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Symbolism Poems | Examples of Symbolism Poetry

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Premium Member No Looking Back
P r o c r a s t i n a t i o n Seems doggedly determined To anchor me...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, motivation, symbolism,
Form: Alliteration
Solus
An owl descends from cloudy grey skies, Dropping alongside a single tear. It dares not speak to the owner - only keeping company. Quiet, solitary company. It knows what tears are – for when alone, the tears of its mother skies above are all...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, cry, loneliness, solitude, sorrow,
Form: Free verse



Something Afar
Cobwebs hung in dust of stars the moon a cracked pale marble balanced on a razor’s edge Pools of sun rays n midnight bars Phantom voices call me, from afar Things seen; springs ring echoes Fade as headlights blaze...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, allegory, angst, art, dark,
Form: Free verse

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Fall
There’s a girl, her name’s Michelle, She hides her heart away Behind the lights, the masks, the roles And the plays, Afraid to love, Afraid to break Her smile is a mask, And her tears form a lake You see her upon...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, celebrity, courage, cry, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
2024-7-29
Day after day for decades, away the ocean waves wash the Apostles pieces by pieces. Hourd by hours some projects drain people's time and energy bits by bits. Now, only 6+ Apostles left standing there smiley. Who...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, devotion, emotions, feelings, nature,
Form: Free verse



Roses
It’s almost laughable how often I’m found rotting inside myself. Knees curled to my chest, lungs expanding and hesitating. Sobs racking my body in violent tremors. Silent. Exhaling jagged breaths with trembling fingers. You should...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, anger, depression, family, heart,
Form: Free verse
Before they go
Catch the waves Before they go Catch the waves Gentle, quiet. Catch them quick Dabble, ripple in them And set asail – On your journey afresh Before they rage In mountainous forms Of dark fury And fiery froths – Before they rock the Ship asunder – Devouring, consuming In their...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, allusion, imagery, meaningful, sea,
Form: Free verse
Wall
I lie down in my four-poster bed, facing the pale yellow wall. The same that I see above, behind my headboard, opposite me. I drown in the sickly pale. I dare not turn around to...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, extended metaphor, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Free verse
The Other Half of Me
Many years ago, I’d been seeing My whole life in front of me. Like a tale, I could tell how it’d end, By simply looking at how it begins. Thinking I’d been born this way, Without any luck. With no other...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, growth, introspection, longing, loss,
Form: Narrative
Silver snowflakes
silver snowflakes shine showing seasonal secrets slumbers stayed somber...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, imagery, seasons, sleep, snow,
Form: Haiku
Purely psychosomatic
Where liveth preen for empathy Drew ragged, Poor sawbones perscribed "where in pain warrants lithe deformities" Swimming, Loathed from the east Collared, Hung dry, Pruned by the sweat of a racing night When in dawn's bleached seamstress Sought a grim vow Erelong...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, absence, deep, depression, feelings,
Form: Free verse
The Hound of Sleep
I see thee yet, mine eyes on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Thus to mine eyes, o'er th'one half world 'pon the sacred curtained sleep, Seek thou sure and firm, set stepp'd earth nigh summon...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, blessing, deep, depression, farewell,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tangerine Sky
Lost and floundering in an unwholesome fog, time stood as if in freeze-framed mental log; roiling clouds swirled and hovered beneath the sun, Tangerine streaks sketched on the horizon. Amazing was this view and it...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, angel, appreciation, beauty, depression,
Form: Rhyme
To Be A Poem
If to be a sonnet is to be vain, then to be a sonnet is to be a friend. If to be a limerick is to be laughed at, then to be a limerick is...Read the rest...
Categories: symbolism, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lull
Bitter winter. Thief of warm pleasure. Looming forever...and a cozy day. No... Please stay! At least until you've had your say. In your own frigid way. Carried in shades of slate. Against arid blue skyline. This must be where love hides. Until the spring...Read the rest...
Categories: earth, nature, planet, symbolism,
Form: Free verse

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