Metaphor Growth Poems

They told her,
"Words are just air".
But air can bruise,
and silence can tear. 

She learned to bleed in quiet tones, 
Each syllable a crack in bones....

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I wear a thimble to protect me from blows
I can't see the enemy,
But I got to fight anyway I suppose.

My thimble's a bit battered
Worn down...

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as we metamorphose

sponsor : Unseeking 
               Seeker
submitted : 11/6/25

two points of...

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haiku : metamorphose 

stillpoint explodes, bang
dark waters earth fire wind all ~ 
petals unfurl, soar
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The sun unfolds, precisely peeking through
the light of stars, dominating ink-spilled nights. 
Its rays graze softly on blooming wounds 
as sirens set off warnings of...

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Contest : The Prismatic Self
Sponsor : Daniel Henry Rodgers
Date submitted : 19/5/25

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“Contests around track, contests for followers,
for best tasting wine, most exquisite 
architectural design...

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THIRD EYE SPEAKING 

(Poet’s Note : I’ve uploaded first verse of this little poem on YouTube channel as a short, if you’d like to listen...

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As far as ethereal creatures are concerned, 
she fell somewhere in between 
a wood nymph—
	fragile and belligerent— 
and a centaur—
	untamable and resilient 

she is a...

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See the thrashing
The panic
Hear the cries
The screams
Know their drowning
With no help
Instinct engages
I dive in head first

The thrashing calms
Panic subsides
Less crying
Screams change to whispers
Support gives purpose
I...

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Echo of distant cries,
quadruped steps deepening into dusk—
wind folding the earth’s breath.
Craftsman of the spider web,
seas of lightning possessing the sky.

Guardian of the other side,
conceiver...

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rooted and growing

Forgiven and sowed...
rooted in God's love garden...
growing gracefully...

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As you open that door…
you don’t know that there is 
an ocean behind it 


If you had to choose between feeling nothing and feeling everything,...

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Shouting across the void, I’ve begged for you;
I’ve heard my straining voice fall lost to the
Abyss between us two; Ignoring my plea,
The echo returned not,...

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I press my hands into the ruins of you,
fingertips cut in the quiet rot of ancient wounds
that have never quite been touched.
Beneath splintered ribs, 
your...

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I wish I could tell you
And have you understand
That you are you,
And I am me.
We put so many years between us
And in all that time...

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