Long Simile Poems
Long Simile Poems. Below are the most popular long Simile by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Simile poems by poem length and keyword.
BergfriedI. The Settlement
Hickory bark bluffs
at the blend of two
...
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Categories:
simile, adventure, allusion, metaphor, myth, native american, remember,
Form:
Narrative
StormThe day was fine and sunlit,
Decorated by several clouds
drifting aimlessly in the radiant ocean-blue sky.
Chorused by gentle puffs of the morning breeze,
Sending leaves on the streets twirling like
ballerinas in a dazzling and mesmerising dance.
and...
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Categories:
simile, courage, fear, metaphor, natural disasters, school, ,
Form:
Imagism
Poetry Anthology Part 1Woven are these pages in poetic verse,
With bare threads of our deepest feelings,
You will find laughter, tears and remorse,
and words of wisdom, prayer and healings.
Krish Radhakrishna
The words herein form an anthology of love
From the...
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Categories:
simile, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Mooku: Haikus On the Moon: With Cliff Notes1. Lunar Perspective #1
month long day and night
also sees earth wax and wane
no season penchant
2. Lunar Perspective #2
moon's sun mimics earth's
earth pirouettes on star stage
sun’s smile Cheshire Cat
3. Lunar Perspective #3
moon turns once per month
lunar...
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Categories:
simile, life, love, moon, science, perspective,
Form:
Haiku
The Anatomy of a Kural: Maxim 245 of the Thirukkural By ThiruvalluvarThe Anatomy of a Kural: Maxim Number 245 (taken at random) of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classic on Ethics by Thiruvalluvar
allal arulaalvaarkku illai valivalangum
mallalmaa naalam kari (K245)
“The teeming earth's vast realm, round which the...
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Categories:
simile, education, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, tamil,
Form:
Couplet
Rileys CometA stunning scene. Edited for our insatiable reading pleasure. High on a tight-rope.
The debutant wearing her 2-piece at one end. The isis general at the other.The plot is for them to tip-toe, slowly...
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Categories:
me, simile,
Form:
I do not know?
Ode To African ChildOh! African child, the temple
A redient beauty of nature
Thou are the cradle capital
Of humanity and creatures
The founder of patriarchal
Oh! African child,
The coy the toy of the wife
Beauty of nature and life
The belike of Bowie...
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Categories:
simile, africa, baby, birth,
Form:
Rhyme
Son of Amittai - 1 of 2commissioning and attempted escape
“Son of Amittai, to Nineveh, go
And tell them of their great impending woe;
Their evil, like a stench, has come to me.”
But Jonah ran; he traveled down to Joppa.
(Wait, Jonah who? Oh, Amittai’s...
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Categories:
simile, bible, fish,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Just Guess What!
Guess What? Let us have a little talk
Take a walk and know the winter thoughts
There is some time left to feel
the sweet essence of a wave a breeze
The reminder of the plan ahead
...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, body, confidence, dance, humorous, simile,
Form:
Narrative
Poet IdentityPoet Identity
In conversations,
In biographies,
In resumes…all poets are writers,
but not all writers are poets.
On a careful look into the mirror, when not looking
for wrinkles, but staring deep into...
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Categories:
character, desire, destiny, humanity, inspiration, simile, spiritual,
Form:
Prose
King DayKING DAY
(A Retrospective Perspective)
David said to Solomon his son, be
strong and of good courage, and do
it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the
Lord God…will be with thee; he will
...
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Categories:
allegory, america, celebration, history, inspirational, metaphor, simile,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Categories:
jesus, marriage, simile,
Form:
Rhyme
Goodbye Maya AngelouClinton's Inauguration 1993
You were so beautiful, Maya
Standing in front of the
President and the First Lady
I didn’t really understand
Your Pulse Of Morning
Presidential inauguration poem
I kind of got lost in the dinosaur theme
Poems about Mastodons usually
Don’t...
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Categories:
angel, courage, emotions, poetry, presidents day, simile,
Form:
Rhyme
Monoku Monday - Dec 2020"Reigning Cats and Dogs" Posted 6 Dec 2020
the difference between dogs and cats is dogs have owners, cats have staff
who's supposed to read the signs that say...
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Categories:
simile, cat, dog, humor, pets,
Form:
Monoku
Words SpecificallyCollecting words has
resulted into a lifetime of gathering.
now I am choosing which
words to send you;
I send you choice words on special days,
and specific words on chosen days.
I share words that are specific to
‘’The cause’ ’or...
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Categories:
emo, extended metaphor, simile, words,
Form:
Free verse
Miracle On 44th StreetLyrical On 44th Street
The argument started at the table
He was too soft,
too timid to quote Gable
She said ,"Your dreams aren't keeping the lights on.
If I see you writing again, your...
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Categories:
simile, caregiving, change, family, father son, inspirational, retirement,
Form:
Free verse
Takaha Shugyo Haiku and Tanka TranslationsThese are my modern English translations of Takaha Shugyo haiku and tanka...
hatogata horarete ichiju haya mebuku
A single tree
with a heart carved into its trunk
blossoms prematurely
—Takaha Shugyo, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
dôkefuku nugazu tentômushi no...
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Categories:
animal, beauty, heaven, nature, sea, simile, stars,
Form:
Haiku
Advice to Young PoetsAdvice to Young Poets
by Nicanor Parra Sandoval
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Youngsters,
write however you will
in your preferred style.
Too much blood flowed under the bridge
for me to believe
there’s just one acceptable path.
In poetry everything’s permitted.
Byron
was not...
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Categories:
simile, light, poems, poetry, poets, world, write, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Existential Conundrumdetangling figurative philosophical,
(i.e. ineffable) thread tightly bound
most likely requires a greater capacity
(than mine) to expound,
considerably superior than
this feeble intellectual attempt,
nonetheless...
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Categories:
simile, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Immaculate DeceptionHad been perfect and free from corruption, a natural singularity
Fractals proceeding from fractals in perfect regularity
Then, all of a sudden – a cataclysm – this pattered had been shattered
Like crystals being diluted by a prankster...
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Categories:
simile, 8th grade, 9th grade, absence, allusion, anger,
Form:
Abecedarian
Too Many Lives Are Floating In This Flood WaveToo many lives are floating in this flood wave
Mon Ami,
I am honored to be included in your exposition
Theological border walls
You were opening your glittering purse,
A set of cloth line clips,
I was gazing there
From a...
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Categories:
simile, for her,
Form:
Free verse
Ethereal EggMight it be a pool or wishing well
with rainbow ripples round it wound
within an enchanted cosmic dell
of a fabulous world newfound—
or perhaps a spacetime passageway
that tunnels through regions yonder
to place where poets come out to...
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Categories:
simile, animal, humanity, imagery, imagination, nature, space, stars,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Sunday StreetShe walked down the street with her hands clasp in thine and for one moment it felt like something divine; she was walking out of an old life into a new one, but I couldn’t...
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Categories:
simile, beautiful, confidence, deep, friend, inspirational love, joy,
Form:
Narrative
FlawsWhats about these flaws that everyone is scared of
Scared enough to hide behind a mask
But never show them to the world
Somewhere we are scared to live in this for too long as well
What...
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Categories:
art, beautiful, cute, literature, poetry, simile, writing,
Form:
Free verse
ResemblanceResemblance
by Michael R. Burch
Take this geode with its rough exterior—
crude-skinned, brilliant-hearted ...
a diode of amethyst—wild, electric;
its sequined cavity—parted, revealing.
Find in its fire all brittle passion,
each jagged shard relentlessly aching.
Each spire inward—a fission startled;
in its shattered...
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Categories:
metaphor, passion, simile, solitude, spiritual, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse