Captain ArcaroGallop vapor folded aluminum mare resonator
Sun spits decorative decimals bleeding metal
Scatter the hourglass pearl crown tidewater brine dusk
Tongue sings driftwood bone galleys
Captain Arcaro flew sideways through time,
his boots full of fishbones,
his teeth tuned to minor seventh.
The geese were his crew—
not honking but howling,
in saxophone wails and accordion rhythms.
Their wings left chalk outlines on the...
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Categories:
africa, allegory, america, animal,
Form: Light Verse
POLITICAL SPRINGAlthough it is spring,
Cold political raindrops
Continue to fall:-
But do not worry,
“God’s gon trouble tha water…”,
Damming injustice:
In the renewal of spring,
We shall also overcome:-
...
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Categories:
allegory, inspirational, metaphor, nature,
Form: Free verse
Ant On A LogOnce there was a log
Floating downstream
On a swift-flowing river
Towards a sawmill.
And, on that log,
Perched on a loose patch of bark,
Behind a broken limb,
There was an ant.
The ant didn’t know about the sawmill.
He did not hear the rushing water.
He couldn’t tell the size of the log,
Or perceive the danger he was in.
On that piece of bark,...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
POETIC GIGGING: Apropos Of My Hot ToddyAfter a tired
labor of love day
got on the Trane
and after a few Miles
I reached Monk
later laying
back travelling
towards Sarah
and Nina
and after
getting Dizzy
headed West
boarded Bird
flying onto Art
leaving me
to ink
this poetic flow
I’m sharing with you
before my melatonin
MJQ disembark
to peacefully Cannonball
deeply into
poetic gigging…
...
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Categories:
allegory, deep, emotions, music,
Form: Free verse
The CurcumstancesIs Calvinism the cousin of Providence
And Mystery the brother of Fate
Does Liberty relate to Religion
And do Laws protect or berate
Can Unity support Division
Or Loves opposite other than Hate
Can Truth be hidden from leaders
and multiply the problems we face
Can Time be suspended
By the simple act of Faith
Can Salvation find the Needy
Before it is too late...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
CRUCIFIED RESURRECTED TREECRUCIFIED RESURRECTED TREE
Sage crucified tree,
gray, and buck naked, granted
spring's resurrection...
...
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Categories:
allegory,
Form: Haiku
Night TerrorsRunning down Chicago Ave barefoot brain buzzing hymns and static, neon crucifix blinking above a bodega, the gospel of smoke and piss, all-night diner flickering with ghosts of jukeboxes past—she laughs in her sleep, god I miss her already, dreaming of Congo drums, 3AM baptisms, ash on my tongue and wind in my coat, don’t...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
That Got-Dog-It MomentThat Got-Dog-It Moment
With star-staring eyes,
that disdained look loudly speaks:
"I got to go squat!"
...
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Categories:
allegory,
Form: Haiku
THUNDERING HEART RAININGRAINING HEARTBEAT
My supreme heartbeat.
echoing sweet thunder, as
its cloud, raindrops love:-...
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Categories:
allegory,
Form: Haiku
American madness a fury unboundAmerican madness, a fury unbound,
A lost nation teeters beyond solid ground.
We've crossed the stark line, flags droop low and still,
The hour grows late; has reason lost its will?
I walk as a stranger in this fractured land,
Where those I believed would lend a saving hand
Have turned, it seems, their faces from the light.
This country I knew...
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Categories:
allegory, america, anger, art,
Form: Rhyme
my soul in foreign lands, forgotten 2
A soul's etched cartography
compasses spins a needle frantic
above a parchment of skin.
A map…
Each line a river I've drowned in,
blood I waded and divide
each faded scar
a language scarlet, unfound!
My soul no longer shapes
foreign land of waste annihilates
behind my eyes...!
I see nothing
deserts exhale silent sacred sands…
Hearts pulse with unheard drums
an archway to oblivion...
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Categories:
allegory, art, conflict, dark,
Form: Free verse
my soul in foreign lands, forgotten 1
The map unrolls, a skin of dust,
where landmarks shift like whispers lost to a gust.
I trace a fracture, jagged, unfamiliar...
A place where my phantom feet wandered, chillier
than memory allows. A tongue they spoke is lost,
A melody unheard, for a dearly paid-for cost.
within the crumbling walls of an infernal keep,
A cracked, blackened mirror shows a face,...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, art, dark,
Form: Free verse
A Muggy Day in AssamThe air is heavy—
like a warm, wet blanket wrapped around everything.
The sun?
Hiding behind a cloud,
like it doesn’t want to deal with the day.
The Brahmaputra flows—
slow, wide, calm.
It mirrors the dull sky,
grey and tired like it skipped breakfast.
The trees don’t move.
Not even a whisper of wind.
Just leaves, soaked with sweat,
hanging there like they’ve given up.
The cicadas...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse
to blooming onkeep on becoming,
let mind, spirit, and soul sprout;
blooming your nature:-
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Categories:
allegory, encouraging, growing up,
Form: Haiku
ROOTED AND GROWINGrooted and growing
Forgiven and sowed...
rooted in God's love garden...
growing gracefully...
...
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Categories:
allegory, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Allegory Poems
Definition | What is Allegory in Poetry?
Poems Related to Allegory
figuration, parable, emblem, myth, symbol, story, tale, moral, fable, symbolism, apologue, symbolization, typification,