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Allusion Poems | Examples of Allusion Poetry

ON THE CONTRARY
If son of a fish fell into the net, he is not a little fish... ;...

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Categories: allusion, fish, humorous, perspective,
Form: Monoku
the blues affair
The blues affair I met her where the light was weakening an enduring twilight had settled on what was re-lived in the memory of summer moving out of the convention, tired leaves in the soft breeze on its final breath. We spoke of the past but not of the now the present didn’t matter. I saw her as a disappearing holograph dying in...

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Categories: age, allusion, art, beautiful,
Form: ABC



LOVE SEDUCTION aldravia
sublimate with love your nights with whispers enjoyments ecstasy...

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Categories: allusion, extended metaphor, perspective,
Form: List
HUMAN BEING
Human being, a stretched rope between the divine and the animal, a difficult balance between the marvelous and the abysmal...

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Categories: allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Epigram
Under The Rubble
Falling into a dream apposed to their reality, Living what seems to be the idea of their own personal fantasy, The character they play is more than they are, This egotistical deception steals their own heart, Why is simple not enough? Why must they compare?, What purpose does the mask hold? Why is it there?, When innocence tried to hold on...

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Categories: allusion, character, corruption, courage,
Form: Light Verse



Regrets
Registered voices polled election tide Red getting their collective way. Reaping, now what they sowed. Excited delirium mandated targets, tariff topping. Tempted serendipity. Look at you now...

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Categories: allusion, betrayal,
Form: Acrostic
Destiny
Cradled in illusion’s tender shell, Unknown destiny that could fall Waiting end to start by nature's call We float, where shadows softly dwell. From one womb to another our forms unfold, Still in darkness as next is untold seeking the spark that birthed the old One withers yet another is birthed . While senses seek mysteries in line Truth flashes to blind our shine Will...

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Categories: allusion,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member STRANGER LOVE MEMORY
How can I love her When she doen't know me She doesn't know me How can I love her, when she don't know me who am I now a strange memory ...

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Categories: absence, allusion, analogy, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fire
Flames swallow oxygen, duplicitous in their deeds, circumventing steel barriers— steel barriers doubling over. Ashen soot cakes the walls; walls crumble, interlacing with soot. Pyres of fire lick the night sky; crimson smoke suffuses the air. Breathing in microparticles, microparticles sticking to fibrous membranes— breathing collapses. Lit match—ignition, cinders glow. ...

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Categories: allusion, dark, fire, imagery,
Form: Other
Premium Member Large Heads
Large heads The Modern Slavery Crisis Must Be Addressed. Calling on all poets for an urgent meet-up The Pied Piper has surfaced again in this world. On this occasion, he is dressed in a Jojo Armani suit. He never drinks bottled water from the guest tables He questions the labels, he questions the cell phones He reacts to the earplug...

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Categories: abuse, allah, allusion, anti
Form: Narrative
Premium Member CRISIS DILIEMA
If roses were a book Would they still be read And if violets are blue Does that mean they're in depression sadden and blue I have no answers for I'm not in a dictionary or An encyclopedia nor computer with gigabytes All the rainbows every colors All the antidepressants doesn't bring me joy Because all in...

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Categories: adventure, allusion, analogy, angst,
Form: Free verse
PREFERABLY
I do not claim that the days are the executioners of the nights, but as for me I prefer ...

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Categories: allusion, extended metaphor, night,
Form: Carpe Diem
Mislead: Denominational Teachings
most Christians think they are going to heaven. Christ says, "Heaven and Earth shall pass..." My destination hopefully is God's Kingdom where sin never bloomed. Heaven was a garden before Eden....

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Categories: allusion,
Form: Free verse
I HELD THE PEN, NOT HER HAND
She said, "Your love lives on pages" Not in real-time, not in life stages Every kiss was a line you rehearsed Needed your heart, not merely a verse I gave her metaphors for fire She just wanted warmth, not a choir Now it's silence where she once stood I’d take it back if I could I held the pen, not her hand Chose the...

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Categories: allusion, break up, conflict,
Form: Lyric
My Revelation
The Kings of the earth and great men for survival how to begin And the rich men, and Chief Captains privileged and possessions, men of passion Mighty men, Bondmen, freemen too hiding for fate and futures through For behold the days are coming what can be more foreboding In which they shall say how could it end in such...

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Categories: allusion, bible, fate,
Form: Free verse

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