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MatchmakerAppeal to my twelfth,
to my less sensible measure,
as I, in turn, remember why it is,
my moon might resolve herself,
to such earthly pleasures,
when she agrees,
to gift you my heart,
becoming an unseen part,
of this...
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Categories:
symbolism, desire, devotion, love, moon,
Form: Lyric
guiltguilt. Guilt guilt
my very bodily make up
my life’s Romance after romance.
Every roadmap has led to this single moment
dark, black sludge that starts slowly at the toes
slowly makes its way over...
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Categories:
symbolism, deep, emotions, feelings, freedom,
Form: Free verse
The Lavender Lays DeadNight and day, I have wept,
for the lavender lays dead,
& my locks have disintegrated,
down to the screw.
What am I to do?
When all hope is lost,
except extend my apology,
& find another place,
to pull me out...
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Categories:
symbolism, allegory, death, deep, flower,
Form: Free verse
LilithAs a figure in history and legend, she is mythic
but was regarded as parasitic and horrific.
She was demonized and dehumanized;
a woman so fiery,
known for notoriety and impropriety;
a mistress of seduction,
corruption and obstruction,
haughtiness and ungodliness.
Banished...
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Categories:
gender, myth, symbolism, woman,
Form: Rhyme
I See in VioletMay's tempest doth rumble,
I think she took my bait,
her violet respire,
reciprocates my elate,
while the raindrops weave,
in hallucinations,
that speak to my fate.
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Categories:
symbolism, deep, fate, magic, nature,
Form: Lyric
Mobius ThreadBringer of ghosts
Wandering through
Memory threads a same needle.
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Categories:
symbolism, adventure, imagery, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Lilith
I am Lilith, like a ghost pipe
under oak shadows of Tomorrow River Valley
hiding in-between hours, roots sipping moonlit juice
borrowed from Eden, a deception of men ascending
into the hollow of my forgotten stories—
awaiting Judgment and Consumption,
theirs...
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Categories:
symbolism, analogy, endurance, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
The PassengerPassenger of past lives,
paint thy cloth,
a lively hue,
of journeys prior,
when our skies were new,
wild, the virgin, above bucolic land,
before her windflowers were scattered,
and the fields toiled by hand.
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Categories:
symbolism, beautiful, history, immigration, myth,
Form: Free verse
Smokey Filled Speak Easy
In the dim-lit alley of the soul's bazaar,
Were jazz and jive spill from ajar,
We tap our feet, snap fingers, under stars,
And speak in verses, raw and without pause.
The city breathes, a living, pulsing beat,
Its heart...
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Categories:
symbolism, 6th grade, anxiety, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
ToxinTaken from the chosen reality, have the locks of the celestial Edens gate been opened by the stained keys of a belladonna bloom, where the palate of its enchanting toxins have been sown as hells...
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Categories:
symbolism,
Form: Free verse
ArmbandsAs every fear speaks with the tide,
I keep pushing each arm to abide,
as I gain on the water,
with nowhere left to swim,
or hide,
I keep pushing,
for the seas to confide....
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Categories:
symbolism, courage, extended metaphor, growth,
Form: Free verse
A Celestial TrapGot stuck in a celestial trap,
Found myself nowhere within the gap.
Fell only for the crap,
Driving me insane with this verbose map!
Poke my nose, pinch my ear,
Don't want to reach near those lusty deer.
Pierced by your Cupid's arrow,
Never learned before...
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Categories:
symbolism, blessing, emotions, funny love,
Form: Rhyme
Glass in the IronA fragment of glass in the iron,
can't you see it? It's here!
Almost heart shaped enough,
to alter one's perception,
as the beats depart,
only to reappear.
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Categories:
symbolism, anxiety, conflict, emotions, extended
Form: Free verse
My Hearts GardenCrafts loves this is a mystery I see
I didn’t know I suffer the same fate
I too have a garden, mahogany
Vines twist rocks onyx and alabaster
Oaks and ember leaves in zeal flutter light
Azure sky cast a...
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Categories:
symbolism, dark, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
She's my sunShe 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...
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Categories:
symbolism, appreciation, beautiful, sun, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Symbolism Poems
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