Freedom Metaphor Poems
These Freedom Metaphor poems are examples of Metaphor poems about Freedom. These are the best examples of Metaphor Freedom poems written by international poets.
A Sea of PusThey call it a profession.
Selling your skin is not the same
as selling your skill.
They call it a bad habit.
Nose picking is not the same
as digging...
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Categories:
metaphor, allegory, evil,
Journey on for the Moment
if I could describe your soul it would be
clear mirror shattering forevermore
where pieces are jigsaw puzzles
not fitting, falling under oak...
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Categories:
metaphor, allusion, change, character, destiny,
WITH HOPE FAITH IN THE PROMISEWITH HOPE AND FAITH IN THE PROMISE
Like roaring rivers flowing under bordering bridges,
Cascading over, under, and around blocking stones,
So must we be as...
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Categories:
metaphor, faith, freedom, hope, life,
Filtered Through Consciousness
like steaming water seeps through the openings in the bottom of a colander
the wisdom of ages past is filtered by my conscious mind
leaving all but...
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Categories:
creation, giving, god, metaphor,
Us be grateful for what?Let them eat cake
But with no hands
And a mouth sewn shut
Why us
Why must we suffer with crumbs
And be grateful
To be grateful when slavery...
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Categories:
discrimination, freedom, metaphor, prejudice,
Letting GoLike sand held in my hand,
I know I squeezed too tight,
Grain by grain you will drift away,
And with wind take flight.
I'll keep my hands wide...
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Categories:
metaphor, break up, courage, cry,
The rose
A rose
With the scent of the earth
Aroma from the clouds
A desire to soar
Tides crashing
against the shore
Pauses to expose
the measure...
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Categories:
image, imagery, imagination, metaphor,
AN UNMOCKED ALLEGORICAL FLASHBACK
AN UNMOCKED ALLEGORICAL FLASHBACK
When we were young and growing up,
Granny said that all things have a seed,
And that every seed produces its own
Things to be...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Persephone Screams Peace light d i m m e d for Hathor
she wants to bring in Persephone
chocolate candle dripping consciousness
creating...
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Categories:
metaphor, allegory, allusion, change, character,
I am the mirrorI am the mirror of truth
I am the reflection of accountability
That will show the shards of what is, not what's not
I will reflect their own...
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Categories:
discrimination, evil, metaphor, mirror,
Drooping Flowers, Blaze Of Grass, And UsDropping Flowers, Blades Of Grass, And Us
Like flowers droop
but refuse to die
from the heat,
like tanned fields
subsumed in the struggle
to survive and keep
the flow of transpiration,
like...
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Categories:
metaphor, analogy, black african american,
JERICHO AWAKENING
JERICHO AWAKENING
Deception has always been
A strategy and ally of injustice;
Veiling its ruthless deeds,
And shifting attention
From aged-old atrocities,
While living and percolating
Behind invisible Jericho walls:-
Let not the...
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Categories:
metaphor, allegory, america, corruption, encouraging,
Let Me RestLet me rest,
For now I am tired of these quests.
What prize for me awaits?
Those hollow salutes and opened gates?
Or those meretricious praise that would...
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Categories:
metaphor, anxiety, cool, dedication, environment,
Failing justice 101You claim that we live in a just society
One where law comforts the innocent
And justice punishes the victim
But that's not true is it?...
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Categories:
discrimination, metaphor, mirror, political,
Black without a maskBlack without a mask
What would it look like to be black without a mask?
Would it look like freedom?
Or would they laugh?
At our attempt to be...
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Categories:
emotions, freedom, metaphor, prejudice,