Girl Metaphor Poems
These Girl Metaphor poems are examples of Metaphor poems about Girl. These are the best examples of Metaphor Girl poems written by international poets.
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,
I Haven't Found Her YetI lost a child
She was climbing trees
One blink
And my eyes open
To writing leftover love poems
Stolen from years I can't remember
And no one cares to...
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Categories:
child, childhood, lost, metaphor,
Indian WastelandIt is the world of Shiva and Shaitan
It is the world of Krishna and Kant
Devi on Nandi holding Demon and Son
Devotees, Deities, Ash, Claps and...
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Categories:
metaphor, absence, anxiety, black love,
When Pets and Their Companions Start to Resemble Each Other
I held the leash like it was sacred,
I warned that she spooked easy.
He knelt down slowly, extended his hand
like a priest offering sacrament
to a god...
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Categories:
metaphor, allusion, anxiety, conflict, extended
Tag3, 2, 1 TAG YOU'RE IT!
I remember hearing on the playground at the age of nine
Lord only knows how much I dreaded this game
The boy...
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Categories:
analogy, childhood, extended metaphor,
My Existence Itself Is My Threat - Part 2"What is my role?" I asked.
"You are part of the crew," he said, not the captain as I was told.
"But I know maps! I read...
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Categories:
metaphor, anger, betrayal, conflict, extended
ClemencyThere was a girl named Clemency
who walked with me to college every morning.
Neither shy nor outspoken.
Her face was always concealed by a mask.
I have never...
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Categories:
metaphor, abuse, brother, depression, endurance,
Star GazingSome say stars are
sky glitter --
every girl likes a little
extra sparkle,
and every boy needs
direction of loftier eyes
every soul seeking greater
constellation
nearer horizons
I keep my sighs....
...
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Categories:
humanity, imagery, imagination, metaphor,
unfocusedOur land of stars and stripes, now glows,
with screens that flicker in hallowed halls.
Entranced humans shuffle, with eyes fixed below,
on small gadgets that have us...
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Categories:
addiction, extended metaphor, humor,
Dandelion WomanOh look here— behold a dandelion woman
the original wild flower!
I go where I want to go
I grow where I want to grow —
don't matter if...
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Categories:
metaphor, beauty, conflict, courage, endurance,
I Am a PuzzleI 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,
Makabre MarionettaHey mommy I am here to play
Daddy and brother are on the way
To the underworld where I sent them
By gutting tummies and dissecting
Innards...
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Categories:
metaphor, character, child, conflict, dark,
Why Walk When You Can FlyWhy walk when you can fly? I wondered then,
When she had left me standing on my own,
When I was left to mourn her yet again,
When...
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Categories:
metaphor, absence, betrayal, break up,
Defecation accidentally cloggedDefecation accidentally clogged...
for the umpteenth time
during spate to sit scrawny buttucks
on porcelain throne id est
videre licet toilet bowl...
with toxic water brew threatening
to...
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Categories:
metaphor, adventure, analogy, angel, blessing,
The Visitor's SolitudeIn 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,