Allusion Poems | Examples of Allusion Poetry

(“Shadow Puppet”, 2023, original encaustic) Dreamtime Is there anybody out there Sings the Muffin Man From Drury Lane The San Francisco skyline now Tilted past recognition A Jumble of order and chaos Alas, once a beauty Now a beast Changed so much In just a day As Father Time sighs And wears away Surfaces that used to shine Declaring now his desire To become a her In transition to another time. (7/8/25) ...

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Saturday Morning Routines** The familiar smell of wood smoke slowly filled my bedroom, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket. Through my window, I caught sight of the warm, flickering lights from the flambeau, casting dancing shadows on the walls. It was in that moment that I knew it was time to leave the warmth of...

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Sponsor : Unseeking Seeker submission : 8/7/25 _____________ shakti faculty uncoils awake, rise sacred kundalini life-force stream connecting radiant spiral wheels gleam ecstatic prana floods to paradise creative energy winding serene unifies with cosmic Supreme divine sanctified exposed exalted benign purified individual Soul seen equal masculine and feminine poles high frequency Source liberates powers supersonic singular wisdom grow gracefully presents fertility whole hot bellied...

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Space is positioned above all between what we feel, and what we see... The universe flourishes, between the void and the invisible... And it forms independently in the same way it has always been... I fear that man will destroy what he finds here, before knowing what is there...!...

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I hear voices in my head, I touch pain On every television Except the typical symbols Of hegemony Except in a white building Miles and miles away, I touch pain! For every leaf that falls, Swallowed by the burning hell From the mighty birds Of weird names F 16, F 35... I hear these voices, We hear these voices - Miles away, node in unison, "The world...

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They said you came from chimpanzees— That deep in some African jungle You leapt across species, A silent hunter cloaked in blood. But we have lived with chimpanzees For tens of thousands of years. We shared forests, We shared meat, We shared mythologies. Why now? They claim you're a natural disease— But if that were true, Why does nature not offer a cure? Polio fell. Smallpox vanished. Yet you—since...

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the river disappeared into a misty maze as rainbow gardens grew and bowed their pretty heads like flowers in the rain... written July 6, 2025 for Nette Onclaud's Some Kind of Misty contest...

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Like a storm trapped in her chest she moved in circles footsteps restless heart pounding louder than thought. She had lived inside a lie vowed to love through anything clung to promises already crumbling made peace with pain to feel something. When dawn rose, it lit the truth the smiles were masks the kisses rehearsed, and yet, she stayed not for love, but for the hope...

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meteorite radiates z o o o m m i n g crashes onto Three Anchor Bay turquoise sky dust onto beach white grains winds sweep cobbled paths profane a fetus acquires solitary soul lost womb enlarges posting veins shine baby blessed shine divine observation work is thine platinum pressure paintbrushes dove hands devilish articulate Scythian lifetimes...

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In life’s wake Are trailing memories, Born from dreams With life’s bow fixed Toward an unseen horizon. Willed by bold stroke, The soul is set afloat Down a river never traveled— A river of doubt. Drifting Under the dark forest canopy The cacophony, Nature’s chorus, Is unusually silent. Only imagination’s din Echoes in the ears, Stirring the heart. An unuttered presage Taming hubris With its humbling message. On the liquid canvas Are sketches of nature Flowing past, Giving...

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Latakia, Syria My ship berthed there when Bashar al-Assad, the vile  When a dictator was in power, I found a peaceful  town Dressed in a European manner, there were many shops selling all sorts of wares, and the police wore sidearms  not machineguns  Latakia had an atmosphere of peace Then suddenly, rumor had it that Bashar had jailed thousands Many people were tortured...

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Tired War,Release the Monkeys They tried to nail my boot to the floor No nail puller My influence won the day I was the monkey man Earn the right I want to ask Just for a little more time Growing life growing tree just to lose it Can't you see Life got to be better Once I lit that cigarette Ocean of tomorrows...

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A list of tasks to accomplish before I embrace love again: I envision my mind wandering through expansive fields where patches of grass lie brown. A single wildflower stands out among the scattered pebbles beneath my feet. Memories linger, taunting me alongside the bare trees with their bent trunks. A cool breeze brushes against my face;...

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**Ginger Shots** Today, of all days, I find myself dividing my tears into sections. With each moment, each tear, and each snuffle I make, the paper tissues crumble, showing signs of the mishaps in life that surely cannot be mended. Yesterday was your birthday, and today is my revelation about life—my life. Lately, it seems I’ve...

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