Metaphor Poems | Poems About Metaphor

Metaphor Poems. Below are examples of poems about metaphor. This list of poetry about metaphor is made of PoetrySoup member poems. PoetrySoup is a great resource for examples of metaphor poems or a list of metaphor poetry. These examples show what metaphor poems look like. There is also a link below to the definition of metaphor and a page where you can discuss these types of poems.

List of Metaphor Poems

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Assailing Marine	Fox, Kaelan	Free verse	metaphor, sea, storm, water,
	Smaller	Delisle, Armand	Free verse	fear, loneliness, loss, metaphor, perspective,
	Ambivaliss	ZiNk, Ir0nic	Rhyme	dream, emotions, happiness, imagery, metaphor,
	MY FRIEND AQUATIC	Ohlswager, Stanley	Light Poetry	metaphor, water,
	Neatness	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	identity, imagery, life, metaphor, nature, ocean, world,
	today i have jumped another hurdle	Mahri, Nur Abidah	Free verse	art, encouraging, endurance, heartbreak, metaphor, seasons, sick,
	A REQUIEM FOR HANDS FREE AT LAST	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	america, analogy, bereavement, black metaphor, violence,
	when she left	lowe, millard	Free verse	analogy, change, environment, farewell, metaphor, nature, seasons,
	water trumpet	lowe, millard	Free verse	allegory, black african american, metaphor, nature, ocean, sunshine,
	Back with Poetry Vengeance	Mac, Quincy	Epic	allegory, meaningful, metaphor, poetry, wisdom, work,
	Love like the stars	Hamilton, John	Free verse	metaphor, stars,
	The Night My Nightingale Flew Away	Jones, Calalusiana	Couplet	change, creation, destiny, emotions, metaphor,
	STEP CHILD	Beck, Sidney	Personification	metaphor, sea,
	A Written Suicide	ZiNk, Ir0nic	Prose Poetry	metaphor, suicide,
	The New Griots--Pouring Down Raining Words	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	allegory, analogy, black african metaphor, poets, simile,
	They unnoticed live	Zukic, Denis	Free verse	metaphor, mystery,
	Autumn Haiku	Gupta, Probir	Haiku	autumn, celebration, dance, emotions, metaphor,
	It is known as round	ZiNk, Ir0nic	Tanka	metaphor,
	Wisdom under the Moon	Crane, Marcus	Haiku	metaphor, mystery, philosophy, symbolism,
	An Epic Tale Mark vs Haseena	Frank, Mark	Epic	adventure, beautiful, education, metaphor, motivation, uplifting,
	Ancient Beauty	Janko, Betty	Rhyme	metaphor,
	Roots Holding On	Janko, Betty	Rhyme	metaphor,
	Tanka III	Kimathi, Teddy	Tanka	africa, god, imagery, life, metaphor, nature,
	Our Lives in a Bus	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	death, imagery, inspirational, life, metaphor, nature,
	Caged creature	Taylor, Adam	Haiku	absence, feelings, heart, heartbroken, metaphor,
	Because It Just Doesn't Matter	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	abuse, allegory, analogy, imagery, metaphor, simile, violence,
	The Dam	Hauser , Mike	Rhyme	metaphor,
	Let Morning Come	Gupta, Probir	Verse	metaphor, morning,
	Falling leaves, beautiful demise	Hamilton, John	Rhyme	autumn, beautiful, change, metaphor, seasons, tree,
	The Wide Window	Wanter, Sunlite	Alliteration	metaphor,
	A Melting Pot	Janko, Betty	Sonnet	metaphor, nature,
	Flash	DiMino, Joe	Rhyme	metaphor, nonsense, riddle, silly,
	Lovely Bubbles	Gupta, Probir	Verse	metaphor, moon, time, tree,
	rain tease	lowe, millard	Free verse	metaphor, rain, simile,
	Almost Never	Love, Amber Jade	Acrostic	metaphor, sometimes,
	Anxiety is the color Pink	Joel , Vien	I do not know?	metaphor,
	Victim or Victor	Gupta, Probir	Sonnet	beauty, conflict, how i metaphor, rainbow, rose,
	angelic	Stassi, Rick	Free verse	angel, god, heaven, jesus, metaphor,
	Blue Struggle	Gupta, Probir	Verse	allusion, art, beauty, blue, metaphor,
	EVENING	Beck, Sidney	Imagism	metaphor,
	- The Demons Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror -	Smile, Sunshine	Narrative	dark, dream, evil, fantasy, metaphor, symbolism,
	Asphalt	Pullen, Charles	Free verse	america, dark, history, introspection, metaphor, society, time,
	The Old Dark House	Bateman, Gary	Narrative	dark, dream, evil, fantasy, metaphor, symbolism,
	Your Rays	Lewis , Gail	Quatern	analogy, beautiful, beauty, metaphor,
	September Song	Smith, Charlie	Haiku	metaphor, nature,
	When Rain Subsided	Janko, Betty	Triolet	metaphor, rain,
	Moonshine	Love, Amber Jade	ABC	metaphor, moon, nature,
	If I had	harding, paul	Free verse	metaphor, perspective, words,
	Window	Schonfeld, Chaya H	Lyric	dark, deep, depression, loneliness, metaphor,
	Limerick 1	Bhattacharya, Sarban	Limerick	metaphor,
	Gems in the dirt	Quigley, Elissa	Dodoitsu	adventure, environment, lonely, metaphor, sky, trust, uplifting,
	Autumn put down me bed	Lyrewing, Serge	Lyric	allegory, autumn, dream, emotions, metaphor,
	Dinner	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	dark, horror, imagery, life, metaphor, mystery,
	Of All My New Intention	Kinsley, Adam	Rhyme	depression, loneliness, metaphor, poetry, psychological, solitude,
	Tug of War	Gupta, Probir	Verse	metaphor, time,
	THE VISIT	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	analogy, bereavement, black african metaphor,
	reaching out	lowe, millard	Free verse	allegory, analogy, hope, imagery, metaphor, simile,
	raindrops and mud	lowe, millard	Free verse	analogy, earth, imagery, love, metaphor, nature, rain,
	Pushing Up Hope	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	black african american, encouraging, metaphor, visionary,
	Prisoner In W'hole	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	analogy, black african american, metaphor,
	Just Moseying Along	lowe, millard	Alliteration	allegory, analogy, black african metaphor, time,
	Prodigal son	Lyrewing, Serge	Lyric	allegory, emotions, feelings, how metaphor, sun,
	Alphabetical Freedom	Gupta, Probir	Rhyme	bird, blue, flower, image, metaphor,
	Untitled	Roberson, Alex	Prose Poetry	metaphor, ocean,
	Unraveling, Alone Two Heartbeats	Banks, Russell	Free verse	art, beautiful, lonely, longing, metaphor,
	Fiend	uptain, brandy	Rhyme	addiction, crazy, dark, gothic, metaphor,
	As the Night Calls	Janko, Betty	Sonnet	metaphor, nature,
	All's Well That Ends Well	Acquah, Vicki	Prose	metaphor,
	My Shoe Collection	vaso, arthur	Free verse	hilarious, imagination, irony, journey, metaphor, silly, sports,
	HARVEY WALL-BANGERS	Larter, Elizabeth	Acrostic	metaphor,
	Azalea of my Heart	Hlabisa, Sizwe	Personification	beautiful, crush, flower, love, metaphor,
	In Search of Peace	Janko, Betty	Rhyme	metaphor, nature, spiritual,
	Man vs Planet	Janko, Betty	Rhyme	metaphor, planet,
	Peace Begins to Flow	Janko, Betty	Rhyme	metaphor, nature,
	New Song New Start	Sojourner, Magneeta	Ballad	allusion, destiny, freedom, leaving, metaphor, strength, voice,
	Deluge	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	humanity, imagery, life, metaphor, philosophy, political, power,
	Broken Madness of Mirrored Shards	Souls, Anthony	Prose	emotions, imagery, imagination, metaphor,
	Houses Filled With Sand	Janko, Betty	Quatrain	metaphor,
	A Book of Pages	Janko, Betty	Blank verse	metaphor,
	As Autumn's Breeze	Hlabisa, Sizwe	Personification	metaphor, seasons, winter, word
	White	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	metaphor, people, world,
	It was by chance	B., Nana	Free verse	cute love, destiny, humorous, metaphor, rain, romance,
	Aging Soul	Salehi, Pashang	Rubaiyat	metaphor, pain, wine,
	The Sun Rises	Janko, Betty	Rondeau	metaphor, spiritual,
	God's Hidden Child	Nichols, Herbert	ABC	absence, dad, god, gospel, metaphor, religious,
	Old Man and a Tree	Janko, Betty	Blank verse	metaphor, nature,
	Lighthouse	Janko, Betty	Free verse	metaphor, prayer,
	Waiting for the Sun	Janko, Betty	Triolet	metaphor, peace,
	Ah, Sweet Daisy	lawless, John	Free verse	metaphor,
	Cast Your Net	Janko, Betty	Free verse	metaphor, spiritual,
	When Our Day is Done	Janko, Betty	Sonnet	metaphor,
	I like that you are ill, but not by me	Lyrewing, Serge	Lyric	allegory, emotions, feelings, metaphor, poetess, sorry, sympathy,
	To Get To the Core, Just Peel Back the Onion	Janko, Betty	Sonnet	metaphor, political,
	Escape	Cherub, Maria	Blank verse	abuse, grief, home, life, metaphor, mother, prison,
	Crossroad	de la luna, hija	Verse	faith, journey, life, light, metaphor, sunset, travel,
	The Demon's Shrill Cry of Dread and Horror	Bateman, Gary	Narrative	dark, dream, evil, fantasy, metaphor, symbolism,
	Avoiding the Albatross	Janko, Betty	Sonnet	metaphor, spoken word,
	Bloom in the Winter Snow	Janko, Betty	Rondeau	metaphor, nature, winter,
	With Deep Roots	Janko, Betty	Sonnet	metaphor, nature, tree,
	The graphics of the branches look Chinese	Thwaite, Katherine	Sonnet	metaphor, nature,