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Allegory Poems | Examples of Allegory Poetry

Allegory Poems. Read and share great examples of poetry about allegories. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for allegory.
Premium Member Last, a Word of Love
Dear minds, of those only longing desire, last, a word of love, leaves her stunting breath, dismissed by all, the last lull of her lyre, is not hope, a luxury, afforded in death. ...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, deep, humanity, longing,
Form: Lyric



Thinkable unthinkable knee, are you still composing poetry?
Your most recent interest in observational truth in laptop monitor Gave you an ultimatum today. He , as she, in he, as she again, grabbed you in all kinds of tree , remnant there before serenity What is...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory,
Form: Free verse
The savior , fallen
A prayer rug , embroidered The sunlight , done day blessing the savior , fallen ...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory,
Form: Haiku
Apples to oranges gruk
Not all fruit ripens at the same time, ...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, bible, christian, irony,
Form: Grook
Premium Member THE Drought -
Prickly are the waters drought no more do drops collected gallons of waters evaporated once was a lake than a pond now it's not even a fishing hole dust rise up we're vapors once vented ...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, allegory, allusion, assonance,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member The Lavender Lays Dead
Night and day, I have wept, for the lavender lays dead, & my locks have disintegrated, down to the screw. What am I to do? When all hope is lost, except extend my apology, & find another place, to pull me out...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, death, deep, flower,
Form: Free verse
i guess i'm not az much solomon
. yellow flower blooms 'guiled poet takes one flower from all uv the blooms...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Life's soundtrack
Awesome sunset, silence talks, only the birds' soundtrack on. A huge red sun sinks into the sea, the horizon is the artist painting different pictures to admire. What a magnificent show our nature offers to our...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, beach, beauty, bird,
Form: Free verse
day light
Whence day lighted Anthem(s) in metamorphosis for one Haiku included Jackson Street in the city of Edinburg , even though a Duke outlook in Cans, Sardin Oil blessing in assimilating such and so! Why Haiku? Why...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory,
Form: Free verse
GOOD FISHER MAN poetrix
good fisherman, thinker, ...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, allegory, fish, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Soul River
Lemmings run in tunnels deep, The obsessed won't let the phantoms sleep, But I can't stampede with brainwashed sheep, I plunged into the soul river. Leaving the crowd was hard to do My heart, deceived, believed it knew, But I left...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, culture, integrity, perspective,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A Brief History of the Snake
The snake sidles up to Eve from God she soon seeks reprieve With us yet, it slithers into Halls of Power injects...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, creation, crush, history,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Leave Me Here
I wander alone at dawn, dreaming over cobblestones, when light strikes four, fifty three, uninvited, I have little choice, than to still and see, muzzled, while my night, is stripped of wonder, and, my sun declares, supposedly, I'm free. ...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, dream, freedom, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Oh Christ! The Train's a Comin'
The rash upon my wrist awaits...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Black bird
Dead petals dropping down with the soft wind ~fall on a black bird~. It sings nicely admiring Its chicks' life....Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, allusion, beauty, bird,
Form: Ninette

Specific Types of Allegory Poems

Definition | What is Allegory in Poetry?


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