Shiver Shake Not : Song
pretty or slippery are not my names
no time for docile dolly games
peaceful presence my authenticity aims
ascension not something timidly tame
Chorus : shiver shake not, I have nothing to hide
flowing with life’s lovely tide
if you cannot bear scars and shadows
go elsewhere to see what flavour marrows
sure I hold open portal doors
when lightning...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, character, emotions, encouraging, extended
Form: Lyric
Beneath the veilYou're ever at my beck and call –
Perfection reflected from my mirror.
On a sail ~
A voyage that carries off my challenges.
All my sorrows and sadness ~
Locked away in your jail,
The yashmak of my despairs and desperation,
Along with all my worries and wailing.
Yet eye-service lurks beneath the veil....
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Categories:
analogy, extended metaphor, imagery,
Form: Other
THE TOMB OF MIRRORSThere’s this voice that echoes inside of me,in the pit of my soul
He has long sharp nails, with which he tears down the walls of my heart,peice by piece
Every time my foot steps on the grass, greener than the day before
He pulls me down into the Earth
And I am submerged into the sea
Filled with...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, anxiety, bereavement, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
The Darkest NightEven the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise
Will you come to see me then
I’ll be quite surprised
Same as you - what an encounter
You would giggle at me
Love, it seems that I have found you
I’d reply to thee
The harsh reality, however
Extends that miserable night
Though the sun beats down like never
In its dazzling summer...
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Categories:
depression, extended metaphor, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Persephone Screams Peace light d i m m e d for Hathor
she wants to bring in Persephone
chocolate candle dripping consciousness
creating a new silicone valley of light//sound//water//spectral multidimensional fields//
cheap caramel cinnamon wine leaks
from cracked tumbler like DMT bubbles
rose petals slowly f
...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, allegory, allusion, change, character,
Form: Other
Joyous Heartbreak"The measure of love cannot be weighed in words or deeds ~ the heart chooses its own journey and learns to either sink or swim, I have learned to drown many times." Poets Own Quote"
The heart that bleeds,
bleeds not for you, but me,
for my words fell short and silent
of what love was,
lost voices filled...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, heartbreak, lost
Form: Elegy
SUMMER JUXTAPOSITIONA SUMMER JUXTAPOSITION)
Wow…90 degrees!
Suddenly, white clouds...dark blue:
Then, steaming rain falls
...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, hyperbole, imagery,
Form: Haiku
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Lost
The sun sinks low, the shadows grow,
No moon is out up high,
A chilling breeze begins to blow,
With stars up in the sky;
I wearily wade my way in...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, inspirational, life,
Form: Verse
Army BRATS Always Wanna Fly HighArmy BRAT’S Always ‘Wanna’ Fly High
The tradition necessitates that as a child born unto military parents
Called by the beloved acronym Born Raised and Trained (BRAT’S)
Be always on the spotlight as they augment and compliment
The guys in uniform ever shifting from one place to another
Military BRAT’S never quite settle born and raised as sojourners
Born of a...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, appreciation, celebration, character, childhood,
Form: Narrative
IN THE CISTERN OF POETIC GRACEIn The Cistern Of Poetic Grace
Here
in
the
cocoon
of cosmic
mind,
words
metamorphose
butterfly
memories,
soaring
in the winds
of mystic
thoughts,
filling
sails
of contemplating
ships,
on their
chartered
courses
to
waiting
shores,
where
caterpillar
focus,
bask
in
sunshine:
imaging
reflective
beauty,
of harmonizing
poetic grace:-
...
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Categories:
allegory, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
BLACK DEFORESTATION
BLACK DEFORESTATION
Like innocent trees rooted and growing
In a black social forest, we’re being chopped
down by roving lumberjack officers of the law,
as if we were arboreal-like diseased black growths:-
Ironically, such deforestation, is a view of jurisprudence
Along this forest trail, least traveled by the blind goddess
Of justice, as she forgivingly hugs guilt with minor reprimand:-
While it...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, allegory, analogy, black african
Form: Prose
My intent is wordless In the wilderness of bewilderment,
Sculpting different sorts of thoughts,
Where intent fades, needing no interment,
And truth exudes from all its rots.
There lies the stark resolve for my future,
A slender hope of life ahead,
Bound together by a catgut suture,
That time corrodes until it's shed.
All kept away from prying eyes,
Ever before my intent was conceived,
Just to keep all...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
The Letter saidDearest Tenser:
Told you I would write you about the weekend.
Pray for them flood peoples and all. But got some news for ya.
She used a chrt to list the men she'd been with. We sat in the dining hall listen to her presentation. It was right before the BBQ.
She went inside and started cooking. Acting like...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, beach, beautiful, bullying, culture,
Form: Bio
RED HOT POLITICAL LARVA
Categories:
extended metaphor, allegory, america, analogy, conflict,
Form: Haiku
SERENITY
SERENITY
Hate's up in the air;
naturing winds of peace blowing:
Hate snuffed out by love:-
...
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Categories:
allegory, extended metaphor, hate,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Extended Metaphor Poems
Read wonderful extended metaphor poetry on the following sub-topics:
animal, family, friends, football, kids, lion, love, loneliness, moon, nature, yourself
and more.
Definition | What is Extended Metaphor in Poetry?
Poems Related to Extended Metaphor
symbol, image, analogy, similitude, emblem, personification, allegory, hope, metonymy, trope,