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Symbolism Poems | Examples of Symbolism Poetry

Premium Member Unique Starry Shine In Your Eyes
The opaque grains of darkness drizzle silently from the curved cauldron of the seamless onyx sky. The silver embroidered satin tapestry rolls out from the copious cornucopia of the nascent night, as the twilight tinsels dissolve in azure...Read the rest...
Categories: love, star, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Sins of the flesh
Eros, his temple, night, fire burns higher/minds meld. Windows like eyes glow, flare and ebb set free....Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, symbolism,
Form: Cinquain



A land promised
The Promised land. For a while, I thought that was an actual place where you could go if you had his grace. As the wilderness was this dry, hot, deserted place, where people walked with...Read the rest...
Categories: faith, god, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Infamy
Vandals, graphity, is it an eye sore or art on the wall We all leave our mark Monumental or small Chiseled in stone Or in memories Don't be forgotten Like the wind on a breeze Whether it's grand or merrily a speck In infamy LIVE Without a...Read the rest...
Categories: courage, perspective, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Navie
Spiteful words spoken Cast shadows over the truth. Innocent in chains. Guilty tread the broken land Leaving stories unfinished. ...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, 12th grade, character, corruption,
Form: Tanka



Time
Time ticks by, an endless fading of lives awry. Time kicks and spins, but we never know where it begins. Time breeds pain and heartbreak, but not just that. Time breeds love and faith, and...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, beautiful, death, fate, myth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sparkle in Her Eyes
If I were a dewdrop, I'd wish I were a blossom. If I were a blossom, I'd wish I were a butterfly. If I were a butterfly, I'd wish I were a dewdrop. Where does all the wishing...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, baby, deep, granddaughter, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Generational Curse
It will be there in the morning It will be there at night Don your boxing gloves And swing with all your might You hit hard Though it’s never enough Be on your guard Things are about to get rough A never...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, abuse, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
A Deeper Reflection
I look into a mirror, Do I like what I see? Staring at my conscience, Reflecting back at me. Inside of this mirror, there’s always more. So don’t just look, at what’s lying on the shore. ...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, beautiful, character, deep, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Hire a Key
The queen has all the power while foot soldiers goad the king though he maybe important the church ahead of hymn as too crusading bishops diagonally move to sing the knights gallant in battle before a fall within the castle's rabble- rousers encircled...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, conflict, courage, games, power,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Surviving the Storm
Thrust within, I could not focus. Lights sizzled, blistering and slashing the jagged sky with vile lightening. Your visage materialized from nowhere, beckoning, guiding my path with sure wake safely to the shore. You became my anchored buoy. Just for you I inhale. My heart will always seek berth in your...Read the rest...
Categories: faith, love, storm, symbolism,
Form: Shadorma
Premium Member Tether
Is there any point to please thine eye if not reciprocated with a resonance more ...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, devotion, love, metaphor, romance,
Form: Free verse
if the sea ran dry
if the sea ran dry every soul would know it die; then be noticed...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, absence, betrayal, death, loneliness,
Form: Haiku
Skulls
Skulls and roses, skulls and crossbones, most of people who died alone. Skulls in corpses, skulls in the living, ‘til they decompose, protection is what they’re giving. Protect the mind, that tissue so soft, but...Read the rest...
Categories: religion, remember, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Disconnected
Disconnected In a world woven with wires, I stand still, a stranger in the hum of voices, the glow of screens reflecting a pale loneliness against my skin. Friendships flicker like dying flames, texts sent into the void, echoes of laughter lost in the...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, inspirational, poetry, poets, spoken
Form: Free verse

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