11 Deep Poems With Meaning to Move Your Soul
Poetry is an expression of our deepest emotions, capturing the essence of the human experience in all its glory; from pain and anger to hurt and denial, to love, joy and feeling ecstatically wild.
The magnitude of human emotions can only be captured creatively, as each experience is a unique expression of our internal world.
This collection of deep poems shares various perspectives about life; emotions captured, bottled, and sealed with the kiss of words. I hope this collection of deep poems captivates and inspires you to appreciate this short, wild life.
Poems With Deep Meaning
1. Life Jerk - Jadine Lydia
sometimes, it just hits me
slap bang in the middle
of my wild, jaded heart.
that ecstatic feeling;
a sharp slap
on my cheek of chalk
that says:
wake up! this is life.
it is here to be had,
it is yours to be felt
and you are here to delve
into the good
the bad
and the beautiful.
give thanks,
for you are alive
and every little cell
in your ever-expanding body
is renewed + revived.
you are alive.
extract from – Simple Truths
2. The Laughing Heart – Charles Bukowski
3. In Your Eyes I see - Jadine Lydia
it is in your eyes,
that i feel
i hear
i see;
the truth
the pain
the love;
pure uncertainty –
of what could be
of what might be
of what one day
someday
inevitably,
will be.
the death of you,
and the death of me.
one day at a time
we live, we breathe.
until someday,
we set ourselves free,
into the unknown
where our souls will meet
and become –
lost, wild and free.
extract from – Simple Truths
4. The Guest House – Rumi
5. True North - Jadine Lydia
i came into this world
knowing nothing,
about anything.
i left this world
knowing nothing,
about everything;
except all that i felt
was true.
extract from – Simple Truths
6. The Thing is - Ellen Bass
7. Cells - Jadine Lydia
my cells are screaming
both white and red
the elixir of life
on the brink of death
and sometimes
i do not know
whether i am choosing
to really live
or choosing to really die
the only thing i know
is that we choose
to feel alive.
extract from – Simple Truths
8. A POEM BY Rupi Kaur
9. Where Am I? - Jadine Lydia
i didn’t know where i was,
except that the tiny shadows
in my incandescent heart
kept me awake –
for days, for months, for years.
until one day,
i called home.
extract from – Simple Truths
10. Keep Going, dreamer - Christopher Kearby
11. Pea Brain – Jadine Lydia
this is the tree of life
where tiny shoots spring
from seedless ideas
cracking open hard bodies
from weathered skin
revealing new life
white stems
and pea-sized wonders
from our tiny brains
our pods split
spines unravel
and we are left wondering
how we birthed such a beautiful thing
one white stem
two weathered bodies
honey, let’s do it all again.
– from, Simple Truths
A Collection of short poems with deep meaning about life, love and everything in between
If these poems have stirred something within you, you may find deeper resonance in Simple Truths — a poetry collection that explores the beauty and complexity of being human.
Through reflections on loss, growth, and awakening, Simple Truths invites you to sit with life’s paradoxes — to find stillness in uncertainty, meaning in change, and light within the mystery of it all.
Let these words accompany you on your deep and meaningful life journey, as gentle reminders that even in darkness, the soul remembers how to rise.
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