Family Extended Metaphor Poems
These Family Extended Metaphor poems are examples of Extended Metaphor poems about Family. These are the best examples of Extended Metaphor Family poems written by international poets.
14-4-2024My family spoke two languages
I’m not the same
Results came in still thankless
Feels weird to be diagnosed anxious
Results so plain
I’m still hiding under several blankets
I ain’t...
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extended metaphor, abuse, addiction, childhood, extended
There Was a Man From DonbasThere was a man from Donbas
There was a man from Donbas,
who sat on a headless ass.
"Hey! You're going the wrong way!" he...
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Categories:
america, extended metaphor, family,
TeethIll comply, ill apologise, im ing tired
I’ll hold your hand in mine, resigned, fingertips when i dont exist
Palm to palm on a good day, a...
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extended metaphor, 5th grade, addiction, child
She Loves You BecauseSpit fire and spin honey,
the target-a wealthy man and his money.
She has no other talent that qualifies,
just the sum of what quantifies.
She's got cause and...
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Categories:
deep, extended metaphor, family,
Across the LakeThe ice is slowly melting underneath me.
There is a real danger here.
Now I am frozen and drowning.
But still on the surface.
Just paralyzed...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, mental illness,
Wave of FantasyTake me away with a wave of fantasy
Far from this harsh reality.
Where there is cheer,
For every existing fear.
Where there is light,...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, absence, care, conflict, dark,
Patience Worth and Poet's ManifestI
The prose & prosaic lives pursuing career
From apartheid in Africa to US freedoms (1983)
Poets voices muted, too much hunger
The luxury of democracy, enduring systems
Of dispossession,...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, africa, conflict, education, environment,
SerendipitySERENDIPITY
Serendipity, a promise of destiny,
In the middle of the night, you dream,
You cry every time, for the revelation to find,
God’s promise, Word spoken,...
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Categories:
conflict, extended metaphor, family,
Dark DimensionThere is an intense flame in the dark dimension.
Have you ever wondered why it has burned so long?
Is it the work of the devil or...
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Categories:
dark, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Back From the Future AgainWhen the space traveler returned,
it was already another generation
...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, adventure, allegory, creation, extended
A Spiritual AwakeningWalking across the grass, tall, unopposed, well dressed as always.
I say to my brother, must we talk?
He nods.
I hug and kiss his cheek.
He appears a...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, angel, baby, brother, dream,
Begging To Be Someones FamilyI lost my whole family
So I took in a neighbor
I have paid, sold, washed, shopped, cleaned, and done for this neighbor more than anyone in...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, absence, addiction, betrayal, black
FamilyThe brothers are competitors
but they can be rivals
...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, allegory, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Start Changing Your Life Path- Christen KuikouaThe most efficient way to change your life
is by changing your life,
rearrange your life,
architect your existence,
it is as simple as this,...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, 10th grade, courage, dark,
Coffee MakersLong after the coffee pot
Calls the kettle black,
Eventually they will realize
They both serve the same purpose.
Just one begins slow and boils up fast,
While the other...
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Categories:
drink, extended metaphor, family,