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CursedAs a societal pariah,
am I not deserving a grand denouement?
When my tale reaches zenith,
will I be shackled,
by the abhorrent atrocities,
your accursed kind has wrought,
upon my tempestuous form?
Light my pyre,
I need a tan....
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Categories:
metaphor, anti bullying, dark, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Today ClassEducational systematic analysis idiocy,
cogs to craft humans into mice chasing cheese.
Stand sit raise hand or don’t speak,
and we decide your level of stupidity.
Shake your head as I curl thy lips,
you were crafted in the same...
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Categories:
metaphor, america, change, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
Looking Glass of DreamsI use philosophical musings,
My key maker is reverie,
A few attempts may be needed,
Alignment may not occur each time.
Upon success, the door opens,
A mirror stands there, devoid of reflection,
Then a ripple, whatever part of you hidden,
Manifests.
It...
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Categories:
metaphor, dark, deep, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
Dear Darling
Dear darling, you’re the apple dumpling of my eye,
You are early morning’s meadow larks’ lilting cry.
You’re my sunshine glimmering as noon time grows nigh.
To catch the brilliance of your rays always I will try.
You’re sweet...
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Categories:
metaphor,
Form: Alliteration
What About Me?As I sit back and reminisce about my day,
I ponder all the happenings that came to play.
All the concessions, all the bargaining, all the ways I gave in;
My stomach drops as if I've committed an...
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Categories:
metaphor, angst, conflict, how i
Form: Rhyme
Don't Look Closely *Some formulas took while most did not/Formulas that took are evidentiary in my efforts of show-casing the LOOK CLOSELY conceptual theory using TWO Poetic Forms: Concrete & ABC. Sadly, due its lack of artistic...
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Categories:
metaphor, analogy, art, cool, extended
Form: ABC
Categories:
metaphor, betrayal, bird, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
NOT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT
Not every river is january
not every carnival February
not all I that ask for grant
...
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Categories:
metaphor, allegory, allusion, analogy, extended
Form: Limerick
My messenger’s eyesExploratory research complete
Skid in shattering office windows
Ribboned lab coat flailing against sharp gusts
Etched in quartz tablet: Do Not Repeat....
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Categories:
extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Merry-Go-RoundSo sad to part with one so close to my heart;
But you had to mount that mad Merry-Go-Round.
I said from the start, your persona is art;
You must be seen and must see each sight...
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Categories:
life, love, metaphor,
Form: Ottava rima
YOUR EYES AND MINE
Your eyes, migrant boats
when they found mine
of frigate, experienced navigator
Then they asked me...
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Categories:
allegory, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
BecomingThe thing I look for,
That thing I become.
The perspective I carry,
On that road, I am buried.
The grave you fix for me,
In that place, I never return.
The proportion you hold for me,
Always be a negligible one.
The unquenchable...
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Categories:
confusion, desire, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
FishingI threw my fishing rod into murky waters
And, as you might have guessed, caught a lousy nothing.
But true as that may be, my bait worm was ate
Now I know there is something to catch.
So, I...
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Categories:
metaphor, allusion, anxiety, career, change,
Form: Free verse
The SymphonySometimes, always,
& rather unsurprisingly,
I start to wonder…
why...my heart cannot explain,
the corporeal notes,
of music,
in just a droplet,
of rain.
...
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Categories:
confusion, extended metaphor, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Checkmate You LoseDo you tremble,
as the monstrous cadence,
of the rhinoceros' stride reverberates,
like the buffalo's onslaught?
Vipers at the water's edge,
darting hither and thither,
not above but beneath the surface,
their sinuous silhouettes fabric of nightmares, tearing sinew from skeleton,
swifter than...
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Categories:
animal, dark, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Metaphor Poems
Read wonderful metaphor poetry on the following sub-topics:
animal, family, friends, football, kids, lion, love, loneliness, moon, nature, yourself
and more.
Definition | What is Metaphor in Poetry?
Poems Related to Metaphor
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