Self Poems by Top Critiquers
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Poems written by Top Critiquers
Ahavati
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2019 7:29pm
2nd Jun 2019 7:29pm
The Bite ( after Sharon Olds )
When I was four years-old,
I bit my six month-old brother, hard;
my baby-teeth sinking into his delicate flesh,
soap residue coated my lips from his fresh bath.
As he screamed, I felt instant shame.
But it was too late, my mother retaliated
puncturing my good arm with her canines,
a consequence of my action.
Her sharp anger drew blood;
she became an old nurse
whose sensitivity disappeared with youth.
I was jealous of the affection afforded him
because it was foreign...
I bit my six month-old brother, hard;
my baby-teeth sinking into his delicate flesh,
soap residue coated my lips from his fresh bath.
As he screamed, I felt instant shame.
But it was too late, my mother retaliated
puncturing my good arm with her canines,
a consequence of my action.
Her sharp anger drew blood;
she became an old nurse
whose sensitivity disappeared with youth.
I was jealous of the affection afforded him
because it was foreign...
#love
#childhood
#confessional
#nostalgia
#SharonOlds
244 reads
22 Comments
highlyfunctional
Poem Published
Today 9:22am
Today 9:22am
Desperate Silent Screams
#despair
13 reads
1 Comment
Stoney223
melvin scott
melvin scott
Poem Published
30th Jul 2019 8:51pm
30th Jul 2019 8:51pm
STORM TRAVELS THROUGH LIFE
If this is the path I have to walk to cross to the other side of an spiritual life that forgives my sins then so be it, for as I take this journey through the storm of my DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT I walk through the darkness, as I walk and travel with an open mind and reborn thoughts bringing energy of enlightenment to my life.
...
...
#StreamOfConsciousness
74 reads
5 Comments
Honoria
Poem Published
9th Aug 2019 7:29pm
9th Aug 2019 7:29pm
Irony
What I have no problem penning to paper for the universe to read
I won’t vocalize to those in desperate need of hearing me
I won’t vocalize to those in desperate need of hearing me
#regret
#shame
#frustration
43 reads
0 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
8th Jul 2019 8:14pm
8th Jul 2019 8:14pm
This Is Me In Black And White
Triple Threat
This is me in black and white
Ready to take on the biggest challenge of my life
Endurance, endurance, and more endurance
Is this soft kitty ready to promote herself and run with the big dogs
What if I fold
Will my pride be hurt
Would I blame myself for not giving it all I got
Only to go home empty handed
Only to live with mental regrets I didn't complete
Head bowed in amazing grace
Asking my God for the biggest favor to allow these weary bones to cross the finish line
When those nationalities are at...
This is me in black and white
Ready to take on the biggest challenge of my life
Endurance, endurance, and more endurance
Is this soft kitty ready to promote herself and run with the big dogs
What if I fold
Will my pride be hurt
Would I blame myself for not giving it all I got
Only to go home empty handed
Only to live with mental regrets I didn't complete
Head bowed in amazing grace
Asking my God for the biggest favor to allow these weary bones to cross the finish line
When those nationalities are at...
#strength
#courage
#inspirational
#LifeGoals
#determination
85 reads
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
25th Jun 2019 8:05pm
25th Jun 2019 8:05pm
vulnerability
morphing and expanding to meet my future
forgotten dreams awaken
will I be a published author? maybe
isn't funny I'm shy all of a sudden
it took me years to get naked on the page
meeting the world nude in my vulnerability
frightens me terribly
I'm taking the plunge
it's now or never
fate has called and I answered
writing is my life
the passion that drives me
excited but scared
what if they love me
and I become famous
worse what if I'm hated
revealing the deepest parts of me
...
forgotten dreams awaken
will I be a published author? maybe
isn't funny I'm shy all of a sudden
it took me years to get naked on the page
meeting the world nude in my vulnerability
frightens me terribly
I'm taking the plunge
it's now or never
fate has called and I answered
writing is my life
the passion that drives me
excited but scared
what if they love me
and I become famous
worse what if I'm hated
revealing the deepest parts of me
...
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeChangingMoment
#LifeGoals #WritingPoetry
#LifeGoals #WritingPoetry
110 reads
21 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
22nd Aug 2019 10:27pm
22nd Aug 2019 10:27pm
undisgarded
the sunsets have
turned Hemingway
red
the moon is drunk
on martinis and
stagger home
through the
night sky
my dreams hold me in
their hands as if i
were an empty
candy bar
wrapper
thoughts become
vermin in a
church as
another
cigar
burns
and time lays as
thin as the
footprints
of a robin
in falling
snow
yet, somehow,
someway
we all
endure
we all
go on
we all
find a
way
turned Hemingway
red
the moon is drunk
on martinis and
stagger home
through the
night sky
my dreams hold me in
their hands as if i
were an empty
candy bar
wrapper
thoughts become
vermin in a
church as
another
cigar
burns
and time lays as
thin as the
footprints
of a robin
in falling
snow
yet, somehow,
someway
we all
endure
we all
go on
we all
find a
way
#MovingOn
#wisdom
40 reads
11 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
11th Aug 2019 5:17pm
11th Aug 2019 5:17pm
Forlorn & Every other Moon
Out of loneliness
selfishly I fell
into her eyes, a stranger
I never took the time
to know
Struggling desperately
I tried to free myself
from this awful
attachment
transmorgrifying my heart
at least it kind of feels
like I am not myself
the me I try to be
I suppose it was my fault
clumsy and obtuse
in social interactions
it’s almost as if I
HAVE to fall quickly
tripping into something
that looks like
love
i am comforted with
the knowledge of
a recurring ...
selfishly I fell
into her eyes, a stranger
I never took the time
to know
Struggling desperately
I tried to free myself
from this awful
attachment
transmorgrifying my heart
at least it kind of feels
like I am not myself
the me I try to be
I suppose it was my fault
clumsy and obtuse
in social interactions
it’s almost as if I
HAVE to fall quickly
tripping into something
that looks like
love
i am comforted with
the knowledge of
a recurring ...
#loneliness
#SelfDiscovery
106 reads
33 Comments
LiamReeduus
LiamReedus
LiamReedus
Poem Published
24th Aug 2019 2:26pm
24th Aug 2019 2:26pm
Just me
Im not a nice guy
Im not sweet at all
Im not the monster
Or a demon of awe
Im not a very social guy so maybe when i speak its lost
Or maybe so little interaction has left me unable to express who i am
I dont do pity parties, if it messed up fix it or remove it.
If you cant do either than its out of your hands why dwell.
Im not handsome or suave
Nor a ladies man turn say man of the ladies
Honestly im just not a fan of people at all
Do i feel sympathy when i hear of hardships of other.
Yes i do but i...
Im not sweet at all
Im not the monster
Or a demon of awe
Im not a very social guy so maybe when i speak its lost
Or maybe so little interaction has left me unable to express who i am
I dont do pity parties, if it messed up fix it or remove it.
If you cant do either than its out of your hands why dwell.
Im not handsome or suave
Nor a ladies man turn say man of the ladies
Honestly im just not a fan of people at all
Do i feel sympathy when i hear of hardships of other.
Yes i do but i...
#fate
#TruthOfLife
36 reads
2 Comments
LostGirl18
Poem Published
19th Dec 2017 6:40am
19th Dec 2017 6:40am
Too proud to tell.
I said, "I don't care."
Do I contradict myself
because the words hurt?
Do I contradict myself
because the words hurt?
#confessional
256 reads
4 Comments
FromTheAsh
Poem Published
8th Aug 2019 6:11pm
8th Aug 2019 6:11pm
reservation for 1
much of what I put down on paper
never makes it to the screen
he could tell you
there's a lot only he's ever seen
I'd venture to say some of my best writing
was written just for him
and that's where it will stay
within his safekeeping
these words & feelings
shared vulnerability
it's not about attention
it's about expression
human connection
release
letting go of the pain
no man knows the book of me
it's still being written
but he alone
bears all my ink
upon his thirsty parchment
never makes it to the screen
he could tell you
there's a lot only he's ever seen
I'd venture to say some of my best writing
was written just for him
and that's where it will stay
within his safekeeping
these words & feelings
shared vulnerability
it's not about attention
it's about expression
human connection
release
letting go of the pain
no man knows the book of me
it's still being written
but he alone
bears all my ink
upon his thirsty parchment
#love
#confessional
#honesty #WritingPoetry
#honesty #WritingPoetry
88 reads
7 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
22nd Aug 2019 5:04pm
22nd Aug 2019 5:04pm
Acceptance
Try to accept me
...for what I am…
And I will try too
...to accept you...
...for what I am…
And I will try too
...to accept you...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#acceptance
36 reads
7 Comments
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