Metaphor Grief Poems
These Metaphor Grief poems are examples of Grief poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Grief Metaphor poems written by international poets.
Grieving the ShiftTime passes, conversation and music ends,
light refracts, shimmers in water, bends.
Nails grow, hair lengthens, heads turn and bones break,
stems wilt, gardens overgrow, clouds regurgitate water...
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Categories:
grief, analogy,
Art UtopiaA belle, ethereal and calm,
Was cursed with eternal tears.
Her grace was destined to decay,
were that which caused her tears revealed.
Her face, a sparkling mess...
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Categories:
grief, art, beauty, imagination, metaphor,
MemoriesTime flies and people change too,
What feels grey, was also once blue,
So we try to move on, long after it's gone,
But memories linger, like an...
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Categories:
break up, grief, love,
Beating a Dead HorseReins lifted in spite, a grimace
Blistering the urge to forgive the way
Black changed to gray right before your eyes,
Easing away the pain like, in fading,...
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Categories:
grief, animal, death of a
Dear Mamadear Mama, have you found that other side
where loved ones, hope and heaven all reside?
...
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Categories:
grief, heartbroken, loss, metaphor,
Death In the Doorwaydeath's stood in the doorway
but i'm no good with words
so my pleas for mercy
come in the form of
fresh bandages on old wounds
and plastering my vices...
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Categories:
angst, extended metaphor, grief,
The Monster and the ButterflyOne blissful spring morning
As the sweet sun showered the flowers below in it’s glittering presence
A small butterfly drifted from flower to flower
It surprised the monster...
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Categories:
grief, animal, butterfly, extended metaphor,
It Will End In TearsMy friend, don’t struggle so
Not much longer to go
No more working for the all-mighty buck
No more lusting after the…
Ahhh your dirty mind
Will be the...
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Categories:
grief, allusion, anger, angst, art,
Raincoatmy coat of yesterday hangs by the hook
holding onto every teardrop
dripping
down
the
sleeves,
mascara stained from my eyes.
blurry puddles decorate my vision,
rain dancing on the ground.
the sun settles...
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Categories:
cry, extended metaphor, grief,
A VisitorA visitor he came one day
In a shroud of smoke and steam
He took refuge in my brain
And chose to never leave
He fills my head with...
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Categories:
grief, anxiety, dark, extended metaphor,
Blue To BlackVelveteen...
blue to black
never meant to last
call it all back
Blue to Black
the turning of the screw.
The flame is hot and it’s seers
everything...
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Categories:
grief, allegory, allusion, analogy, anxiety,
Unforgettable
Torrential rain of tears
...
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Categories:
death, grief, loss, memory,
The Wrath of Women
"The thunder of your heart's outburst is enough to break a thousand glasses"
Contest name: Quote this.(2nd Place)
Sponsor: Rick Parise.
Date:17.01.2023
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Categories:
anger, depression, feelings, grief,
Life In My LandLife in my Land
Life in my land is not by right
With greed, we are wound around
Hardened ruiners ravaging all we have
Like raptor they kill, devour...
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Categories:
fear, grief, metaphor, murder,
No Rewind Button For LifeFlow of life moves on
Like songs on the radio.
No hitting rewind.
Only occassionally
Hear it again time to time....
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Categories:
grief, death, death of a