Best Allusion Poems
Below are the all-time best Allusion poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of allusion poems written by PoetrySoup members
The RoseThis is not a poem about a rose
Nor a poem about diligence and beauty
Today, I sit and stare at the walls
Walls that...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, death, depression,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Beautiful Mirror-Escape of the mountain-
Do you care about my breast?
The new curve - countryside corset
The beauty of every summer dress
Laying down, wearing out gravity
Embracing...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, cancer, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Like Ice --- the Waltz"Black Ice"
Sorrow flows from the first sunrise
Eyes deeper than winter and rainfall
A painful combination never felt before
At core death awaits
-...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, color, dance,
Form:
Alliteration
Of InkPartial Paper - A Poet Heart-
When ink carries its final tune
Moonshine-like liquid sweeps the mind
Bottles of ink will fill the pen
Composing a symphony on...
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Categories:
allusion, art, beauty, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Unseen Rainbow
I've never ever seen her face,
but in my mind, she's the color of love
Black
strong like dark coffee
She wakes you up early in the morning,
gives...
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Categories:
allusion, beauty, love, rainbow,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
EscapeEscape
Introducing: Carl Fraser & Poet Destroyer
Oh Paint me a far away horizon
Across a tranquil azure sea,
Where sits a peaceful deserted island
Where no one lives but...
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Categories:
allusion, blessing, dream, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Love's SilenceTo count the ways, I dare to comprehend
such finite love defined in written line,
for quantity shall never find an end
to love that lets infinity...
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Categories:
allusion, art, love,
Form:
Sonnet
Porcelain DollPorcelain doll, with a face so pretty
a country gal, ran away to the city
Worked in a bar, dancing on tables
beat shovelling sh-it,...
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Categories:
age, allusion, girl, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Ordinary ManSnow is falling and floods are flowing,
people dying and children keep crying,
but he's just an ordinary man,
sitting there watching TV.
Icebergs melting and penguins starving,
men in...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, political, pollution,
Form:
Free verse
The Four SeasonsThe Four Seasons…
It was spring and I was young when I had wine.
I was singing and dancing and doing fine.
The wine was so divine,...
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Categories:
age, allegory, allusion, seasons,
Form:
Rubaiyat
PlaygroundPlayground…
Playground…
I am making decisions every morning,
None of them comes along with any warning.
To go right or to go left, which one is right?
Living in darkness...
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Categories:
age, allusion, anger,
Form:
Masnavi
Train of ThoughtAm I dreaming
or have I dreamt myself awake
I can’t seem to discern
between real and fake
What’s right
What’s wrong
which direction
should I take
Am I...
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Categories:
allusion, anxiety, child, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
A Mountain From a PileHow far do the ripples spread, when eventually we die
Probably stay in the locality, level off, no major outcry
But let’s say we’re famous, suffering...
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Categories:
allusion, corruption, prejudice, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Let Me Own the NightLet me own the Night
Let the others play on bright sun-filled days,
in song and merriment, play on.
Let me own the shadows that seep into...
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Categories:
allusion, metaphor, morning, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
allusion, sunset, winter,
Form:
Nonet