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Categories:
adventure, allegory, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Light Verse
Lingering Embers of an Abandoned CampsiteI'm drawing the sun on an empty ceiling
But I still bring the clouds in my own way
You wanted a goddamn college essay
But there was nothing else to say
She's the tortured soul...
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Categories:
allegory,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
allegory, analogy,
Form: I do not know?
Her Soul being an ocean Her soul being an ocean...!!
The more you dive, the more you find,
The more you explore, the more you leave behind...
Her soul being an ocean, an ocean being a deep one...
Even if you try to explore,...
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Categories:
allegory, beauty, courage, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Kamala Consistence and PersistenceKamala Consistence and Persistence
with her each instance
Kamala and consistence
has much persistence
by Trump resistance
from Kamala much distance
who is full of suspense
great are speech contents
when Kamala became intense
always makes much sense...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
You And Rain
Yes, both are the same: you and the rain,
Both make me feel alive, surreal peace I obtain.
As rain nourishes everything under its reach,
You join my body and soul, making a bridge.
As rain appears, whole nature...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, america, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Pent In A PenthouseHe tried
but for him
speech did not
come easily,
the parrot had a stutter
starting with a sputter --
tripped over
every third word
sounding quite absurd
the clipped-wing bird;
his flight, as well,
a jump and a fell --
a monumental flop,...
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Categories:
allegory, animal, bullying, cat,
Form: Free verse
The Hunter and the DoeHer story is hidden in every third word.
Our hunter sought deer. He tracked silently while he bounded over brooks, away, into woods, zigzagging amongst trees, through undergrowth, while the doe jumped dense thickets ahead. ...
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Categories:
allegory, animal, death, love,
Form: Free verse
Treasure of Omar Khayyamnot a magic lamp of gold ~ but a wine river beneath shifting sand...
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Categories:
allegory, philosophy, river, tribute,
Form: Monoku
WORDS THAT GATHERIt doesn’t matter where
It’s not about who
The spotlight
The stage
Theatrical
Words beyond what world sees and hears
Words uncertain
Tomorrow unseen
Words through suggestions
Cushion of no comfort
Amid the storms of doubt and circumstances
Words of wonder and delight
Precision in direct light
Words...
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Categories:
allegory, appreciation, beauty, character,
Form: Free verse
Talking to the Dead("The Cave of Unknowing", 2012, original oil)
Talking to the Dead
(aka musings on Jacob’s Ladder)
The essential message of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Is that the clear light of mind is revealed in death.
Due to our...
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Categories:
allegory, death, life, spiritual,
Form: Narrative
MY DREAM IN LIFE
My secret dream,
It was always about being a firefly,
lighting up the world,
...
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Categories:
allegory, dream, fantasy,
Form: Epigram
Infinitely BoundWater rushed and flowed with tremendous energy as she
used her insight and understanding to carve waterways
where none had formerly been. At times Water needed
more strength and power, while other times Water
needed to...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, change, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Childhood illusionWhen I was asleep,
Child hood memories crept in,
As I entered a realm of fantasy,
where childhood's joy was reborn.
Hopping and jumping ,
with wild freedom, untethered and free.
Where smiles stretched across the land,
Where we all sang and...
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Categories:
10th grade, allegory, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Allegory Poems
Definition | What is Allegory in Poetry?
Poems Related to Allegory
figuration, parable, emblem, myth, symbol, story, tale, moral, fable, symbolism, apologue, symbolization, typification,