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Hyperbole Poems | Examples of Hyperbole Poetry

Hyperbole Poems - Examples of all types of hyperbole poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for hyperbole.
Premium Member Last Minute Poem
I wrote this at the last minute. You know, the minute before, I raced out the door. I scrawled it out until the paper tore. The thoughts I wanted to convey about another hurried, scrambled day. I spilled and splattered...Read the rest...
Categories: fun, happy, humor, hyperbole,
Form: Couplet



All hail The Silver Skins
(with nudity optional) Not another effort from The Lefts bleating masses, but the sparkily aristocracy of cerebral-celebritys; their binary-duality sweeping earth-wise. I don't object to the subject necessarily. All Hell Breaks-Loose sometimes For Heaven's Sake...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, columbus day, community, earth
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Daffodils and Landfills
O, the perfumed scent of lilac and daffodil You'll never replace the stench of the repulsive local landfill All hail...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, hyperbole, satire, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hide and Seek King
When I was young, I liked to play With other kids on my block. To backyards, front yards, everywhere, For fun, we would all flock. Every sport and game we played, When one kid on a losing streak Resolved with single-mindedness To...Read the rest...
Categories: children, games, hyperbole, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Missives From a Massacre 1
It's time To bring back The days Weeks Months We spent locked in combat It's time To wade through The bones Lungs Hearts That still yearn for you ...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, abuse, analogy, break up,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Inter-Dimension
I'm the version of you that didn't break. Didn't shatter into useless pieces, broken haggardly upon the floor. I can feel you, See you, Hear you, Smell you sulking in the wind. Battered and bellowing upon the breeze. Like plastic. Caustic and cautious. Remember...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, angst, anxiety, conflict, dark,
Form: Free verse
Invisible
No one ever comments on my poems. Does anybody see them? The view counter says yes, but I wonder Does anybody read them? Maybe they are just rubbish, Maybe they are no good. Maybe I should stop posting, I wonder if...Read the rest...
Categories: confidence, humor, hyperbole, poems,
Form: Rhyme
I Crave The Light You Bring Everyday
Do not be envious of the water that waters another's yard The grass is always greener, and a reason for their trivial mirth Remember the green grows from dirt We are all victims of light, Polaroid 2D snapshot moments,...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, hyperbole, social, son,
Form: Free verse
Comfortable Erosion
I feel myself trapped in an endless repetition Effortless to rationalize each day away But the sleepless nights bring clarity A hazy clearness in a cold dark room The four walls that comfort me most I imagine they...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, hyperbole,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mower Power
A small bee flew up to me -- buzzing, all a-fuss in my face: myself, about to clip a flowering weed~ using fancy, dynamic, power mover -- apparently, the bee hadn’t yet finished his morning shopping hour…. The mower wants...Read the rest...
Categories: daffodils, fear, humorous, hyperbole,
Form: Free verse
Demon Radio
Embroiled in Pre-dawn delusions Assuming the Cloud covered moon is Destroying its symbolism For my own amusement As the parking lot becomes Mystical, enlightened Full of Ambient apparitions Of the eternal type With the coyotes barking And my Inner self yawning I see an old radio Centered in the...Read the rest...
Categories: crazy, dream, heaven, hyperbole,
Form: Free verse
Holiday Mishap
Yule dinner mishap. Menu chosen, peon chef; Lactose –explosion! ...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, cheer up, christmas, hilarious,
Form: Haiku
A Modern Cowboy
I ride to the store on horseback and saddle, I Leave him outside its distasteful to ride indoors, My horse stays there it waits it needs no shackle, I wonder inside my eyes beholden, This world I have found,...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, america, angst, confusion, desire,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Snoop Nation
No special occasion ~ just privacy's incessant invasion...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, peace, violence,
Form: Couplet
MARKS
Marks, Marks, Marks Haunting me around like a group of sharks A 2 or 3-digit number that my parents think will decide whether I'll become a doctor or a plumber For me my marks are decent But for my parents,...Read the rest...
Categories: hyperbole, 10th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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