Metaphor City Poems
These Metaphor City poems are examples of City poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of City Metaphor poems written by international poets.
TimeSheila asked him
“Do you have the time?”
Ben answered “It’s five after two.” She responded “That is a perfectly good answer, but that is not the...
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Categories:
city, england, extended metaphor,
There Sits the City GoldThere sits the City Gold
Where robbers ne'er grab hold,
Nor rot, nor moth, nor mold.
There sits a lava moat
Not passable by boat
Nor rope, nor writ, nor...
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Categories:
city, analogy, god, jesus, metaphor,
I'm Just A Brick
I’m a brick and oh so lonely,
sitting here a hundred years.
Dry as dirt…oh if only
I could shed a single tear.
Here’s my story, forty stories,
up way...
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Categories:
absence, angst, city, loneliness,
City LightsCity lights
What stories do you tell?
A lonely woman checking out after a long day of work
One last sigh before the light goes out
A married couple...
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Categories:
city, conflict, depression, extended
Green City PoetrixAdorned by charming acacia trees
and rouge carpets of jambo flowers,
...
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Categories:
city, allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,
WeirdWired seeing the stars and moon playing hide and seek on wide firmament sky, It is Lulle to the mind, sound boob to it's brain....
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Categories:
city, allusion, art, cheer up,
I Dance With Shadows - Yclept SonnetWhen dappled shadows flit through darkened backstreets,
and whispers rendezvous with one another,
the usual bright spirits take a backseat.
They nurture remnants of rebounds which smother....
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Categories:
analogy, city, dream, metaphor,
Barcelona PoetrixBarcelona, immodest ramblas !
and a divine flamenco touch
...
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Categories:
city, allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
War CityReddish city forced
city conquered, suffered...
concussed freedom
lost self life,
enslaved by foolishness
of absurd men..
until when my God!
Will live like this, without having life......
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Categories:
city, abuse, allusion, appreciation, extended
SombreI can see the dark hues through my window,
it’s cloudy outside with no stars or fireflies.
It’s been three years since the darkness has...
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Categories:
city, first love, memory, metaphor,
Smitten By the SpringWhen I stepped in here
I caught the unsymmetrical patterns on the wall,
The dark maroon contrasting curtains,
An open cupboard and
A thick layer of dust on...
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Categories:
art, change, city, deep,
City of RecifeRecife... its mirror... Venice,
its atavism... Holland...and,
its haughtiness of a King......
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Categories:
city, allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Shadowed Ravens Watcha procession
shadowed ravens watch
depressive day turns
the winds bring Frost
Skelton branches clutch
Ghosts dance after the fall
The procession crawls
To the point of...
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Categories:
city, adventure, africa, allegory, analogy,
Of Deepest Dreams IThe eyes are the window into the soul.
A passageway into the darkest nights
of deepest dreams.
To the eternal nightmares of ancient lands
Where streets run as...
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Categories:
city, allegory, allusion, analogy, anger,
It Started With a Tv
Back then on my back packing trip,
Engulfed in tiredness and solitude,
I stopped by a motel to sleep in the interlude.
Ohh! So weary was I,
felt asleep...
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Categories:
adventure, blessing, city, community,