Self Poems by Top Critiquers
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Poems written by Top Critiquers
Bluevelvete
Poem Published
15th Jun 2021 10:52pm
15th Jun 2021 10:52pm
A swim through the hourglass and a fall through the cracks of time.
(ii.)
July 2019—
it's within seconds,
perhaps less
and i'm comfortably lost
wayward and winding
twisting through curves
a soaring float without end
upon a 'something'
a mind's version
this, my ethereal misty
being lighter than
ever before
my husk and i
traveling so high
an inner voice,
the one
of non-stop nagging
quieted now
only one sound—
blood rushing in veins
or...
July 2019—
it's within seconds,
perhaps less
and i'm comfortably lost
wayward and winding
twisting through curves
a soaring float without end
upon a 'something'
a mind's version
this, my ethereal misty
being lighter than
ever before
my husk and i
traveling so high
an inner voice,
the one
of non-stop nagging
quieted now
only one sound—
blood rushing in veins
or...
#fate
#cars
#luck
#hurt
#NoPoo
59 reads
13 Comments
TheOralizer
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2021 11:00pm
3rd Jun 2021 11:00pm
THE CHALLENGE OF EATING SLOWLY
TEMPTATION
It looks
so delicious,
the scent is heavenly;
causing my mouth
to water,
and my taste
buds to crave
a bite
and indulgence
of a deeper
hunger.
NOW
I have it in
my grasp,
and am tempted
to devour my
chocolate chip cookie,
BUT
I will eat it slowly,
savoring each bite.
Do you quickly devour
or eat slowly?
It looks
so delicious,
the scent is heavenly;
causing my mouth
to water,
and my taste
buds to crave
a bite
and indulgence
of a deeper
hunger.
NOW
I have it in
my grasp,
and am tempted
to devour my
chocolate chip cookie,
BUT
I will eat it slowly,
savoring each bite.
Do you quickly devour
or eat slowly?
#happiness
#motivational
#inspirational
#gratitude
#emotions
30 reads
2 Comments
SLYMBEKQUEEN
Poem Published
19th Jun 2021 7:44pm
19th Jun 2021 7:44pm
SHE helps me love me
I never knew SHE was there until SHE was born
Painfully in labor from within my soul SHE was torn
From the moment I sensed HER I knew SHE was the thorn
to my rose and the breaking of a new dawn
SHE says baby love yourself more don't be afraid to explore
SHE says touch yourself there and there and there just a little bit more
SHE loves it when I ENJOY myself yes SHE adores
My face of pleasure when I am a whore
SHE Whispers to me that I am a Queen
Other times I'm a junkie high on benzene
SHE is drive that gives me force ...
Painfully in labor from within my soul SHE was torn
From the moment I sensed HER I knew SHE was the thorn
to my rose and the breaking of a new dawn
SHE says baby love yourself more don't be afraid to explore
SHE says touch yourself there and there and there just a little bit more
SHE loves it when I ENJOY myself yes SHE adores
My face of pleasure when I am a whore
SHE Whispers to me that I am a Queen
Other times I'm a junkie high on benzene
SHE is drive that gives me force ...
#identity
#mirror
#acceptance #SelfDiscovery
#acceptance #SelfDiscovery
27 reads
8 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
17th Jun 2021 1:37pm
17th Jun 2021 1:37pm
there are only a few people you can go inside with.....
choose carefully
you'll know pretty fast
what's what
It's not mystery
more like trust
appreciation too
it's a long journey
it can start one way
move over with time
there's a beginning
the middle is the best part ....
you'll know pretty fast
what's what
It's not mystery
more like trust
appreciation too
it's a long journey
it can start one way
move over with time
there's a beginning
the middle is the best part ....
#secrets
#friendship
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#gratitude
39 reads
16 Comments
Honoria
Poem Published
6th Jun 2021 4:06am
6th Jun 2021 4:06am
Cheerless
Wandering amidst a vast landscape of solitude and isolation
It’s only in my mind I feel safe.
That in itself is a brain copulation.
I can’t write what I don’t know.
I know discontentment.
An escape from anything real
is a joyful release from this ______.
Everything is even keeled
if I conceal ALL this sadness
O’ the obtuse nerve!
Masquerading behind my façade
of false hope...please look away!
The very last thing I wish...
is to infect anyone else with this
Ugly
It’s only in my mind I feel safe.
That in itself is a brain copulation.
I can’t write what I don’t know.
I know discontentment.
An escape from anything real
is a joyful release from this ______.
Everything is even keeled
if I conceal ALL this sadness
O’ the obtuse nerve!
Masquerading behind my façade
of false hope...please look away!
The very last thing I wish...
is to infect anyone else with this
Ugly
#myself
84 reads
30 Comments
Cipher_O
Poem Published
Today 12:07pm
Today 12:07pm
Object Permanence
Everything descends…
fallen angels & hail storms
broken bonds that cannot make amends
cubist surrealist symbolist dadaist nihilist post modern forms
The sacred into the truly dread
inside the mind
functional from sign to sign
from time to time – the magic show in the amphitheater inside the head
Tell me what is dead
& what has died
take me to the final resting places
to a face replaced by a stone face that outward faces
Into whatever you call the weather
that shifts & switches
in bipolarity...
fallen angels & hail storms
broken bonds that cannot make amends
cubist surrealist symbolist dadaist nihilist post modern forms
The sacred into the truly dread
inside the mind
functional from sign to sign
from time to time – the magic show in the amphitheater inside the head
Tell me what is dead
& what has died
take me to the final resting places
to a face replaced by a stone face that outward faces
Into whatever you call the weather
that shifts & switches
in bipolarity...
#loneliness
#emptiness
#apathy
#bittersweet
#fear
5 reads
0 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
12th Jun 2021 9:01pm
12th Jun 2021 9:01pm
The Calling
Self love is always the best love.. wouldn't you agree
#SelfWorth
49 reads
14 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
9th May 2021 12:31pm
9th May 2021 12:31pm
As they say. . .
A company recently contacted me
about my long-standing account;
We’re so sorry, Tammy!
Our mainframe crashed
and we've lost your history. . .
'We've lost your history. . .'
I thought about that
for a moment, but wasn't angry
Maybe some things need to be lost:
Grief. Bad choices. A virus.
Imagine the chance for a reset—
to lose all that history at once
Replace it
with what brings happiness:
Family. Friends. Health.
Animals. Two jobs I really love;
though I feel one is a gift
A...
about my long-standing account;
We’re so sorry, Tammy!
Our mainframe crashed
and we've lost your history. . .
'We've lost your history. . .'
I thought about that
for a moment, but wasn't angry
Maybe some things need to be lost:
Grief. Bad choices. A virus.
Imagine the chance for a reset—
to lose all that history at once
Replace it
with what brings happiness:
Family. Friends. Health.
Animals. Two jobs I really love;
though I feel one is a gift
A...
#SelfReflection
#meditation
#philosophical
136 reads
38 Comments
Timagination543
Poem Published
12th Jun 2021 10:19pm
12th Jun 2021 10:19pm
Hey friends :)
Hey friends.
Due to eye strain and some accompanying pain I have to start reducing my screen time. Like many I've been addicted to the internet for a long time and I'm starting to pay for it through my vision.
I promise to review your poems soon. I just need to relax my eyes for a little bit.
Thanks, Tim.
Due to eye strain and some accompanying pain I have to start reducing my screen time. Like many I've been addicted to the internet for a long time and I'm starting to pay for it through my vision.
I promise to review your poems soon. I just need to relax my eyes for a little bit.
Thanks, Tim.
#LifeAsAWriter
33 reads
Phantom2426
Poem Published
20th May 2020 4:09am
20th May 2020 4:09am
Bloom Doom
Grew up the youngest
of three blooming brothers
Spreading my petals
everywhere I went
but trouble kept
getting my petals
stuck because of my
Oldest brother's problems
But now my petals are
holding because of
this frenzy shit the
goverments/spooks created
I am tired of this and me
being my Oldest Brother's Keeper
So plesse let my petals go do
Their blooming
of three blooming brothers
Spreading my petals
everywhere I went
but trouble kept
getting my petals
stuck because of my
Oldest brother's problems
But now my petals are
holding because of
this frenzy shit the
goverments/spooks created
I am tired of this and me
being my Oldest Brother's Keeper
So plesse let my petals go do
Their blooming
#brother
#childhood
#family
#memories
#pandemic
184 reads
3 Comments
Chords_of_red
Gayle
Gayle
Poem Published
Today 1:04pm
Today 1:04pm
Inertia
I live alone inside
my head...
The silence is
deafening
my head...
The silence is
deafening
#myself
4 reads
0 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2021 11:45pm
2nd Jun 2021 11:45pm
Disclaimer
From the bark of a sequestered oak
my tome-shanty, my wares
I never laid claimed to be a synonym
or any other glamor to fame
by writing imperfect words
Just a bookshop keeper with a mellow heart
and a bobbin for a mind spinning prose
poetic clamoring to woo a miss
from the inkwell, scribbling
of landscapes and meadows
Beneath the valiance of a noontime sky
until you awakened this motley old fool
with a rosebud's kiss to do me awhile
as I fell over-heals and wilted ...
my tome-shanty, my wares
I never laid claimed to be a synonym
or any other glamor to fame
by writing imperfect words
Just a bookshop keeper with a mellow heart
and a bobbin for a mind spinning prose
poetic clamoring to woo a miss
from the inkwell, scribbling
of landscapes and meadows
Beneath the valiance of a noontime sky
until you awakened this motley old fool
with a rosebud's kiss to do me awhile
as I fell over-heals and wilted ...
#WritingPoetry
49 reads
4 Comments
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