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The Hand's Hidden Rivers
The map etched deep, a cryptic, skin-worn chart,
No oceans blue, but valleys of the heart.
These lines of palm, a whispered, ancient script,
Where fate and chance in subtle shadows slipped.
A lifeline's curve, a river flowing slow,
Or...
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Categories:
metaphor, simile,
Form: Rhyme
Speechless Witness
A silent twin that stretches, shrinks, and sways,
A darkened mimic through the sunlit days.
No voice to speak, no hand to touch or hold,
A phantom presence, stories yet untold.
It dances with us in the morning's light,
A...
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Categories:
life, metaphor, simile,
Form: Rhyme
The Cruelty Of WealthWealth, a siren's charm, alluring and bright
A pillow's softness, a thimble's gentle might
It provides for earthly needs, a feast to behold
Yet, in its depths, a darkness unfolds
Oh, wealth! Where is thy dominion?
Poverty's cold grasp awaits,...
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Categories:
simile, allusion, hyperbole, imagery, irony,
Form: Blank verse
Obstreperous ThoughtsInside my head,
voices fight for dominance,
obstreperous thoughts clashing,
each demanding attention,
a symphony of dissonance,
a cacophony of self-doubt and dreams
I cannot silence them—
they...
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Categories:
simile, angst, dream, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
simile, allusion, creation, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Sam I amGreen Eggs and Ham
Bright is cleverer than smart
Take your time cosmic egg
Get there in this rhyme
Posses not my unconscious mind
Just like a seasoned ham
Essence of the soul
La Cremosa classical
Nursery book rhyme
Sam I am
Tall Tale...
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Categories:
simile, color, cute, dream, mystery,
Form: Free verse
I wish it was meAll I ask is a little love,
All I ask is a little time with you,
I know you hate me to the core,
I know you don’t love me anymore,
But why can’t I understand that,
Why am I...
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Categories:
simile, break up, cry, emotions,
Form: Free verse
MyselfThought by thought
Word by word
Piece by piece
I will put myself together
Because I am reborn
Loud and fiery
Colorful and sane, this time
I will reshape myself
No, I don't need your help
Swaying I will succeed
Laughing I will speak
I will...
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Categories:
simile, birth, character, creation, freedom,
Form: Free verse
LIKE BEESHived souls in oneness,
Sweetly working together:
We should live as bees:-
In divine labors of love,
Let us collectively live:-...
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Categories:
simile, allegory, analogy, encouraging, extended
Form: Tanka
TO BEING IN ASSURANCE OF SELFTO BEING IN ASSURANCE OF SELF***
In your life’s sojourn,
Step off in undying faith;
Hope leading you on:-
Fear not death’s shadows,
Let grace light up your pathway;
Reflecting the trek:-
Believing in God,
Also believe in yourself;
Team working life’s course:-
With...
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Categories:
simile, allegory,
Form: Prose
OF ANOTHER DAY'S DAWNINGOF ANOTHER DAY'S DAWNING
Like sunshine of day,
again I have a dawning;
labors of love waiting:-...
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Categories:
allegory, simile,
Form: Haiku
SELF GARDENINGIN LIFE’S BALL GAME
Don’t be a football,
Thrown and kicked down the field
Like rocks of nature:-
Rather, be a bouncing ball…
Sowing and reaping life’s goal:-
...
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Categories:
simile, 6th grade, basketball, encouraging,
Form: Tanka
Vulnerable LoveInhale me like DMT
And follow me into my dreams.
I'll show you things you've never seen
Because I exist in the 5D.
I'll make you trip on reality
And help change your mentality.
You will find me where you clear...
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Categories:
simile, deep, feelings, how i
Form: Rhyme
Chronicles of the wayfaring seaThe sea stretches across a vast expanse
Blue and white, do the waves prance
As a boat struggles to stay afloat
When the waves draw themselves to their height entire
The folks crouch down and say oh sire!
Spare...
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Categories:
simile, allegory, allusion, analogy, creation,
Form: Free verse
Unfinished
like
dragonfly
with
broken
wing
unfinished
dreams
never
take
flight
...
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Categories:
simile,
Form: Verse
Specific Types of Simile Poems
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animal, christmas, dogs, family, funny, kids, life, love, metaphor, mother, nature, ocean, spring,
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Definition | What is Simile in Poetry?