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).
- Caught in a Net by Vachel Lindsay
- By the Spring, at Sunset by Vachel Lindsay
- Alone in the Wind, on the Prairie by Vachel Lindsay
- A Sense of Humor by Vachel Lindsay
- Vaishnavi Prakash by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Empty Pages by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Bliss Of Eternity by Vaishnavi Prakash
- The Prisoners Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Far Within Us #1 by Vasko Popa
- Bulgarian Lullaby by Vasil Slavov
- Snake eggs by Victor A. Bueno M.
- Juan In Middle Age by Vernon Scannell
- Incendiary by Vernon Scannell
- Song IX: Ho Ye Who Seek Saving by William Morris
- Song IV: Draw Near and Behold Me by William Morris
- Song II: Have No Thought for Tomorrow by William Morris
- Sir Galahad, a Christmas Mystery by William Morris
- Near But Far Away by William Morris
- King Arthur’s Tomb by William Morris
- Earth the Healer, Earth the Keeper by William Morris
- Atalanta’s Race by William Morris
- Mi ha el by Vinko Kalinić
- Instead of farewell by Vinko Kalinić
- House For Sale by Vinita Agrawal
- Mi ha el by Vinko Kalinić
- Instead of farewell by Vinko Kalinić
- House For Sale by Vinita Agrawal
- Aeneid by Virgil
- Eclogue VIII by Virgil
- Eclogue VI by Virgil
- Eclogue IV by Virgil
- Eclogue III by Virgil
- Eclogue V by Virgil
- Ecologue I by Virgil
- Eclogue X by Virgil
- Eve of spring by Vladimir Marku
- The Wanderer by W H Auden
- The Quest by W H Auden
- The Dream by W H Auden
- At Last the Secret is Out by W H Auden
- Lady Weeping at the Crossroads by W H Auden
- In Praise Of Limestone by W H Auden
- For What As Easy by W H Auden
- Death’s Echo by W H Auden
- As I Walked Out One Evening by W. H. Auden
- After Reading a Child’s Guide to Modern Physics by W. H. Auden
- Frogs Eat Butterflies, Snakes Eat Frogs, Hogs Eat Snakes, Men Eat Hogs by Wallace Stevens
- Whoever You are, Holding Me now in Hand. by Walt Whitman
- What think You I take my Pen in Hand? by Walt Whitman
- Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field. by Walt Whitman