Extended Metaphor Poems | Examples of Extended Metaphor Poetry

Opened the doors wide, To the soft morning light, And the grey windows too, For the morning breeze. Love alone, we thought, Will teach them the 'hows' To pat-hug with gentle care, While holding them dear. Let it slide and slip away, we told our silly selves— let the slimy words go, Numb the heavy hands. Turn a little deaf today, To all the bruising noise, Turn a...

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Ariana shrugged facing Josh’s mocking clap the stringy harmonica rang acrobatically on the streetlights. He handed her a firebomb, eyes sharp as vinegar. They ran across the hot asphalt, watching the brass kite rise. Both caught in the whirlpool of the maze, they guided the trumpet, mandolin filling the air, sinking into the smokehouse. Her jacket flared,...

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Once 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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Hey, why are you copying me? Every word I say you just repeat. Lose the mocking attitude, please?! Look at you, you're even trying to be me! Overy and out, you're only just a tease....

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I have met you in my mind, You have been a reflection of my desire. I have worshipped you in my favourite mirror, You have been a quiet echo in others’ eyes. I never judged you inside the canvas, Never found you in my head, Never placed you on the stage, Never let you out of my heart. So many people to see, So...

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"Arrogance, a harmful disease, Never keeps human souls at ease ...

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People say that you can’t tell the difference of a scream of joy from a scream of pain. A scream of pain is a scream of anger Guttural, loud, violent , Gunfire that is ricocheting Through your mind, body, soul. A scream of joy is a breath of fresh air, A sense of calm that is washed over you. While...

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rooted and growing Forgiven and sowed... rooted in God's love garden... growing gracefully... ...

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I found it curled in the shadow of what used to be a hospital. A slow hunch of fur, the color of old bark—like the forest had tried to grow itself a question. It didn’t look surprised to see me. Just blinked, as if measuring whether I was worth the glance. I sat cross-legged beside it, tore foil from a protein bar— offered the whole...

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Wrench the pages from my worn hands as my voice shatters Leave it aflame as the embers rise, my soul now scattered Within the bounds of sanity, I try, try to claw and scrape A restless spector of taunt as I endeavour to escape Concealment shant queal it, it lingers, never away Perpetual pulverization, lo, shall the ashes stay I’ll lay...

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In the vast expanse of life's dark space, Be patient, tough, like stars that grace The endless night with steady light— Guiding you through the hardest fight. This pain, a comet's fiery trail, Will blaze a path where dreams prevail. For one day, through the cosmic storm, Your strength will shine, your heart transform....

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[for contest : I AM Sponsor : Unseeking Seeker Date submitted: 21/4/25 ] I AM I am that I am SourceLight within my Innermost Heart unique fractal of Divinity ever evolving spiralling ascending deathless ageless is my Soul I am that I am God resides within me dimensional life my colourful expression my Void encompasses all beginnings and every ending light...

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The whirlpool stars of the Milky Way appeared when she was feeling grey. Mother-of-pearl constellations shimmered across her skin in the candlelight. Saturn’s red rings spiraled wildly at her climax— A solar flare unleashed in breathless surrender. Turquoise desire bled into solemn greys, And those greys married verdant dreams, swirling in slow motion. To gaze at her was to weightless drift...

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Annunciated, Germinated, seed of God; Blooming in heaven: Scenting the foul air of earth With his divine peace and love:- ...

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Like an albatross enfolded around my silencing throat, squeezing ever tighter, asphyxiating on sins not of my own. A scarlet letter has been placed upon my weeping chest; without hesitation, punishment has been handed down. Rusted shackles placed around pleading ankles. "I'm innocent," I whimper, yet the hushed...

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