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Figuratively Poems - Poems about Figuratively


Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills
Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills..., and finally gung-ho with a poem title important to yours truly not disappointing his Facebook fan base, which electronic affirmation, and confirmation, breeds gratification analogous to being the proud papa begetting offspring progeny growing up at breakneck speed spurring me to rub my eyes as if experiencing hallucination, and thanks be to thee unknown readers, whose familiar and recognizable namesakes fuel...

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Categories: figuratively, absence, africa, animal, baby,
Form: Free verse
Still Reeling Albeit Figuratively After Amidst Realization
Still reeling (albeit figuratively) after amidst realization... keys to apartment and 2009 Hyundai Sonata went missing Yesterday August tenth year two thousand and twenty one, I experienced blitzkrieg of explosive panic shattering an ordinarily calm veneer me (a doubting Thomas) resorting to ***** re the higher power to rescue me sanity, inducing absent appetite and subsequent loss of weight (think irritable bowels), which shell shock spurred...

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Categories: figuratively, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Husband Feebly Tried To Smite Figuratively
Preface preceding promiscuous philandering peccadillos undermining energy and time not spent with missus and mother of our precious progeny, whereby, yours truly sought, (somewhat assertively, modestly, and zestfully) to elicit – illicit prurient heterosexual predilections before dark shadow of guilt crept along edge of consciousness straining outer limits of twilight erogenous zone and now cringe when perusing, reading, traversing... outdated erotic emails I...

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Categories: figuratively, betrayal, conflict, depression, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Figuratively Speaking
I never been to a place called Rome, And to know what Romans do at home, And I thought that Spring was everywhere, Yet, England claims that 'tis better there, I think world cities are in the dark, 'Tis Paris, 'City of Lights', hallmark, The sun does not rise by my window, But for Samurai's in Tokyo, I never seen, any 'smithereens', Nor any...

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Categories: figuratively, analogy, education, humor, image,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Premium Member Figuratively Speaking: a Compendium
Figuratively Speaking... a compendium I’m having slugs for dinner Twelve dozen on toast Some people turn their nose up Apparently that’s gross I’m joining metal plates Using heat to make them meld I haven’t got it finished yet It’s not the end of the weld Noah built an ark And he bought a plastic coat He’s waiting for the rain to come... Whatever floats your boat He couldn’t...

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Categories: figuratively, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Figuratively
When my words rhyme Oh how I love the crime Such forgivable murder Of words changing order Tis not only sequence For you have to make sense Read between the lines 'Cause that's where the secret lies Measure not the length But comprehend the depth Sometimes brevity Outweighs vocabulary Compare by simile To show what it's like Or use metaphor simply As it directly imply If synecdoche takes part from whole Metonomy...

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Categories: figuratively, art, beautiful, beauty, onomatopoeia,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Figuratively Speaking
To literal minds similes are like stumbling blocks, but metaphors are death traps....

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Categories: figuratively, language,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Figuratively Speaking
Unmotivated, I’d dropped my creative side on the kickoff line until I picked it up at halftime. Fumbling, I now use things I know little about to explain things I know even less about life. Touchdown when I get it right! For Nathan's short poems Poetry Contest...

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Categories: figuratively, on writing and words
Form: Free verse
Figuratively Speaking
Figuratively Speaking What do you want...

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Categories: figuratively, girlfriend-boyfriend, love, romance, words,
Form: Free verse

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