Pandora’s Box(“Pandora’s Box”, 2014, original pen and ink and oil)
Pandora’s Box
I don’t know who she was,
What she did or how she did it,
And maybe it was something sublime
Or maybe she was just another woman
With the kind of perfect snatch
To launch a thousand ships
In a sea of broken hearts,
But Pandora certainly left her mark
Even today,...
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Categories:
allegory, culture, mythology, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Gladiator GamesThe arena is built lie by lie, sobs by sobs.
Names don't matter.
A game is still a game,
called by any other name.
Children with ribs like shattered shields
do not volunteer; they are raised for slaughter.
They don't fight hungry lions, only eyes,
trained to devour without guilt.
The crowd appears with open mouths—
not for speech, but for swallowing.
They neither cheer...
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Categories:
allegory, dark, world,
Form: Free verse
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“Love embodies in millions of forms and frequencies, not all known. Its intrinsic nature is detachment, with eventual dissolution into Godhead. The challenge is learning to move towards detachment using sensory reality, individual soul history & experiential phenomenon to achieve...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form: Ballad
The Fog of Lost SoulsIn shadows thick where silence weeps,
The fog rolls in—its secret keeps.
A mournful veil, a breathless moan,
It swallows light, leaves hearts alone.
This cursed ground, where echoes stay,
Of laughter lost and minds astray.
A prison forged from sorrow’s seam,
Where memories drift like half-formed dreams.
No stars to guide, no dawn to see,
Just whispers caught in memory.
Each step you take,...
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Categories:
allegory, dark, evil, fear,
Form: Ballad
Persephone Screams Peace light d i m m e d for Hathor
she wants to bring in Persephone
chocolate candle dripping consciousness
creating a new silicone valley of light//sound//water//spectral multidimensional fields//
cheap caramel cinnamon wine leaks
from cracked tumbler like DMT bubbles
rose petals slowly f
...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form: Other
IN THE CISTERN OF POETIC GRACEIn The Cistern Of Poetic Grace
Here
in
the
cocoon
of cosmic
mind,
words
metamorphose
butterfly
memories,
soaring
in the winds
of mystic
thoughts,
filling
sails
of contemplating
ships,
on their
chartered
courses
to
waiting
shores,
where
caterpillar
focus,
bask
in
sunshine:
imaging
reflective
beauty,
of harmonizing
poetic grace:-
...
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Categories:
allegory, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
i know i'm late, so here's a picnic basket to make up for itThere is something so
sad about fireworks.
They're so flashy,
pretty, and exciting,
but as they fade it
makes you feel sort
of lonely.
Afterall, they're
nothing more than
a semi-permanent
spark intended to
entertain for a
semi-permanent
moment.
The people that
come into our lives
are a lot like the
fireworks:
flashy, pretty,
exciting.
Then
we...
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Categories:
allegory, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
ONCE AGAINONCE AGAIN
Once again, we cry;
Again, a nation apart.
Our togetherness has run dry,
Whitered like a broken heart.
Division kisses oneness goodbye,
And once more and again, we cry.
Greatness is in being together;
Together, no matter the weather:-
Once again, we must sow onement;
Reaping a oneness that is God sent.
...
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Categories:
allegory, america, conflict, introspection,
Form: Couplet
BLACK DEFORESTATION
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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Categories:
allegory, analogy, black african
Form: Prose
IN THE EQUINOX OF CHANGE
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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Categories:
allegory, change, conflict, hope,
Form: Prose
Today my heart races for youYour 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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Categories:
absence, africa, age, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Life Way Up ThereSometimes 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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Categories:
allegory, life, spiritual, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
RED HOT POLITICAL LARVA
Categories:
allegory, america, analogy, conflict,
Form: Haiku
SERENITY
SERENITY
Hate's up in the air;
naturing winds of peace blowing:
Hate snuffed out by love:-
...
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Categories:
allegory, extended metaphor, hate,
Form: Haiku
BlindBlind by Adejola Joseph
Blind
Blind as bat I see
Hypocrites on every block
Where are we?
Who are we?
Blind....
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Categories:
allegory,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Allegory Poems
Definition | What is Allegory in Poetry?
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