Allegory Poems | Examples of Allegory Poetry

BLACK DEFORESTATION Like innocent trees rooted and growing In a black social forest, we’re being chopped down by roving lumberjack officers of the law, as if we were arboreal-like diseased black growths:- Ironically, such deforestation, is a view of jurisprudence Along this forest trail, least traveled by the blind goddess Of justice, as she forgivingly hugs guilt with minor reprimand:- While it...

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IN THE EQUINOX OF CHANGE It seems like the spring I waited for has betrayed me; Leaving a verisimilitude Of the season, Due to the vicissitudes Sown in today’s Rogue political climate:- However, it’s a rooted reality, That changes happen, whether We believe they do, or do not: The day that’s coming, Will become today, And this today, Will become yesterday:- Thus, in the labors of love, In the...

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Your flesh was never warmer than my passion, a flame more intense than you could ever bear. My love for writing poetry is my secret weapon. While I may not claim to be gifted My identity is Black, and words have always motivated me. I can string them together easily, but making them meaningful? That’s...

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Sometimes a turn is a lifetime You can't live on the past life. Move on and face the present Time can't be a value you miss. It's a long way forward go off road No frills, no chills but braveness. The finishing line intended who's Heart is fix and mind is made up. Never let go of good intentions, But cherish on going to...

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Trumpcanoes vomit, diuretic lava flows: Justice melting down::-...

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SERENITY Hate's up in the air; naturing winds of peace blowing: Hate snuffed out by love:- ...

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Blind by Adejola Joseph Blind Blind as bat I see Hypocrites on every block Where are we? Who are we? Blind....

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TEXAS FLOODING WARS (Apropos Of A Lesson Of Nature) The flood waters came, leaving lost lives washed away; eyes flooded with tears: Nature herself, warring with collateral disaster:- So many children won’t be thirsty anymore; flood waters drowned them:- Let us thirst for quenching peace: our human nature flooded:- ...

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My friend is the ocean, waters that glide, Rustling my footsteps and tousling my hair; Many the times that we walked side by side, A spark and forever, joined as a pair. Always a cloud there lay over its play, Dappled the sunlight that fell on my face; Heaving, its waters had something to say; Twilight with meteors it took for the...

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BLESSINGS Remember, blessings are not To be kept and thrown away; Rather, they’re to be received and Shared with glee, with those still Struggling daily with life’s grief:- Be mindful, that although you Have been blessed to overcome, There remain countless others Whose healing needs are yet To come and relieve them:- Indeed, as it is written, the blessings Of God comes in healing...

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Secret by Adejola Joseph. Secret... Like a lighted candle covered or buried under a mountain So is secret kept or hidden for ages Secret is an invisible phenomenon A mystery kept until the day of disaster Secret is like unborn child in the womb Issues discussed behind closed doors Secret. Learn to keep a secret Don't run a porous or loose mouth It is what is...

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You crave my honey-glazed legs, relish my breasts with practiced flair. You chip my wings mid-conversation, While dissecting my dressing, Too raunchy, too clingy never quite suited to your taste. You want me plated just right: thighs weighed in grams, skin stretched to your appetite, injected for volume, deboned for ease. my fear tenderized for flavor. Still, palate demands more side dishes to seasoned to disguise the ravine...

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They say blue is the warmest color. So I fell in love with you. They say blue is the warmest color. But it tore my heart in two. Dangerously Blue. The waves are crashing down again its true. Dangerously Blue. The pleasure and the pain it comes from you. They say blue is the warmest color. So I fell in love with...

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Good thoughts vs. Bad Thoughts Truth vs. Lies Order vs. Disorder Wisdom vs. Ignorance Wealth vs. Poverty Honor vs. Dishonor When did pride, power and politics Replace justice When did protection become persecution When do politicians pretend to be priest When is instead of land there is an empire When did leaders claim rulership And earthly alliances no longer perfect A cross and a collar A reward to...

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In The Waiting Womb Thereof (Apropos Of Poetic Onement) Thanks for being here with me in the waiting time of the birthing flow from the poetic womb thereof: We mind-pregnant poets have all experienced that spacing time reality of which poets must be in waiting for the waiting poetic womb to give birth:- At times, we’re forced to realize that we, too,...

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