Death Metaphor Poems
These Death Metaphor poems are examples of Metaphor poems about Death. These are the best examples of Metaphor Death poems written by international poets.
The Shape of AbsenceAnd I remember the rain before it ever started—
the smell of asphalt humming like old vinyl static under my ribs.
You were talking about birds, maybe,
or...
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metaphor,
Shadows of the ValleyO' moment
of mist-glazed melancholia ~
I'm shrinking in paper-cut smokes
of shrivelling sunsets,
amidst the seizures of silence, there I surf ~
in swollen skulls of...
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metaphor, death, deep, emotions, grief,
NEW WAVE ASCENDS NEW WAVE ASCENDS
Workers waul at leaders sold
who rush to airports cold
in hospitals wan women wallow
tattered children nothing to swallow
ideals trickling through...
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metaphor, 12th grade, change, earth,
Immodest ProposalIt might be an absurd idea
But we need to move on from here
Stalled in the darkness
With no moral compass
To guide us into the clear
It...
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metaphor, america, angst, conflict, death,
We Live in DenialIn blackest halls, a phosphorescent light
Shines forth from darkest depths, a honey glow.
Enraged, ignited, I now blinding bright,
A magma burning, pyroclastic flow,
Torching golden beams to...
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metaphor, analogy, anxiety, depression, extended
Tethys, TimeRamparts of the castle?
Slicked well with rain or blood?
Ask the master's vassal.
His veins have caused a flood...
Well. Is that so? Don't you know?
Steady as we...
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confidence, extended metaphor,
Song of AprilForget the night’s storm
when you get out of bed.
Forget lightning and thunder
the way the house trembled
Forget your deepest fears
that the world would end,
Open your eyes.
Embrace...
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april, death, life, metaphor,
In the inferno of night
a whisper of loss
a phantom lace
a ghostly touch
fingers close, cold to taste
lingers laughter
cracked bone-dry air
the clock chimes midnight
it is backward here
in this...
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metaphor, angst, art, death, deep,
A Boastful Mountain"Arrogance, a harmful disease,
...
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extended metaphor, mountains, pride,
Plagued by Memories
Like an albatross enfolded around my silencing throat,
squeezing ever tighter,
asphyxiating on sins not of my own.
A scarlet letter has...
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dark, death, extended metaphor,
HUMAN BREAKDOWN
Total freedom of expression
that incites death, suicide,
and destruction.
it is not freedom,...
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allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Ashen-CradleA haunting past that trails behind,
An unnerving shadow that fails to blend.
The harrowing voices that curve the bend,
Sending your sanity off to the other end.
The...
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anxiety, death, funeral, metaphor,
Life, Death, Pianoa man, aging yet still of play
for he, a piano plays he
and piano plays he well
but die does our aging man
for he, dead, yet playing...
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metaphor, death, life, meaningful, philosophy,
free styling 3 in 1its
been
said
that
we can’t
be two things
all at once
yet we go
about life
living
and dying
at the same
same
time
until our
death comes to
be:
the
body and
its mind once
...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
ELEPHANT WOMAN{ emo music inspired poem }
ELEPHANT WOMAN
She is Elephant Woman
you cannot hide from her
in houses of brick or glass or
lined velvet curtains
whether...
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Categories:
metaphor, allegory, character, courage, dance,