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Metaphor Grief Poems

These Metaphor Grief poems are examples of Grief poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Grief Metaphor poems written by international poets.


Touch
The fire crackles—I take the heat,
but my hands pass through my frozen skin.
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© Ananya Dey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grief, 10th grade, dark, deep,



Frost’s bite
When the first wave came and pulled a soul away, I continued on searching for shells in its wake. 

When the winds revved up and...

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© Abbie King  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grief, imagery, metaphor, storm,

Death's wings
The only time I was ever happy
Was when we,
Grandma and I sang songs of old times
It made me feel so safe and yes,
I believed nothing...

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Categories: grief, 10th grade, 9th grade,

Hurricane
I start my day with the rising sun,
Got a lot of work before the day is done,
Back breaking and mind racing again,
I may stumble every...

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Categories: angst, crazy, depression, grief,

Premium Member TEARS OF JOY
Tears of Joy
God cried today; His tears fertilized 
       Mother Earth’s womb; 
The fragrance of nature saturated the air.

Tomorrow...

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Categories: absence, celebration, death, grief,



Caw
I hear your call; I call you back
On raven wings we soar as one –
We fly midnight between the suns
The gift of madness on our...

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Categories: flying, grief, metaphor, raven,

Epiphany
Reflecting its neighbourhood,
The lake water shone yellow.
Resembling a synchronisation of saturation 
With the setting sun.
Seizing green colour of the grasses 
The sun painted them gold.

Engrossed...

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© Tapan Nath  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grief, age, death, extended metaphor,

The Stray
I was born in the sunshine of your house.
I remember the soft fold of your smile,
As you read me bedtime stories,
Sprouting in my memory,
The fall...

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© Cat Bevins  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grief, addiction, change, depression, emotions,

My heart is a graveyard
My heart is a graveyard,
Where i buried the people
Who never returned, leaving me
Haunted by their broken promises. 

The chambers carry the hidden scars,
And the ashes...

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Categories: anxiety, grief, growing up,

In marked territory
When my inkless isles 
become drenched 
   with icy wintergreen embers 
of apologetic auroras ~ 
 and l i f e loses its...

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Categories: grief, angst, betrayal, dark, deep,

Petals of Pain
Once upon a time, 
when juliet was a jewel 
of psychedelic phrases ~ 
steering rubies of romance 
to distant shores, 
where sapphire seafoam 
had never...

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Categories: grief, anger, dark, deep, emotions,

Cerberus Sonnet
when mortal coil doth — dearest tomb keeper,
shroud the vibrant hue — of the dark and cold.
of life's brief candle — grant me one more...

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Categories: grief, beautiful, beauty, break up,

Premium Member As the City Sleeps
I mourn. 

For the houses, 
as their lights die out.

One, by one. I stop.

I start to see…

Through the other side of glass, 
as the city...

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Categories: grief, introspection, metaphor, night,

November
For some reason not even the earth could change my mind
The wind banging against my ears
And the dark night couldn't disguise it.
The oak trees could...

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Categories: angst, grave, grief, mental

Born a Sacrifice
The classic tale Centuries-old
through self-owned reliance
a hero rises from the cold
But Within these chapters carefully hidden
Upon the pages where this story is written
Between the lines...

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Categories: grief, caregiving, conflict, dark, desire,


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