A beautiful lieI wonder how it truly feels to be loved.
Is it like the minutes before the sun rises,
when it begins to shine so bright,
and you feel its warmth on your skin
Like moments you miss the most,
filled with the nostalgia of what once had been.
Like a scent of flowers leaving its own light,
longing...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, betrayal, break up, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Falling Leaves, Fading ChaptersI watched a leaf release its breath,
A golden sigh upon the air.
It tumbled softly into death,
A quiet dance without despair.
The wind, a gentle funeral song,
Caressed it with a lover’s grace.
It drifted, weightless, swept along,
No bitterness upon its face.
I thought of all I’ve had to leave,
The hands, the homes, the hollow years.
I thought of how we...
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Categories:
deep, extended metaphor, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
flower of life : haikuSponsor : JCB Brul
submission date : 3/7/25
geometric pure
God design for sure, no door ~
all over universe
____________geo__________
m ...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, beautiful, change, creation, earth,
Form: Haiku
Juxtapositions of SoulSponsor : Regina Macintosh
submission : 2/7/25
_____________________
embedded in avatar’s
sequential chromosomes
novel_sprite_ageless___BIRTHED
Soul protected simultaneously PROTECTOR
free ...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, allusion, change, character, deep,
Form: Epic
Conversations with a Dying StarI spoke tonight to a dying star,
A flicker frail in endless skies.
It burned with all it ever was,
A lantern trembling as it dies.
I spoke to fire that once was flame,
To ancient light now burning thin.
I spoke to hours that bore no name,
To distant worlds I’ll never win.
I asked it how it kept its glow,
I asked...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, character, deep, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
TO BEING OF ONE ACCORDTO BEING OF ONE ACCORD
Let us not sow discord,
rather, let’s sow onederful,
oneness, onement:
Reaping divine wisdom, and
guidance, from the Holy One.
...
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Categories:
allegory, destiny, extended metaphor,
Form: Tanka
White Light Rewards 1 Johre
White Light
penetrates Gaia
she opens Her lava
oozes the Violet Flame
fountains of Sophi-El spring
containing silver fish
we eat them Not
Johre reward >>
Integration =
Sati
masculine feminine
figure of eight moves
awareness defines steps
opposites magnetise eyes
east loves west north adores south
within square is rectangle mouthed
circles sliding across smoothly flow
overlapping voids birth material power
Sati reward >>
Peace...
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Categories:
allusion, character, extended metaphor,
Form: Verse
Categories:
blessing, devotion, extended metaphor,
Form: Romanticism
What is love?What is love, really—
a figment of hope
sharp enough to shatter
centuries of lived patriarchy?
To think
education could make a dent
in what’s already carved
in bone & name.
To think
a stranger could be chosen
over the familial veins of caste, of home
over the womb of belief one never questioned.
Perhaps what’s
whispered in secret
was always meant to be hidden—
buried, before it flowers into...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, angst, conflict, confusion, cry,
Form: Free verse
The River RunsIt brings to mind a question: why?
Why does the river run?
Does it need to?
Why is it considered peaceful?
And can it be obtained by other means?
And then it fades and the river runs dry.
The red one and the river of my eyes.
I fill the river bank so no one will know.
No one will learn of my...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, 12th grade, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
Sweet is the impulse of love,
the fundamental reason for life...
Dreams of love,
shine in the light of the stars,
adorn the illuminated sky,
with immeasurable divine splendor...
When loving hearts,
beat in the same rhythm,
peace falls asleep peacefully,
life becomes beautiful and shines
the earth breathes pure air...
When true love happens
living is a gigantic...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, addiction, allusion, beauty, extended
Form: Carpe Diem
NATURAL POETRY
summer peaks are coming
cicadas are singing za, zi zi, zi...!
How many whispers of time,
flower, fire, rain, cold...
earthly dreams in cycles...!
New shoots on the earth,
renewal crying out,
herald birds chirping!
Leaves swirling in the wind,
mushrooms everywhere,
autumn showing off...
Life is full of thorns,
but also full of flowers,
knowing how to live is necessary...!...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Couplet
Palace visitA pretty big gate it was...
Overseeing the strict soldiers at the entrance.
Firmly, they stood with heavy weapons.
Stepped inside the picturesque place,
Gentle girls welcomed with grace.
A beautiful big lawn,
Guarded by patient pawns,
Ample aesthetic rooms around,
Occupied by pretty people abound.
Classical songs were playing on one side,
Dancers accompanied them the other side.
People indulged in their adorable arts,
Celebrating...
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Categories:
dream, extended metaphor, fairy,
Form: Free verse
When Its Petals Draw Near
A missile’s disguise is a flower
magnetic, a whiff of its power
Yet when its petals draw near
a new odor appears
...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, fear, flower,
Form: Rhyme
In Poetic Relief
IN POETIC RELIEF
Laying here musing,
I feel as if an ice cube
Peeing in warm thoughts:
My poetic cistern filled,
I now pour out this to you:-
...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Tanka
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,