Metaphor Animal Poems
These Metaphor Animal poems are examples of Animal poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Animal Metaphor poems written by international poets.
Nature's Poetry
I walk through the woods of words
sentences seep as melting snow into
rushing rivers of chime and rhyme
adventurous animals arch with alliteration
with some nibbling...
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Categories:
adventure, animal, color, journey,
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...
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Categories:
allegory, animal, bullying, cat,
Mirror MirrorI wish to be a bird
to see the world
to represent peace and freedom
Instead, I am confined
in a glass cage
that shatters to the touch
In...
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Categories:
angst, animal, beautiful, desire,
Sea Glass
The little urchin sat by the sea watching the waves splash
no parent to watch him no rules to obey, just a big old sea
He...
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Categories:
animal, childhood, metaphor, nature,
Rituals of an Early RiserHum, the early morning’s car, and Fini,
in her usual four o'clock prance,
purrs, between us, two,
before, the alarm can chew,
on that obnoxious chime,
leaving just enough...
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Categories:
animal, cat, introspection, metaphor,
Silver EagleThe eagle has grace and flair as She soars up in the clouds
Up and above them clouds she climbs as she eyes a quarry
Strong in...
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Categories:
analogy, animal, appreciation, extended
SABBATH DAY RABBIT EATING Dandelion Greens-on the Sabbath day
my yard was unruly un-
cut grass stood before
me a rabbit sits
going on his ears and mustache
he starts chewing...
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Categories:
analogy, animal, character, environment,
Delusions of GrandeurWhy does the mouse disguise itself as a rat?
Because it has delusions of grandeur.
The mouse thinks it must win in life,
And to win in life...
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Categories:
allusion, animal, metaphor,
A Jerk's Journey to JungleCracked moonlight caresses every carnation flower,
While my sight sees a salty sea seven miles away from here .
The moon burns to ashes as the old...
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Categories:
animal, beauty, metaphor, rainforest,
Checkmate You LoseDo you tremble,
as the monstrous cadence,
of the rhinoceros' stride reverberates,
like the buffalo's onslaught?
Vipers at the water's edge,
darting hither and thither,
not above but beneath the surface,
their...
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Categories:
adventure, animal, change, dark,
ODE TO ELEPHANTODE TO ELEPHANT
Elephant Elephant
enveloping essence of Earth !
I hear an elevated...
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Categories:
animal, color, earth, extended
Hika BayHika Bay
Silent hawks appear
outside our window
two,then four,now six
form a floating dimond
A kettle of hawks roam high
on ancient air
sent by first peoples
to remind us
We dont...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, bird, environment,
Interview OverheardI hear them talking as I open my eyes,
a hazy something lingers on my lips like lava,
threatening to erupt. I hear question then...
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analogy, animal,
The FishLaughter trills through fire
Joy is spun on a lyre
Feathers were just growing in
And the bird watched its kin
Playing, scratching, screaming
I want to play!
You're on fire!
Thats...
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Categories:
anger, animal, bullying, depression,
eelsLet’s be eels,
Let slip into their hands,
Let’s be eels,
Let’s explore the rivers
Before they catch us,
They’re waiting for us downstream,
To hurt us,
We are eels,
We know...
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Categories:
animal, metaphor,