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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Kinkpoet
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:30pm

Spilled Ink

weary
she dozed
nodded
startled awake

before
she could
stop it
the inkwell fell

murky
ebon elixir
spattered
her baby blues

unnerved
she began to weep
her heart
began to seep

tears of sorrow
tears of rage
fell like rain
upon the page

(C)2020 Raibeart Bruis
 #sadness   #anger   #WritingPoetry 
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buddhakitty
buddhakitty
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2020 3:26pm

becoming lost in yourself

cricket singing in
the kitchen

shutters torn off
the eyes of
the moon

less than half
a life left
now...

think I'll have
cereal for
breakfast
 #aging   #acceptance   #bittersweet 
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_boybrains
_boybrains
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2020 1:20pm

metamorphosis

i taste

spring

on my
tongue
   










my chrysalis
is stuffed.
 #confessional   #minimalist 
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Blackwolf
Blackwolf
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2020 5:30am

Admission Juxtaposition

I Do Not Feign Pain For Any Recognition ,

I Am On A Mission Of Cognition Volition

Magician Technician Defining Composition

Exposition Exhibition Inhibition Transmission

Inquisition Imposition Requisition Supposition

Precognition Precondition Repositions Superstition
 #dreams   #uplifting   #learning   #wisdom   #determination 
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Kinkpoet
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
20th Feb 2020 4:26pm

Good Morning

doves coo
woodpeckers squawk
identifying
their territory

smells
of coffee
and
frying bacon

stretching
old joints
creaking
gradually loosening

sunlight
warming
brightening
cool room

rising
wool slippers
embrace
cold toes

standing
slowly
greeted by
glorious desert

grateful
for another
twenty-four
hours
(C)2020 Raibeart Bruis
 #happiness   #morning 
 #nature   #gratitude 
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JohnnyBlaze
JohnnyBlaze
Poem Published
19th Feb 2020 00:31am

in tending to my garden

if what I have been living
is a lie going on several years
now—it's with gratitude
for this wonderful life
taking root, choking out
and replacing truth



 #spiritual   #honesty   #RupiKaur 
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PencilScribbles
PencilScribbles
Scribbles
Poem Published
18th Feb 2020 3:20am

The Weight of Reality

It was just a dream"
I have to remind myself,
But pain remains.
🥀
 #sadness   #regret   #forgiveness   #dreams   #hurt 
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Wh1skeySwagger
Wh1skeySwagger
Swagger
Poem Published
16th Feb 2020 11:26pm

The Block

When you want to write
But there is nothing up there
So you sketch instead
 #bittersweet 
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gothicsurrealism
gothicsurrealism
Daniel Long
Poem Published
16th Feb 2020 7:29pm

The Coming Reality

Storm clouds loom
suffocating the light from my life.
The tears rain on my tomb
and as I decay within,
my spirit rests restlessly.
 #depression   #MentalHealth   #SelfReflection 
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_boybrains
_boybrains
Poem Published
16th Feb 2020 7:40am

those

hands burn
from ropes

your

heart piles
into bones.
 #bipolar   #confessional   #minimalist 
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SweetKittyCat5
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
16th Feb 2020 5:30am

Chasing The Wind

A Visual- My 2020 Passionate Journey
 #passion 
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RobynRenee
RobynRenee
Poem Published
14th Feb 2020 11:05pm

Dear Future Me

Future self
You have respect
Don't follow him
Let him come
If he wants
Don't bribe her
Let her come
If she wants
Don't drag it
Let it come
If it should
Let all things be
Remember
Yourself
Me
 #respect   #SelfWorth 
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