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Metaphor Poems | Examples of Metaphor Poetry

Metaphor Poems - Examples of all types of metaphor poetry to share and read. This list of metaphor poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of metaphor poetry. This list of works about metaphor is an excellent resource for examples on how to write metaphor poems.
Premium Member Children of Summer
Children of summer yearn for Gemini moon. To gaze at porcelain light beaming from high. As twilight kisses stars in mild midnight June, stalwart sun-kissed blooms soar towards sable sky. Soul's at peace, fusing with nature's mellow tune, but knowing...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, metaphor, summer,
Form: Ottava rima



Flies of Fate
Fly! Fly! Fly! In the field of Reeds, Walk through golden breeze, Smell the scent of allure, Clear sky and clearer mind. Fate! Fate! Fate! Promise me the world over, Promise me you wouldn't leave the prey. Destroy all I love. Grant me...Read the rest...
Categories: death, fate, fear, metaphor,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member I Am a River That Writes Out of Time
The delicate rumble of hiraeth, approaches my quill, beyond the water’s decree, ...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, art, history, introspection, longing,
Form: Lyric
'gainst mine reason
. slow your ...Read the rest...
Categories: character, metaphor,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Within
Trapped inside... cannot speak... like a hostage... vulnerable and weak... silent screams... breath so deep...   pray for release... in an unconscious sleep... the depth of pain... lies dormant and caged... matter of time... before fully enraged... silent whispers... circling its prey... carefully rehearsing... it must have its way.. it feeds on...Read the rest...
Categories: confusion, fear, life, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme



succubus'd
. i'm trying mine awful best girl if you'd just stop staring at ...Read the rest...
Categories: character, metaphor,
Form: Ode
understanding
Who doesn't know how forgive men's faults, will Not know well What...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Lasting Impression
I see...a little differently, perhaps, the last impressionist, fluent in colour and free, and then, I remember... I haven't got my glasses on, and trip into a tree....Read the rest...
Categories: art, extended metaphor, fun,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member I Whom AM SCENT OF a FLOWER-
so am a flower scented is my heart blossom smells aromatic ~ butterfly hoovers hoovering lighting on my bod I a flower 6/5/24 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024© ...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, analogy, appreciation, butterfly, engagement,
Form: Haiku
Understanding Space
The spilling of a brain, Thoughts that can’t be contained, The crumbling membrane. An agnostic wreck that cries out I’m four years old 5,6,14,17 A botanical solar system expect all of the plants are dead. Everywhere you look in my museum, There is...Read the rest...
Categories: environment, extended metaphor, growing
Form: Free verse
Mirrored Canvas
If only you could see me, like the way I see you.. I've been around a long time, I have an insight view. Your journey has been long, and full of ups and downs.. I know.. because I've...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, character, dark, evil, identity,
Form: Rhyme
A Reason
Wrinkled edges in my youth Flesh, proximal to the bones "solarised" Melanin, kindred to burnt sacrifice Sketched bruises, signs of storms weathered The "hour glass", a testimony of lemons through sands Stitches in pattens...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, emotions, endurance, humanity, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Of dreams and reality
just pour me a drink, love, deep from your cold heart, I shall sip slowly, reality that’s life, share your frozen bosom, once of me a part, chill facts, parting ways, you shall not be my wife, let dreams...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, drink, extended metaphor,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Where Dandelions Dance in the Cracks
I cannot envisage a better place, hidden away and out of pace, the castle walls, a cloche, a dandies confection, this scene plays out, to me, to be perfection. ...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, beauty, dance, endurance, extended
Form: Lyric
Under Your Spell
Fair are my dream souvenirs of flowery fields. Fairer still are my thoughts of you when I awake. The magic of your memory over me wields A secret sorcery that only you can make. I am completely yours, my...Read the rest...
Categories: feelings, love, metaphor,
Form: Sonnet

Specific Types of Metaphor Poems

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