Short Self Poems

POEMS AND SHORT STORIES

Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself

Short poems (30 words or less), most recently posted poems first.

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#haiku #senryu #SixWordStory #tanka
missjem56
missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:28pm

Hell HEAD (5-7-5)

Brain strain migraine pain
Clustered abstract vision
Dark room seclusion
 #illness   #surreal 
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Gahddess_Worship
Gahddess_Worship
Poem Published
4th Jul 2020 9:24pm

Senryu - Mind over Mind

Never counted out
by self only deemed worthless
unchain soul's desire
 #SelfReflection   #SelfWorth 
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Kinkpoet
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
4th Jul 2020 5:43am

Scary Part

the scariest part
unknown shrouded in umbra
Jungian shadow
 #dark   #senryu   #fear 
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SatInUGal
SatInUGal
Kumar
Poem Published
4th Jul 2020 5:12am

SCRATCH

I am like a nail—
I love the itchiness of
Hot and healing flesh
 #senryu 
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BeginningPoet
BeginningPoet
Poem Published
3rd Jul 2020 2:21pm

Bleeding

I have spent hours
spilling fresh ink
from veins
I thought had long
bled dry.
 #minimalist   #emotional   #metaphor   #philosophical   #symbolism 
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missjem56
missjem56
Poem Published
3rd Jul 2020 12:40pm

Knickers For Goalposts

that moment when your love life is on recharge...
Moth-eaten knickers
Melted chocolate snickers
Holey socks, and ruffled hair
A ramshackle room, and a soul to bare
 #loneliness   #myself   #SelfReflection 
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Summerrain75
Summerrain75
Poem Published
3rd Jul 2020 8:57am

The Phantom of Beauty

The Phantom of Beauty

viz
 #beauty   #moon   #night 
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Jimigray
Jimigray
Gray Fraust
Poem Published
2nd Jul 2020 5:33am

HAIKU TEST #1

Mind my malign stare
I am aware, but not here
Gone. Lost what went wrong
 #confusion 
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Summerrain75
Summerrain75
Poem Published
1st Jul 2020 8:57pm

If Only I Have Wings To Fly

Viz
 #motivational   #nature 
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39 reads
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prometheus5290
prometheus5290
Poem Published
1st Jul 2020 5:06am

A Proposal

Ok, world,
How do I get you to support me
For being equitable parts
Alan watts,
Timothy Leary,
and Public Planner?
 #CallToAction 
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Kinkpoet
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
29th Jun 2020 5:18am

Poetic Plunge

as surely as trees fall
hewed by loggers axe

i crash to earth
sundered by poet’s verse
 #identity   #WritingPoetry 
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missjem56
missjem56
Poem Published
25th Jun 2020 8:20pm

To Be...

I'm so contrary
No i'm not!
 #funny   #philosophical 
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