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War Metaphor Poems

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


Army BRATS Always Wanna Fly High
Army BRAT’S Always ‘Wanna’ Fly High

The tradition necessitates that as a child born unto military parents
Called by the beloved acronym Born Raised and Trained (BRAT’S)
Be...

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Categories: metaphor, appreciation, celebration, character, childhood,



Premium Member A Lubricant Chance
meant to be...

     grabbed with both hands.
           one can 
 ...

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Categories: conflict, meaningful, metaphor, perspective,

Premium Member TEXAS FLOODING WARS
TEXAS FLOODING WARS
(Apropos Of A Lesson Of Nature)

The flood waters came,
leaving lost lives washed away;
eyes flooded with tears:
Nature herself, warring with
collateral disaster:-

So many children
won’t be...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory,

Premium Member The Face of War, 1941, Salvador Dali
O moon,
   the blood-rose pearl
            of my aching soul,
the ghostly seer of...

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Categories: angst, metaphor, poetry,

Endgame in Exile
## I
Eleven, Tehran's burning heat—
sleeve rolled high against the summer's weight,
the Revolutionary Guard's fist finds my face
like a question mark carved in flesh.
A G3 rifle...

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Categories: metaphor, political,



Premium Member UNRAVELLING CHOICES AND CHOICES

In the spirit of hope, we contemplatively search
Beyond the horizon for the mystic exorcism
Of the pandemic deaths proliferating from
The disparity reigning from viral social
And political...

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Categories: anxiety, destiny, extended metaphor,

She Opened a Gate
  Sponsor : Constance Le France 
submitted : 6/7/25
Placed : Third
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lovingly she opened a tungsten gate to his Heart quantum lasers sharp, her ordained...

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Categories: metaphor, age, change, dark, extended

In the Cradle
Forged in the cradle of crumbling stone,
The river murmured like an elder's song, 
A silver thread through earth’s old bones,
Unraveling what never should belong.

Like lightning...

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Categories: metaphor, growth, identity, introspection, life,

Palace visit
A pretty big gate it was... 
Overseeing the strict soldiers at the entrance.
Firmly, they stood with heavy weapons.
Stepped inside the picturesque place,
Gentle girls welcomed with...

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Categories: dream, extended metaphor, fairy,

Premium Member IN THE WEATHERING OF WAR
In The Weathering Of War

In today’s
storming war
weathering
world peace
is rotting out
and we need
to sow new seeds
of her
germinating 
new fruits:
the weary world
Is starving 
for new peace
and we...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory,

Premium Member American Psychosis
American Psychosis
The sun, the Son,

ECLIPSED 
Overshadowed by
Dark clouds of 
Bloated EGO and ID
Me supersedes We
The people1
Will weep

 DEADLY SINS
 More than seven
In one
Narcissist ‘king’ of
WRATH,...

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© Mel Gill  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: metaphor, abuse, america, bullying, corruption,

Premium Member WAR'S PANDEMIA
Pandemic war plows
are now uprooting sown peace;
her fruits left to rot:-

...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory, analogy, corruption, extended

Premium Member A FAITH-BASED PERSPECTIVE OF WAR AND ITS DESTINY
A FAITH-BASED PERSPECTIVE
OF WAR AND ITS DESTINY 

Murder is a crime
Unless it’s in war;
Then it’s all legal:
A death penalty
For the innocent:-

Our reality,
Is not of heaven;
Wars...

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Categories: allegory, extended metaphor, hope,

Premium Member THE ULTIMATE NATURE OF WAR
THE ULTIMATE NATURE OF WAR

Sown love reaps world peace,
While sown hate will reap world war:
Power its sower:-
Sharers of love will sow peace:
Profiteers of war, sow...

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Categories: allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,

Premium Member IN AN AWARENESS CASE OF WAR
IN AN AWARENESS CASE OF WAR

Murder is a crime,
Unless it’s in war;
Then it’s all legal:
The death penalty
For the innocent:-

Our reality,
Is not of heaven:-
Wars have no...

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Categories: allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,


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