Metaphor Poems | Examples of Metaphor Poetry

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 by old wounds I might need to get a new one Till then this will do. My kingdom depends on me I guess so, Haven't heard from them in many moons. I fight, waving about a...

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I sit on a throne of unfinished things, wearing a crown of missed chances, a robe of echoes and brittle stances, stitched with the pull of quiet strings. My mini palace is kept on my palm, built from silent, paused goodbyes. I spread my kingdom with quiet gaze, ruled it with intent none could revise. I am self-slaved by chosen remand, My soldier thumb...

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I bit the ampule hard enough to cut my tongue. I let the splinters rake their penance against my frenulum for months. Still, it won't change the trajectory, not all at once—nothing does. ...

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I see words, and they see me It’s true they are sentient, quite But they will never see the light of my world through my loins They keep floating by, ever speaking never ceasing like tinnitus in my transcendent sight Like orphans from somewhere never Their little fingers grope as they look at me squarely Speaking barely, “bring me...

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We are made of moments. Everything passes: laughter, pain, the tear that dried without being noticed, the perfume of youth, the winters that seemed eternal, the night that dies at sunrise... so let us live for life is brief and passes......

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"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language." (W. H. Auden) They sit in their glass-paneled chambers, these judges, tuning their ears to the hum of silicon— eyebrows raised at every metaphor too deft, too dressed, too drenched in sense. Who wrote this? they ask, tapping screens that blink like oracles but lie like...

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rain shine so divine sprinkle blessings kissings wet ~ feet in leather boots ~~~~~~ Rain-shine sound patter mad hatter Alice lost in whimper drops coatless with Rabbi Rabbit ruling ...

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Twilight tiptoes through curtained clover leaves Cape starlings stanzaed thank mighty Lord spindly legs shake on spritely evensong breeze closing chirp reminding that day is just a chord What achievements marked chanting hours manifesting with helio hands and heedful head paper, pencil, thoughts danced about in bower patterned sensations twirled needle and thread A silent hymn I sit awaiting...

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You're my superhero and you don't even know why Its because you're there for every pain hurt and cry You're there for those who matter excluding yourself Superheros like you cant be found anywhere else Who gave you those powers to handle everything Its obvious there's someone stronger a much higher being The powers he has given you seem to use...

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. ooo i'll have to settle ...

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Heartbreak is rising heat in spring. Summer welded my heart back together, Fall leaves reminded me that time has passed so effortlessly. You’re turning into a faded memory and just another lesson. My weight, smile, and spirit is back into place. Soon enough, love returns back to my mind and soul, but never in the form of you again. I...

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You peddling poppy You soul Keep Keep going On and on Go and go Strive above and beyond Boundaries and imagination. The sky is far from your limit, You get it. Run. Run. Run Swim. Swim. Swim. Don’t hit the ground. You are getting, Now jump like there is no gravity holding you down. ...

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The case of lynching vs suicide A black man Hangs Lifeless Silent Eerie The only sound Is the wind thrashing around As it surrounds The black man Screaming loud Trying to get the man to make a sound The wind howled In pain In agony Watching as the whole town Laughing like he was some kind of clown The police never showed In the...

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink You can present a man with evidence, but you can't make him think. You can push a rock up a too steep slope You keep sliding back, and you're at the end of your rope It's not that they're stupid, they might have a degree. Is just...

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I see the wind And hear the sun And when it hurts I have such fun I know not when But the where is sure The reasons are clear Though fully obscure Thoughts I suffer The long night through Bring such comfort How is this true Confusion reigns Within thoughts clear And peace so far And yet so near I can feel it Though I’m completely numb My mind subtracts To find the...

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