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Allusions Poems - Poems about Allusions

Allusions Poems - Examples of all types of poems about allusions to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for allusions.
Premium Member Seized Incognito
...Inked Confession Innocence stolen Defending my elders extremism Fields of olives, roots never sowed by me Dagger dripping red Inch by inch the watermelons are mine Dancing in glee, I bury......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, abuse, child abuse, discrimination,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Vagabond
...Poetry is like medication, in each release of expression, there is healing - Poet. In the realms of lost childhoods, where demons prey upon the defenceless - no one hears your screams. ......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, analogy, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Does Love Surpass All Miracles
...Everything said, everything thought and done is stored in the subconsciousness of a memorable tune; a whole life was spent in search of gratification, of that sweetheart to convert this restless ......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, art, desire, hope, inspirational,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Time for a Serious Poem
... It's time for a serious poem So I can truly show 'em That I've mastered metaphor simile, prosaic petit fours ... I'll pull out all the stops rhyme and meter, extra hops ......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, allusion, hyperbole, language, metaphor,
Form: Couplet
One generic baby boomer, a garden variety sexagenarian
...One generic baby boomer, (a garden variety sexagenarian)... offers his interpretation of critical race theory I, (an articulate, charming, domesticated, erudite, friendly, genteel, humorous, in......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, 12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member FIXTURES-SERENITY
...THESE ARE OPEN(organic)  VERSES using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' (intuitive cadence)& so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter)......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, poetry,
Form: Verse
Elusivity
...ELUSIVITY The spring tide of inspiration washes slow Sweeping away the thoughts of yesterday With such creativity one could ever know And so refreshes, more than one can say A bright spot of......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Gilded Life
...Lost in a labyrinth of Glistening sights Infinitely out of reach, Trembling amidst sweeping mistrals, Fabricating a life of nostalgic allusions, Caught in lapsed reveries, of Restless arias a......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Scoundrels Living Loud
...Two birds like mischievous teens skipping, giggling as they cross the pumps, dodging car scenes through the oily and Oldsmobile dross. Scoundrels living loud in their little world chir......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, bird,
Form: Personification
Film Life
...remember when we first went to see a film Remember the first disk we bought, oh so slim Remember when we first turned on that channel, not so dim The zeal and zest of the movie life They made u......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, film,
Form: Free verse
Debt Relief
.... for public domain [Allusions to Matthew 5:26, Luke 12:54] I heard the church bell ring, saw neighbors go in and sing, felt forgiveness of the Lord course through my sinful veins. I was fr......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, forgiveness, religion, religious,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Of Homer, Iliad and the Fall of the Mighty Greeks
...Of Homer, Iliad And The Fall Of The Mighty Greeks As the moon repents from its many vague allusions And the splintered rains never rain upon true imaginations What are we to think of those fools......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, courage, history, mythology, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Motifs a Freed Verse
...MOTIFS overlaid &tangible in  conscious manifestation a significant   vitality so abundant in bizarre  variety  silent gestures   refined &appended seemingly infinite allusions ......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Prayer Book
...My Prayer Of Ask Lead us- Dear Father Guide us over great Jehovah from our barren lands We ask you, Lord, to lead us and keep us sane far from the legion of darkness thick and gross hands. Build ......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, appreciation, beauty, bible, body,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Vision More Rare
..."The opposite worldviews of Reality and romance attract not -- the base of the former being Facts." -- epistemology, the scientific theory of Knowledge, as opposed to "just a theory" * ......Read the rest...
Categories: allusions, pain,
Form: Sonnet

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