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Symbolism Poems | Examples of Symbolism Poetry

Symbolism Poems - Examples of all types of symbolism poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for symbolism.
She-my sun
She is distant but warm, She doesn’t need to be spoken to, or be touched to be known. I’ve travelled great distances in my life, But she’s the only constant I’ve known. I see her everyday through all...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, appreciation, beautiful, sun, sunshine,
Form: Free verse



Typical Destiny
In the journey of life, when paths seem unclear, Take up the book, let wisdom appear. With stick in hand, carve your own way, Through challenges and trials, come what may. Luck may falter, but faith holds strong, With pen...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, beautiful, books, confidence, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Touch O' Light
Mine o’ quick heart, 'neath powdered mist o’ light, Before dawn's chance to sway thy command, Hold me here, still, delay this cloak o’ night, And return my love with thy gentlest hand. Tell the story o’...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, devotion, emotions, longing, love,
Form: Sonnet
Do It Anyways
The wind blows in any desired style Any day every once in a while, Man's comments to it are just a riffraff pile. The sun will give you some chilli sensation, With no fear for it needs to take...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, character, growth, inspiration, remember,
Form: Carpe Diem
Premium Member The Symphony
Sometimes, always, & rather unsurprisingly, I start to wonder… why...my heart cannot explain, the corporeal notes, of music, in just a droplet, of rain. ...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, confusion, extended metaphor, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Dark
Dark is the light in us all Death destruction and poverty consumes all But there is a light A light so bright A light in us all In a world full of complexities The light seems to fade Humanity in...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, mystery, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Conversation of Sleep
I dreamt only of green alkanet. One by one, I'd see another, mutilate my view, talking in tongues of five, as they destroy the delicate balance, between this world and new. ...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, dark, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
A Rose's Wisdom
Beauty hides beneath open yourself up to it but beware its thorns...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, conflict, dark, meaningful, perspective,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Two Witnesses
God spoke to men in visions and dreams. Their words are like unpolluted streams, offering dying souls life-giving drink, and giving hope to those on the brink. These witnesses, both the old and the new, were written down by a...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, christian, extended metaphor, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
The Great Indian Kitchen
In my kitchen's grasp, where spices hop free, Whispers of our memories, in each recipe. Khichdi's humble grace, a bow to our roots, In grains and lentils, tradition assent. Herbal notes linger, a fragrant ballet, a scenic design. As...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, culture, family, grandmother, hindi,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Paradox of Time Reborn
The sun, resplendent in its blazing might, Burns fiercely o'er a barren, lifeless waste, A desert dry and vast where earth is scorched By searing radiation, deathly bright. No sign of life but one lone phoenix flies, Soaring precarious, close...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, allegory, creation, death, destiny,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member I See Tremors
I see tremors… dancing between the dust, as the sunlight hits your hands, they recite their symphony, of silence, for me… from a distant land. ...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, beauty, dance, deep, imagery,
Form: Lyric
Sterling
Shall there be a soothing rest within the arms of a shallow grove, from whence the aches of an early dawn arise in its  presence, as a burning flame before the veiled eyes of a...Read the rest...
Categories: love, symbolism, truth,
Form: Free verse
The flame in the heart
Don't give them power I, the fuel to my fire Can walk out through dark...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, love, motivation, passion, pride,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Stain Crusaders
"The Stain Crusaders" Plath left the pages long ago and Bacharach’s Blue-on-Blue is an ineffectual softer numb-shade-of-Blue dear green green Anthropocene this much is true with all the I love you’s the wandering crusaders are far far removed sitting atop their soap boxes sudsing...Read the rest...
Categories: blue, dark, green, symbolism,
Form: Free verse

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