Here is a collection of poems reflecting, in one way or the other, on the general meaning of life. These are poems about life, its meaning or a lack thereof. These works span the entire breadth of recorded literary history and represent most stylistic movements and major languages (even though all poems and articles in this section are in English or they were translated into English).
- Palms and Hearts by Olawuyi Mutiu
- My Invisible Valentine by Nin Andrews
- Living with Cancer by Nin Andrews
- I was born with a cry by Nur Al-Alam
- From: The Home We Will Never Live In That Place by Nijole Miliauskaite
- Femme Fatale by Nijole Miliauskaite
- Cambodian Flower by Norma Martiri
- The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
- What Work Is by Philip Levine
- Waking In March by Philip Levine
- They Feed They Lion by Philip Levine
- Gangrene by Philip Levine
- Gangrene by Philip Levine
- Astrophel and Stella LXXXIV: HIGHWAY by Sir Philip Sidney
- Niobe in Distress by Phillis Wheatley
- To a Beloved Child by Patrick Pearse
- Deaf Mute in the Pear Tree by P. K. Page
- Canal Bank Walk by Patrick Kavanagh
- And Then It Rained by Pamela Griffiths
- You are coming! by Preeth Nambiar
- When the universe speaks by Preeth Nambiar
- Wake Oslo up again by Philo Ikonya
- The Theatre of Illusion by Pierre Corneille
- Moonbeam flowers by Preeth Nambiar
- Love Dale by Preeth Nambiar
- Letter to my father by Preeth Nambiar
- I threaded a garland with the memories of a spring… by Preeth Nambiar
- A man who set his journey back to time by Preeth Nambiar
- “Wonkavite…” by Roald Dahl
- Of Myself – the Essay and Poems on Myself by Abraham Cowley
- ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE AND UNCERTAINTY OF RICHES by Abraham Cowley
- CLAUDIAN’S OLD MAN OF VERONA by Abraham Cowley
- THE DANGERS OF AN HONEST MAN IN MUCH COMPANY by Abraham Cowley
- The Garden by Abraham Cowley
- O fortunatus nimium, etc., a translation out of Virgil by Abraham Cowley
- Obscurity, the Essay and Poems on Obscurity by Abraham Cowley
- The Breast by Russell Edson
- Conjugal by Russell Edson
- Hauntings by Rupert Brooke
- Goddess In The Wood, The by Rupert Brooke
- Flight by Rupert Brooke
- Finding by Rupert Brooke
- Failure by Rupert Brooke
- Dust by Rupert Brooke
- Doubts by Rupert Brooke
- Dining-Room Tea by Rupert Brooke
- Desertion by Rupert Brooke
- Dead Men’s Love by Rupert Brooke
- Day That I Have Loved by Rupert Brooke
- Day And Night by Rupert Brooke