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Allusion Poems | Examples of Allusion Poetry

Allusion Poems - Examples of all types of allusion 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 allusion.
Premium Member EVERYBODY SHOULD WRITE POETRY
I believe everybody should and can Write poetry or at least one or A few poems every now and then. You should begin with reading poems The more you read the better you Will write. The more you write....Read the rest...
Categories: absence, allusion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member My ballet shoes
My ballet shoes have a name, undisguised among a multitude. They dance free all over, without a name. My dancing shoes are old, great enough for the right feet to keep on dancing. My ballet shoes only fit my feet to be...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, adventure, allusion, culture,
Form: Free verse
Who started?
One day I decided a book I wanted to write, ,,Waiting on the back of the line" - pushing myself backwards. But everything has to need sense set me of, writing structure is though. It isn't natural...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion,
Form: Alexandrine
race riot
Race riot I went to a dancing competition, little did I know it was naked dancing by grotesque old people the young in the audience laughed till their faces became a mask of horror, looking  at their future someone pointed at...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, allusion, write,
Form: Blank verse
a barron coast
looking into the horizon I see things as they once were all drawn in sharp colors and defined lines now fading as time travels from one point to the next I see all in my dusty history images tattered and bled...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, allusion, angst, creation,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Blooming
Light finds its way to come through, after a nightmare at night heart beats fast. My dog is lying next to me, I open the blinds another morning to see. Sadness invades me, you are not with me. Alone in the bed, clouds and...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, allusion, best friend,
Form: Free verse
DREAMS
Written by owen hamalala All copyright to H2O Why should I dream when all My dreams are a land were nothing ever grows or a place that is hopeless, Were dreams are regarded As fantasy and nightmares As we smoke our Dreams to...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, thank you,
Form: Acrostic
NO PLACE FOR POETS
There is no place for the poet... We are all lost In our last stages, without having time To leave...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member the order of the day
the most direct line to heaven ~ is to circumvent hell on the way but will they admit you ~ for seeing the devil and swerving away said the millionaire to his driver ~ who...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, irony, perspective,
Form: Monoku
KALI MAA: THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU SCREAM
I swear to tell you the truth Nothing but the truth But your heart is so feeble And your spirit so brittle A whiff of it will make you syncope A little tyrant I am glad...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, allusion, dark, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Delphic
The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson The tow’ring trees with their branches widespread Sift light which falls like a golden shower (As when Zeus to Danaë’s chamber came) Reaching the moist...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, fantasy, mythology, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THIS LOVE BETWEEN US
What is love between two People? What can it ever be equal? It is, is it Unspeakable unthinking unthinkable? Can you think about it before the FACT? What is the AFTERMATH? After after You have loved enough? You have enough Love....Read the rest...
Categories: africa, allusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THIS SPACE
Look at that here ooh hey look There how beautiful to see all Around me surroundings astounding To be here in this vast forever. Look Over there endless never every where! All there is was it always ever every Time...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, deep, devotion,
Form: Free verse
I Am Fearless
I am becoming. I am shedding skin to Divest. I am developing. I am no longer preparing For something. I am depending on myself To know when it's time To cut the string And let the end Become not an elusive thing But a...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Wounded Hero
Yesterday's heartaches fade away, but their memories tend to stay. And though love has no guarantee, it's the key to setting you free. Clinging to unreconciled fears, you blame fate for your years of tears. And erect emotional walls, discouraging love when...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, angst, anxiety, emotions,
Form: Rhyme

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Definition | What is Allusion in Poetry?


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