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Metaphor Addiction Poems

These Metaphor Addiction poems are examples of Addiction poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Addiction Metaphor poems written by international poets.


Cards
im playing cards with pandora
and she’s bleeding her hand
its so painfully obvious
i see her grand plan,
because calamities hit a set
and she’s feeling alright
but theres one...

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Categories: addiction, anxiety, hope, mental



Break on through
Take a battering ram to the other side
The recoil will do me harm
A knife and spoon will suffice
Break the gates violently with arms
It will seal...

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Categories: addiction, extended metaphor, god,

14-4-2024
My family spoke two languages
I’m not the same
Results came in still thankless
Feels weird to be diagnosed anxious
Results so plain
I’m still hiding under several blankets
I ain’t...

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© R.P. Grcic  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: abuse, addiction, childhood, extended

Last Drop Of Their Blood
In a realm where feuds festered, fierce and free,
Two clans clashed, Kovacs and Petrovics, starkly set.
Amidst the mountains, a tale of sorrow spun,
Where bloodied bonds...

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Categories: absence, addiction, analogy, anxiety,

Premium Member I AM THE LIGHT IN THE DARK-
so shun- the darkness blackened
 surrounded by the darkness 
yet a speck a spark energy 
exposure a grain of salt 
I am the light in...

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Categories: addiction, caregiving, engagement, metaphor,



Premium Member Glass Coffin
Another day, another ghostly glitch
The catholic church stained glass
shouldn’t be as grey as it was today.
More and more the molding frays
I can hear the coffins...

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Categories: addiction, christian, drug, extended

Under the Influence
I don’t know why I’m with her still
She’s a craving I just can’t kill,
She’s a habit I just can’t kick,
I’m an addict – she makes...

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Categories: addiction, dark, extended metaphor,

Change
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
-David Bowie

piercing morning winds threaten
to strip the trees of their
orange, golden and crimson gowns;
the resilient foliage
gripping tightly to...

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Categories: addiction, anxiety, autumn, daughter,

Premium Member I Am Substance Abused ---My Spoken Word
Am I
 abusive
 to myself
 if I'm substance 
how can I be abused
 I abused 
Grounded turf
 I am dirt
 with a spirit soul NO
From...

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Categories: addiction, allusion, anxiety, environment,

Strip Before the Styx
Charon demands us to disrobe
Sell your layers for coins
Some with less have more to trade
Better than becoming chained ghosts
Our suits and dresses tie us down
Being...

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Categories: addiction, death, depression, extended

Ool
I went to a pool
it was pretty cool
but then I was tired at school
my teachers think I'm a fool
good food makes me drool
my shirt is...

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Categories: addiction, allegory, bangla, chanukah,

Premium Member Chimera
A lion with a passion so ravenous
Unable to be satisfied by love
her bite of sensuality poisonous
She lives in her empty pit of self-love

this shepherd of...

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Categories: addiction, desire, metaphor,

Teeth
Ill comply, ill apologise, im ing tired
I’ll hold your hand in mine, resigned, fingertips when i dont exist
Palm to palm on a good day, a...

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Categories: 5th grade, addiction, child

Just a Hollow Shell
My head is bowed low, feeling the shame,
Think of how I am now, I take all the blame.
Just one look into my eyes, you can...

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© Max Medina  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: abuse, addiction, anxiety, conflict,

A Poets Escape
Not a word unspoken,
You’ve seen it all.
My heart tore open,
I pour to you
Instead of alcohol....

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Categories: addiction, angst, blue, deep,


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