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Father Metaphor Poems

These Father Metaphor poems are examples of Metaphor poems about Father. These are the best examples of Metaphor Father poems written by international poets.


Twelve Sunflowers in a Vase
 twelve of us he choose to paint
    sons of Jacob in an earthen 
jar so sturdy
plonked us with vehemence
directed by neuronal...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory, art, character, color,



Names, dates, birthdays
They don't know my name.

 I keep it hidden between the folds of my skirt. They told me I had to wear it but they...

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Categories: daughter, endurance, metaphor,

Premium Member Self-Portrait with My Shoebill Friend as We Rebrand Spirituality
This time,
Janice is wearing a priest collar
and I’m the altar.
She hisses when I open my Notes app
during communion,
calls me a heretic
for spellchecking my trauma.

I tell...

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Categories: extended metaphor, identity, myth,

Premium Member The Prismatic Self

Colossians 3:17-25 KJV Bible
"And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and...

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Categories: art, creation, extended metaphor,

Premium Member In the First Place

When words spring from lips in motion,
what they say “in the first place”
is often lost in translation, a soothing lotion,
misunderstood…
for ears may hear, but seldom...

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Categories: humanity, introspection, metaphor, perspective,



MAGDALENE: JEWEL OF JESUS
  MAGDALENE : JEWEL OF JESUS 


She was the Chosen
a beckoned one
to ignite His speeches 
smooth it with her own
illustrious strength
‘Courage against Odds’
marked her...

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Categories: metaphor, character, courage, death, emotions,

Let's be real
Let's be real 
I'm the deal 
the big dog
handing out slapdowns
I'm on a crackdown
I'm taking out the trash
I'm a digital jokers ass

cope harder!
reality is not...

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Categories: community, confusion, extended metaphor,

Premium Member ENLIGHTENMENT My SpokenWord
ENLIGHTENMENT 

I am encased in the Darkness asleep 
But we are the light
Nightmarish skin get their dreams I flourish
Still better encased then I a light...

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Categories: metaphor, analogy, appreciation, devotion, environment,

END TIMES : ONE
END TIMES : ONE 

[Poet’s Note : This poem arose out of a play on quote in Bible by Christ : “I will open my...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory, body, change, deep,

Premium Member The Clock on the Wall
“The Clock on the Wall”

That clock! The clock with cruelty, unmovable.
Telling time to be forever in motion.
The ticking, a deafening sound. 
Marked by grime. 
Yellowed...

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Categories: analogy, angst, change, metaphor,

Premium Member I Am a Puzzle
I am a puzzle
made of pieces.
One for the girl who woke my heart,
one for the girl who broke it,
one for the man who shook it,
one...

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Categories: absence, life, metaphor,

Premium Member tRee-
the hands of the Lord
 Father engaging me He 
solely covers and 
~
holds me amidst self
I be more than just a leaf 
branch I'm a...

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Categories: metaphor, analogy, appreciation, character, how

The Last Supper
Our candle refuses to consume the night,
it lit only to paint our shadows on the round mud walls
We were splattered greys of thin paint, mounted...

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Categories: metaphor, angst, appreciation, bible, character,

Premium Member OUR FATHER REIGNS-RAINS DOWN ON US AND EARTH-
As the King Abba Father reigns;
 He sends down rain;
 To wash the Earth  and cleanse;
 It purification replenishes the ground;
 The terrain Earth
He...

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Categories: metaphor, analogy, appreciation, blessing, devotion,

The Visitor's Solitude
In a house where the heat once reigned,
The breeze arrived, its gift sustained,
A gentle drizzle kissed the pane,
As laughter echoed, hearts unchained.

Within the living room,...

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Categories: extended metaphor,


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