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Symbolism Poems | Examples of Symbolism Poetry

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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
Premium Member An Old Hand Reveals Itself
I see no sign of forced entry... just copper suns and cornflower blue, have you been here all this time? I don't remember inviting you, and now all my voices are a chatter, with threats I cannot construe. ...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, confidence, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Serpentine
"Serpentine" Give a woman enough rope and She’ll show you what hanging’s worth the life coiled around a body of work could be misconstrued serpentine She draws from the rock like it's Her cornerstone creation sexuality fertility the life force of our...Read the rest...
Categories: muse, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
ice ice lady
the snow falls on her her fingers red from the cold frozen winter bones...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, december, girl, mental health,
Form: Haiku
The Neverending Freight Train
My father explained it to me this way “It was like getting on a freight train. There was no getting off,” Those are the words he used when discussing commitment to my mother you see I tried to...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, analogy, beautiful, forgiveness, imagery,
Form: Free verse
The Official Comedy
Maybe I walk in your shoes, Perhaps you sleep like my loops, Probably, this is an unimaginable satire, Inside your head, I can never born again and be a disaster. Perhaps I am only your necessity, Probably, I walk on...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, anxiety, depression, feelings, irony,
Form: Free verse
Fragments
Living pigmentations of one’s imagination, Inferring colors makes our vision blurry, but the scorching sun rests our eyes once again. Fog covers the lenses of reality, making our eyes peel at the slightest sight of life....Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, angst, deep, life, poems,
Form: Acrostic
CROSSROADS
Well, here I am again… at my crossroads I can tell they are mine The marker I.D. reads “Between a rock and a hard place” “What a shameful disgrace As usual, I am not alone We are not born alone So,...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, destiny, journey, mythology, perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Hidden assets
Everything in your house is worth something -how bad do you need it?...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism,
Form: Monoku
I am Lost-contaminated
It’s hard for me to differentiate between Truth and lies.. it was hard to come to terms with the facts But right now, the fact is I’m lost I thought I was smarter i thought...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, deep, depression, light, loneliness,
Form: Free verse

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