11 Beautifully Messy Pieces of Poetry About Emotions
11 Beautifully Messy Pieces of Poetry About Emotions
Life isn’t always linear, and neither are our emotions. In fact, often it is our messiest selves that create the most moving pieces of art and literature. Whether you are feeling high, low, angry or confused, these short poems offer a glimpse into everything in between.
I hope this collection inspires you to embrace all that is you, and all that you feel. Allow yourself to ride the waves of emotion and see what they reveal.
Poems about Emotions
1. Messy Human – Jadine Lydia
today, i am falling apart
and falling together –
simultaneously.
you could say,
i am one beautiful mess.
extract from – Simple Truths
2. How are You Really? – Rachel Huckel
what can i say
except that i have
a paper boat heart
and lately i’ve been
swallowing oceans?
extract from – The Garden That You’re Growing
3. Tug of War – Jadine Lydia
i push myself
into states of insanity
only to relinquish myself
into states of serenity,
oh the irony,
of all this calamity.
extract from – Simple Truths
4. Lifedance – Charles Bukowski
the area dividing the brain and the soul
is affected in many ways by
experience –
some lose all mind and become soul:
insane.
some lose all soul and become mind:
intellectual.
some lose both and become:
accepted.
poem by – Charles Bukowski
5. The Truth Hurts – Jadine Lydia
i feel like my gut is
going to explode
into a million fractals
and detonate my heart
along the way.
extract from – Simple Truths
6. ehh... – Written by Kel
a little bit messed up
a little bit exhausted
don’t wanna be backup
don’t want my vision distorted
by all these stupid emotions
been starting to act irrationally
anger acting up like explosions
laughter coming up ridiculously
wrong place, wrong time.
what the hell went wrong?
oh well.
from – hellopoetry.com
7. Locomotion – Jadine Lydia
it hits me, a wave
of uncontrollable emotion
and the only thing i can do
is surrender to its notions;
this is the game of love –
riding waves of locomotion.
extract from – Simple Truths
8. Precipice – Jadine Lydia
i fall beneath the cracks
of loneliness and liberation
where one small step
could either make it
or break it all.
extract from – Simple Truths
9. short quote - Sylvia Plath
I don’t know what it is like to not have deep emotions. Even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely.
quote by – Sylvia Plath
10. Vital Expression – Jadine Lydia
it thunders through me,
a roar of emotion
begging to be tamed;
lighting strikes, heaven bites
and the downpour begins again.
extract from – Simple Truths
11. Paradox – Jadine Lydia
balancing the paradox
feels like i am juggling
the complexities of life;
circling emotions
in an erratic pattern –
hoping one day,
it will all make sense.
extract from – Simple Truths