Self Poems by Top Critiquers
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Poems written by Top Critiquers
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
11th Feb 2019 11:03pm
11th Feb 2019 11:03pm
Walking in the Wilderness
Walking in the wilderness, I find solace amongst the cypress trees;
In the arms of nature’s sweet embrace, where birds sing cheerful melodies.
Far beyond the numbing drone of traffic, the mechanical whirr of human noise;
The screaming sirens of the city, and the cries of little girls and boys.
On a wooden bench beside the water, in a place that only we know,
Magic memories were softly planted; in the gardens of our minds, they grow.
Where the seed of love once sprouted under the shade of our favorite mulberry tree,
Our love did bloom and grow, and a...
In the arms of nature’s sweet embrace, where birds sing cheerful melodies.
Far beyond the numbing drone of traffic, the mechanical whirr of human noise;
The screaming sirens of the city, and the cries of little girls and boys.
On a wooden bench beside the water, in a place that only we know,
Magic memories were softly planted; in the gardens of our minds, they grow.
Where the seed of love once sprouted under the shade of our favorite mulberry tree,
Our love did bloom and grow, and a...
#love
#trees
#flowers
#birds
#nature
125 reads
25 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
28th Sep 2017 2:59pm
28th Sep 2017 2:59pm
death of arrogance
i call to the deities
free me on this day
let my shackels fall to my feet
may my soul shine bright
i feel like a blow up doll
with a fart inside
foul & of no good use
cleanse me of the shadows
& dirtiness that confounds
i've been arrogant in days past
now i'm brought low
the gutter isn't a long way to fall
when you're already on the curb
don't let me tumble further
down the hole of...
free me on this day
let my shackels fall to my feet
may my soul shine bright
i feel like a blow up doll
with a fart inside
foul & of no good use
cleanse me of the shadows
& dirtiness that confounds
i've been arrogant in days past
now i'm brought low
the gutter isn't a long way to fall
when you're already on the curb
don't let me tumble further
down the hole of...
279 reads
14 Comments
PandoraUnleashed
Poem Published
10th Feb 2019 10:33pm
10th Feb 2019 10:33pm
In The Horizon
I bow at the ledge:
breathe in courage, hope & strength
I can battle this
With bravery:
have I fought many wars
Change is coming
🌹
breathe in courage, hope & strength
I can battle this
With bravery:
have I fought many wars
Change is coming
🌹
#strength
#power
#illness
#uplifting
#senryu
70 reads
theEgoEffect
Barona
Barona
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:20am
Yesterday 4:20am
heartless or sadness, I don't know
heavy nights dampened by lucid intuition
feel it all, no point too small, every nuclear fission
the weight of hearts never leaves me the same
I watch structures crumble, souls tumble
In all ways to blame, always too late
dissociation and detachment, my best friends
when I lose all association and life descends
I look within myself - my mind resembles an eclipse
I peek through my lids to find an apocalypse
each time left with a little more hollowness
I question whether it is I that is broken
or is it I that breaks others with...
feel it all, no point too small, every nuclear fission
the weight of hearts never leaves me the same
I watch structures crumble, souls tumble
In all ways to blame, always too late
dissociation and detachment, my best friends
when I lose all association and life descends
I look within myself - my mind resembles an eclipse
I peek through my lids to find an apocalypse
each time left with a little more hollowness
I question whether it is I that is broken
or is it I that breaks others with...
#apocalypse
53 reads
Hunterapsych
Poem Published
Today 1:52pm
Today 1:52pm
Lost in the waves
Lost in the waves,
echoes of elegant orchestrations
passing through the still air.
The alluring ambience
of gentle melodies
moving me to absolute mellowness
in this multitude of marvelous moods.
Harmonies of angelic choirs
filling up my hours.
Sedated under the showers
of evocative notes and grooves.
The grooves that soothe and make you want to move.
Lost in the waves,
The echoes of experimentations
ringing through my sedated ears
as I float down this stream
watching the fears
fade away...
echoes of elegant orchestrations
passing through the still air.
The alluring ambience
of gentle melodies
moving me to absolute mellowness
in this multitude of marvelous moods.
Harmonies of angelic choirs
filling up my hours.
Sedated under the showers
of evocative notes and grooves.
The grooves that soothe and make you want to move.
Lost in the waves,
The echoes of experimentations
ringing through my sedated ears
as I float down this stream
watching the fears
fade away...
#universe
#peace
#music #marijuana
#music #marijuana
22 reads
6 Comments
FeNyX
Poem Published
20th Feb 2019 12:46pm
20th Feb 2019 12:46pm
Blessed Immemorium
I invoke the right of self declination
To memorialize my passing
It was a dreadful day
Cold bleak and rainy
Vanity would say the gods tearing
Rent asunder at my demise
Thunderbolt searing headstone scarred
Roar of wind throwing all about
With tumult and detritus scattered
Tears shed in love and misery
The wind whipping all to frenzy
So rain mixed with sorrows brew
Three tears fall on hallowed ground anew
Once a farm of ages past
The ghosts howl their discontent
As the...
To memorialize my passing
It was a dreadful day
Cold bleak and rainy
Vanity would say the gods tearing
Rent asunder at my demise
Thunderbolt searing headstone scarred
Roar of wind throwing all about
With tumult and detritus scattered
Tears shed in love and misery
The wind whipping all to frenzy
So rain mixed with sorrows brew
Three tears fall on hallowed ground anew
Once a farm of ages past
The ghosts howl their discontent
As the...
#love
#death
#LifeStruggles
33 reads
12 Comments
Sky_dancer
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:27pm
Yesterday 11:27pm
Black Ops
No-one's coming
this isn't a rescue mission
prayers fall on deaf ears
you're on your own
alone
nobody asked for your sacrifice
and you're not the martyr
don't fool yourself;
you're not the good guy here
you never were
What you need is not what you want
your weakness is not in your solitude
grow a fucking spine
get the fuck up
become self sufficient,
self-sustaining,
steadfast,
have some integrity
then
trust yourself
trust yourself
trust
yourself.
this isn't a rescue mission
prayers fall on deaf ears
you're on your own
alone
nobody asked for your sacrifice
and you're not the martyr
don't fool yourself;
you're not the good guy here
you never were
What you need is not what you want
your weakness is not in your solitude
grow a fucking spine
get the fuck up
become self sufficient,
self-sustaining,
steadfast,
have some integrity
then
trust yourself
trust yourself
trust
yourself.
#abuse
#inspirational
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
39 reads
14 Comments
Ahavati
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2019 2:24pm
3rd Feb 2019 2:24pm
The Fear ( After Pablo Neruda )
We are not naturally afraid of darkness;
we gestate within it, our eyes unclear
thriving in gelatinous sockets of growth—
it is birth that dilates pupils to fear.
Abuse, its steel toe boot cracking the teeth
of our solar plexus in times of innocence;
adolescence demands our participation—
microscopically studies each breath.
Breaking the spine of nonconformity
fear wills one into a submissive participant;
dominant peers lord over the weak
and life is not lived, but tolerated.
...
we gestate within it, our eyes unclear
thriving in gelatinous sockets of growth—
it is birth that dilates pupils to fear.
Abuse, its steel toe boot cracking the teeth
of our solar plexus in times of innocence;
adolescence demands our participation—
microscopically studies each breath.
Breaking the spine of nonconformity
fear wills one into a submissive participant;
dominant peers lord over the weak
and life is not lived, but tolerated.
...
#anxiety
#loneliness
#childhood #philosophical
#childhood #philosophical
144 reads
6 Comments
Tallen
Poem Published
17th Feb 2019 5:00pm
17th Feb 2019 5:00pm
Thrum
After having sanded my rough bark shell
smooth by her Reiki Freakin’ Hot Hands,
she might as well
send her pulse throughout
energizing and jump-starting
my heart. . .
she did
This past night
prior to dream sleep
a wonderful vibration
cuddled and coddled me,
prodding me towards
restful slumber.
Literally,
my body trembled
and without fear
knowing she was near
I took her all into me
and let go. . .
and in mindfulness,
allowed this to happen.
thrum
smooth by her Reiki Freakin’ Hot Hands,
she might as well
send her pulse throughout
energizing and jump-starting
my heart. . .
she did
This past night
prior to dream sleep
a wonderful vibration
cuddled and coddled me,
prodding me towards
restful slumber.
Literally,
my body trembled
and without fear
knowing she was near
I took her all into me
and let go. . .
and in mindfulness,
allowed this to happen.
thrum
#dreams
#sleep
41 reads
15 Comments
ElusiveSleepfall
MatthewZ
MatthewZ
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:55pm
Yesterday 9:55pm
Swan Song
I'm halfway home, behind a cloud
A lovely, soft, conclusive shroud
The things I thought were only true
Reflect a dark, misleading you
Days of future mourn the past
For fear the final line's been cast
Into the dark, indignant sea
That carves right thru the heart of me
Yet, Sunday's not my greatest day
I ponder all the things they say
And yet the spirits fade away
Beliefs are things that shouldn't stray
Nowhere is a lonely place
Living there a futile chase
And nothing, is just what it seems ...
A lovely, soft, conclusive shroud
The things I thought were only true
Reflect a dark, misleading you
Days of future mourn the past
For fear the final line's been cast
Into the dark, indignant sea
That carves right thru the heart of me
Yet, Sunday's not my greatest day
I ponder all the things they say
And yet the spirits fade away
Beliefs are things that shouldn't stray
Nowhere is a lonely place
Living there a futile chase
And nothing, is just what it seems ...
#sadness
#dark
#MovingOn
#escape
#ForbiddenLove
39 reads
16 Comments
SoulzGirl69
Poem Published
17th Feb 2019 2:57pm
17th Feb 2019 2:57pm
Somewhere...
Be wild
Be fierce
Be lustful
With delicious class
Adore yourself
Be a beautiful goddess
Allow your soul
To connect
Believe that
Somewhere out there
Is a soul
Just waiting for yours
Be fierce
Be lustful
With delicious class
Adore yourself
Be a beautiful goddess
Allow your soul
To connect
Believe that
Somewhere out there
Is a soul
Just waiting for yours
#happiness
#strength
#hope
#inspirational
#respect
56 reads
19 Comments
crowfly
Poem Published
11th Feb 2019 8:53pm
11th Feb 2019 8:53pm
Joker
This joker was once wild
Taking a multitude of risks
Some of them ill advised
And subject to my arrest
As for women, they were scarce
Most of them had common sense
A few quick fucks and they were gone
And only one of them stayed on
I have a daughter, far away
Her silence a mystery
She doubtless knows I'm but a clown
Yet not fit for my grandkids
But that cliché, "clean up my act"
Really does now apply
I may come close to cleanliness
I sure as hell will try.
Taking a multitude of risks
Some of them ill advised
And subject to my arrest
As for women, they were scarce
Most of them had common sense
A few quick fucks and they were gone
And only one of them stayed on
I have a daughter, far away
Her silence a mystery
She doubtless knows I'm but a clown
Yet not fit for my grandkids
But that cliché, "clean up my act"
Really does now apply
I may come close to cleanliness
I sure as hell will try.
#SelfReflection
61 reads
13 Comments
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