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).
- Attitude: Don Juan in the Shopping Mall by S. K. Kelen
- A sense’s addiction to chocolate by SAAJIDA GORA
- The Sash by Sharon Olds
- One Year by Sharon Olds
- Saison Noir by Shaunna Harper
- Metamorphosis by Shaunna Harper
- La Fleur by Shaunna Harper
- Ellipsis by Shaunna Harper
- A Eulogy by Shaunna Harper
- Tiny Warrior by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
- Pain Became My Friend Today © by Shannen Wrass
- Joker of the Pack by Shekhar Srinivasan
- Ugliest Man In Town by Shel Silverstein
- The Unicorn by Shel Silverstein
- The Perfect High by Shel Silverstein
- The Nap Taker by Shel Silverstein
- The Boa Constrictor Song by Shel Silverstein
- The Bagpipe Who Didn’t Say No by Shel Silverstein
- Rock ‘N’ Roll Band by Shel Silverstein
- Polly In A Porny by Shel Silverstein
- I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag by Shel Silverstein
- Hug O’War by Shel Silverstein
- Hamlet As Told On The Street by Shel Silverstein
- Everybody’s Makin’ It Big But Me by Shel Silverstein
- Dirty Ol’ Me by Shel Silverstein
- Cloudy Sky by Shel Silverstein
- Bigtime by Shel Silverstein
- June Dreams, In January by Sidney Lanier
- In Absence. by Sidney Lanier
- Corn by Sidney Lanier
- At First. To Charlotte Cushman. by Sidney Lanier
- An Evening Song. by Sidney Lanier
- A Sea-Shore Grave. To M. J. L. by Sidney Lanier
- The Last Meeting by Siegfried Sassoon
- Parted by Siegfried Sassoon
- Elegy by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Letter Home by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Dogs Love Is a Never Ending Game by Stacey Chillemi
- Slant by Stephen Dunn
- Essay On The Personal by Stephen Dunn
- The White Peacock by Stephen Vincent Benet
- The Quality of Courage by Stephen Vincent Benet
- The Hemp by Stephen Vincent Benet
- The Drug-Shop, or, Endymion in Edmonstoun by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Love in Twilight by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Alexander VI Dines with the Cardinal of Capua by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Edmonton, thy cemetery by Stevie Smith
- Funeral Day Thoughts by Sudheesh Vs
- Yadwigha, On A Red Couch, Among Lillies by Sylvia Plath
- The Surgeon At 2 A.M. by Sylvia Plath