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Categories:
dark, gothic, horror, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Time will tell What time it isBorn alone, die alone, time is so, I don't know
slow than fast, blowing past, grown attached, to life alone
Idle time, The devil's ground, mess around, and find a zone
A mile wide, and getting out,...
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Categories:
encouraging, life, magic, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Where The River CriesThe poet hears the river’s cry
In the flow of waters going by
Ebb and flow, calm and storm
The poet finds the river’s form
In verse – in words that soothe and lift
The river’s wound the water shifts...
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Categories:
metaphor, poetry, poets, river,
Form: Couplet
Categories:
allusion, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
The Conversation of SleepI 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.
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Categories:
dark, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
sweet nippy spring.
whoa wit that wind spring
whilst the flower front mine blooms
...
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Categories:
beautiful, blessing, metaphor, muse,
Form: Haiku
As My Body RotsAs I succumb to the wounds you've inflicted
gasping for air, for life,
eyes bloodshot, cheeks wet,
Will you love me then?
My cold, bloodied body will lay lifeless in your bed,
my crimson seeping into the sheets.
What will you...
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Categories:
metaphor, conflict, dark, heartbreak, love,
Form: Free verse
My Now is Just Your ThenAs the clocks creep,
unknown...
again,
my summer's call,
of Calendulas,
and Cotswold stone,
crumbles,
in compliance,
that this, beauty,
cannot be…here,
just for me,
alone.
...
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Categories:
beauty, extended metaphor, history,
Form: Free verse
Under Clearer SkiesUnderneath cloudy morning skies,
we can touch the rain,
we can feel our pain,
we can witness sorrow.
Underneath clearer afternoon skies,
we can observe the light,
we can experience warmth,
we can feel the sun,
then maybe everyone,
will somehow see tomorrow.
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Categories:
metaphor, morning, pain, rain,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
extended metaphor, sea,
Form: Monoku
The Two WitnessesGod 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...
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Categories:
christian, extended metaphor, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Punctuationship When I met you, I was uncertain.
I kept my love behind a curtain.
Upon our romance we did embark,
But was I just a question mark?
You were exciting. You were sure.
In your feeling, you were secure.
You won...
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Categories:
humor, metaphor, relationship,
Form: Quatrain
When Silence Speaks"When Silence Speaks" poetry contest.
Sponsor: Craig Cornish
2nd Place.
Date Submitted: 07/05/2024
the air conditioner soothing my heated skin
fire brick curtains with their red dyed orange
bumblebee rays peeking through gaps in between,
they have so much...
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Categories:
change, metaphor, mirror, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
The Third Wind1st wind, childhood
2nd wind, jobs, career
3rd wind, elder life.
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Categories:
adventure, life, meaningful, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
off wit the slops.
noth'n sounds more sweeter
than
the jamaican windz help'n
the salty wet slap 'gainst mine
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Categories:
metaphor, adventure, allegory, beautiful, blue,
Form: Romanticism
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?
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