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Allusion Poems | Examples of Allusion Poetry

a sonnet
a sonnet a cockroach is climbing up the outer wall of the building aiming for my open kitchen window  when reaching the window sill, I pushed back down it landed on a flower bed I sensed its resolve, no doubt it will try again when I'm frying fish  and  open the widow for the smell it will make a move ...

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Categories: adventure, allusion, angst,
Form: ABC
To the Moon and Back
ill drive down the highway at one eighty two you'll say that'll we'll die but i know that can't be true cause the strings and the signs of fate pulled us together and they won't tear us apart for as long as i'll remember the moon in the sky is so far away in a big pit of darkness...

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Categories: 12th grade, allusion, light,
Form: Rhyme



The dance is over just look at the time
I have a dance And so do you So we could dance together My heart a hole For you to fall Losing all your feathers I can’t breathe the air of death Without the tangle of our mess Kisses of the black hole kind Loving, hugging and making us blind Make us hungry make us sad Promise to make my world so glad But when I...

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Categories: allusion, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Alexa echo rocks ages of generations!
Alexa echo rocks ages of generations! The species and genus known as *****sapiens predominated across the webbed wide world for tens of thousands of years until many brain children teamed together, (though nevertheless select individuals such as Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble contributed, the initial vision and much of the core technology from Amazon's internal development efforts) birthing Alexa Echo. I got my hands on one courtesy...

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Categories: adventure, age, allusion, america,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Directions
Going up and down head spinning around and around Scream from within but on the outside I make no sound Going in and out and going around the bend Having a heated conversation with my Imaginary friend. different directions going left then going right I'm starting to lose my mind but I'm not...

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Categories: allusion,
Form: Rhyme



More About This Poem
in the form of the readymade, now occupies a place in the void, you look at the size of this dewdrop & remember Andy Warhol, who was the first to begin this session in Tate Britain...

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Categories: 12th grade, adventure, allusion,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member My Shyness Turned into social anxiety
Be quiet so you won’t be heard anymore. You might have heard this phrase growing up. Why do people think it’s their job to silence others and stop them from speaking freely? Every spoken word should be heard, like a loud ringtone from a cell phone that signals someone is calling. Everyone deserves to be heard. My...

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Categories: allusion, anger, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Blank verse
PLEASURE OF SOLITUDE
In my solitude I listen to the stillness A calming sound of silence...

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Categories: allusion, perspective, silence,
Form: Carpe Diem
Envy
Envy by Adejola Joseph Envy Sores of a leper Injury of a bigot Pollution of a fanatic Sadness of a sadist Sorrows of a misogynist Conspiracy of a traitor Envy Envy is murderous An envious person can destroy or damage anything good Envy Envy is a sword in the heart Piercing the body and the soul Envy Never be...

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Categories: allusion,
Form: Free verse
85 years of oppression
they kill 1200 in rage you kill 200.000 for what to show you are just ...

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Categories: allusion, 9th grade, abuse, addiction,
Form: Haiku
Welsh Winter : englyn
Sponsor : Mark Toney submitted: 12/7/25 ________________ weathering Wales in bleak winter is hard though starred sheep remain sleek taverns roaring fires a feat making Celtic maidens sweet ~~~~~~~ ...

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Categories: allusion, england, fire, how
Form: Englyn
Wilted
The end. Like the roses you got me, which wilted away. Even though I tried, and I stored them in a vase for my eyes to later be graced with their pretty petals and warm embrace. Then one night in the dark, in the passenger seat of your car, you said, "this is it", because...

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Categories: allusion, feelings, for him,
Form: Rhyme
LITERATURE
To be literary only if it is of matrix of all colors high writing only if it is sculpted iron and strength ...

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Categories: allusion, analogy, poetry, work,
Form: Couplet
I AM
I am verb! Created by the divine breath, coming from primitive events... Essence of ethereal circumstances, Plasma of thickening, voids Of invisible cosmic mysteries, juice of amalgamated conceptions! Succinct metamorphosis of balance. In my primitive molecule, the genesis the core of physical-chemical reactions... It is from the axis of me that magically spring, The health of...

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Categories: allusion, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Melancholy Color
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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Categories: abuse, addiction, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse

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