
Yet, a glimmer of hope still...
#conflict
#identity
#evil
#acceptance
#philosophical
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SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:39pm
Yesterday 4:39pm
2/11/23
I rub my belly
For comfort, as if I am
Pregnant with myself
For comfort, as if I am
Pregnant with myself
#senryu
31 reads
2 Comments
mcjay
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:32pm
Yesterday 3:32pm
Vanquishing the Inner Demon
The inner demon lingers,
A constant source of pain.
Its grip so tight and bitter,
A dark and endless chain.
But I will not be broken,
Nor will I succumb to fear.
With every breath I take,
I'll banish it and make it disappear.
I'll face it head on,
With courage and with might.
For I am stronger than this demon,
And I will win this fight.
With each step I take,
I'll leave it far behind.
And in the end, I'll emerge victorious,
With a peaceful heart and a clear mind.
So let the inner demon...
A constant source of pain.
Its grip so tight and bitter,
A dark and endless chain.
But I will not be broken,
Nor will I succumb to fear.
With every breath I take,
I'll banish it and make it disappear.
I'll face it head on,
With courage and with might.
For I am stronger than this demon,
And I will win this fight.
With each step I take,
I'll leave it far behind.
And in the end, I'll emerge victorious,
With a peaceful heart and a clear mind.
So let the inner demon...
#WritingPoetry
#philosophical
#SelfDiscovery #healing
#SelfDiscovery #healing
35 reads
1 Comment
mcjay
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:26pm
Yesterday 3:26pm
Love's Flame: A Meditation on Death and Romance
In the shadows of my thoughts,
I find myself drawn to the inevitable end,
The final curtain call that awaits us all,
But amidst the darkness, I have a friend.
For death can be a romantic notion,
A lover's embrace that awaits us all,
A chance to reunite with those we've lost,
And answer the final, mysterious call.
Oh, death, you are the great equalizer,
The one certainty in this uncertain world,
And in your embrace, we find release,
From the pain and suffering life has hurled.
But even in the face of your sweet...
I find myself drawn to the inevitable end,
The final curtain call that awaits us all,
But amidst the darkness, I have a friend.
For death can be a romantic notion,
A lover's embrace that awaits us all,
A chance to reunite with those we've lost,
And answer the final, mysterious call.
Oh, death, you are the great equalizer,
The one certainty in this uncertain world,
And in your embrace, we find release,
From the pain and suffering life has hurled.
But even in the face of your sweet...
#depression
#death
#MentalHealth
#FallingInLove
#despair
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PAR
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:36am
Yesterday 10:36am
psychographed telegram
I'm waiting for you
(as if I had
ants in my pants)
to win
imaginary battles
for a daily
changing...
spend time
looking for you
trying to know
where are you
where are
your thought-feet
your mouth-regret
where are you?
where is the ecstasy
that you knew how to reach
that you knew how to hide
that you knew not to know
time passes
glued to your feet
penances
silent on your lips
flames
where will you be
when I'm not
looking for you
...
(as if I had
ants in my pants)
to win
imaginary battles
for a daily
changing...
spend time
looking for you
trying to know
where are you
where are
your thought-feet
your mouth-regret
where are you?
where is the ecstasy
that you knew how to reach
that you knew how to hide
that you knew not to know
time passes
glued to your feet
penances
silent on your lips
flames
where will you be
when I'm not
looking for you
...
#mirror
#myself
#meditation #philosophical
#meditation #philosophical
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PAR
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:34am
Yesterday 10:34am
Dear Monster
wait monster wait
because my neck
is not prepared
wait don't scream
that makes me nervous
this expectation thing
of what is already known
because it will happen
makes me want to pee
leave my eyes
dormant
wait monster wait
because my blood
got slower
when I saw you arrive
and dried
in my throat
wait monster wait
send me a message
set a meeting time
leave a note in the doorway
I expect a smile
and some attention
to action details
wait before turning ...
because my neck
is not prepared
wait don't scream
that makes me nervous
this expectation thing
of what is already known
because it will happen
makes me want to pee
leave my eyes
dormant
wait monster wait
because my blood
got slower
when I saw you arrive
and dried
in my throat
wait monster wait
send me a message
set a meeting time
leave a note in the doorway
I expect a smile
and some attention
to action details
wait before turning ...
#lust
#mirror
#myself
#crush
#passion
31 reads
3 Comments
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