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The Conversation of SleepI dreamt only of green alkanet.
One by one,
I'd see another,
mutilate my view,
talking in tongues of five,
as they destroy the delicate balance,
between this world and new.
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Categories:
symbolism, dark, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
A Rose's WisdomBeauty hides beneath
open yourself up to it
but beware its thorns...
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Categories:
symbolism, conflict, dark, meaningful, perspective,
Form: Haiku
The Two WitnessesGod spoke to men in visions and dreams.
Their words are like unpolluted streams,
offering dying souls life-giving drink,
and giving hope to those on the brink.
These witnesses, both the old and the new,
were written down by a...
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Categories:
symbolism, christian, extended metaphor, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
The Great Indian KitchenIn my kitchen's grasp, where spices hop free,
Whispers of our memories, in each recipe.
Khichdi's humble grace, a bow to our roots,
In grains and lentils, tradition assent.
Herbal notes linger, a fragrant ballet, a scenic design.
As...
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Categories:
symbolism, culture, family, grandmother, hindi,
Form: Free verse
A Paradox of Time Reborn
The sun, resplendent in its blazing might,
Burns fiercely o'er a barren, lifeless waste,
A desert dry and vast where earth is scorched
By searing radiation, deathly bright.
No sign of life but one lone phoenix flies,
Soaring precarious, close...
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Categories:
symbolism, allegory, creation, death, destiny,
Form: Blank verse
I See TremorsI see tremors…
dancing between the dust,
as the sunlight hits your hands,
they recite their symphony, of silence,
for me…
from a distant land.
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Categories:
symbolism, beauty, dance, deep, imagery,
Form: Lyric
Sterling
Shall there be a soothing rest within the arms of a shallow grove, from whence the aches of an early dawn arise in its presence, as a burning flame before the veiled eyes of a...
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Categories:
love, symbolism, truth,
Form: Free verse
The flame in the heartDon't give them power
I, the fuel to my fire
Can walk out through dark...
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Categories:
symbolism, love, motivation, passion, pride,
Form: Haiku
The Stain Crusaders
"The Stain Crusaders"
Plath left the pages long ago
and Bacharach’s Blue-on-Blue
is an ineffectual softer numb-shade-of-Blue
dear green green Anthropocene
this much is true
with all the I love you’s
the wandering crusaders
are far far removed
sitting atop their soap boxes
sudsing...
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Categories:
blue, dark, green, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
An Old Hand Reveals ItselfI see no sign of forced entry...
just copper suns and cornflower blue,
have you been here all this time?
I don't remember inviting you,
and now all my voices are a chatter,
with threats I cannot construe.
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Categories:
symbolism, confidence, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Serpentine
"Serpentine"
Give a woman enough rope
and She’ll show you
what hanging’s worth
the life coiled around
a body of work
could be misconstrued
serpentine
She draws from the rock
like it's Her cornerstone
creation
sexuality
fertility
the life force
of our...
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Categories:
muse, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
ice ice lady
the snow falls on her
her fingers red from the cold
frozen winter bones...
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Categories:
symbolism, december, girl, mental health,
Form: Haiku
The Neverending Freight TrainMy father explained it to me this way
“It was like getting on a freight train. There was no getting off,”
Those are the words he used when discussing commitment to my mother you see
I tried to...
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Categories:
symbolism, analogy, beautiful, forgiveness, imagery,
Form: Free verse
The Official ComedyMaybe I walk in your shoes,
Perhaps you sleep like my loops,
Probably, this is an unimaginable satire,
Inside your head, I can never born again and be a disaster.
Perhaps I am only your necessity,
Probably, I walk on...
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Categories:
symbolism, anxiety, depression, feelings, irony,
Form: Free verse
FragmentsLiving pigmentations of one’s imagination,
Inferring colors makes our vision blurry, but the scorching sun rests our eyes once again.
Fog covers the lenses of reality, making our eyes peel at the slightest sight of life....
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Categories:
symbolism, angst, deep, life, poems,
Form: Acrostic
Specific Types of Symbolism Poems
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