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).
- Thought. by Walt Whitman
- The Wound-Dresser by Walt Whitman
- States! by Walt Whitman
- Starting from Paumanok. by Walt Whitman
- Song of the Open Road. by Walt Whitman
- So Long. by Walt Whitman
- The Sleepers by Walt Whitman
- American Feuillage. by Walt Whitman
- Passage to India. by Walt Whitman
- Elemental Drifts. by Walt Whitman
- Drum-Taps. by Walt Whitman
- Dresser, The. by Walt Whitman
- Chanting the Square Deific. by Walt Whitman
- Behold this Swarthy Face. by Walt Whitman
- As At Thy Portals Also Death. by Walt Whitman
- A poem to mankind by Walter William Safar
- To His Love When He Had Obtained Her by Sir Walter Raleigh
- His Pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh
- The Land Beyond the Rainbow by Walter William Safar
- Against All Streams by Walter William Safar
- A Poem to my Beloved by Walter William Safar
- A Day on the Beach of War by Tony Stringfellow
- Eccentricity by Washington Allston
- Greater Love by Wilfred Owen
- The Littlle Black-Eyed Rebel by Will McKendree Carleton
- Thanksgiving Day by Will McKendree Carleton
- Over The Hill From The Poor-House by Will McKendree Carleton
- One And Two by Will McKendree Carleton
- Untitled XIX by Yunus Emre
- Keepe On Your Maske (Version for his Mistress) by William Strode
- A Lover To His Mistress by William Strode
- Fairy Land iii by William Shakespeare
- Carpe Diem by William Shakespeare
- A Lover’s Complaint by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 128: How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 143: Lo, as a careful huswife runs to catch by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 33: Full many a glorious morning have I seen by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet CXXVIII by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet CXLIII by William Shakespeare
- Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
- Three Songs by William Shakespeare
- The West Wind by William Cullen Bryant
- Summer Wind by William Cullen Bryant
- A Song of Pitcairn’s Island by William Cullen Bryant
- The Best Friend by William Henry Davies
- A Fleeting Passion by William Henry Davies
- Red Hanrahan’s Song About Ireland by William Butler Yeats
- Never Give All The Heart by William Butler Yeats
- Baile And Aillinn by William Butler Yeats
- A Cradle Song by William Butler Yeats