Peace of mindI need not build a mansion
to find my peace of mind.
I need no fleet of luxury cars
for calm to dwell inside.
All I need is a whisper —
a gentle breeze
blown beneath a clear, untroubled sky,
under a tree that leans above a quiet, streaming brook
casting a cool, soft shade.
The bright sunlight
will wrap me
in a tranquil blanket,
within a...
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Categories:
cool, extended metaphor, Lullaby,
Form: Free verse
What becomes of a world?The trees ache with a pain only those who have witnessed true horror
The swinging rope moping for it had been turned to a killer
The threads unravelling trying to escape
A maze with no end
Running, running, running Away
Yet still can't escape its fate
A fallen leaf a tear of the tree
Weeping for a...
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Categories:
discrimination, family, funeral, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
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 ended
When in fact it was they who started it
To feed us poison instead of the antidote
Then feign confusion to why it didn't work
The world sees you as a victim
And...
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Categories:
discrimination, freedom, metaphor, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Captured InternallyI’m a bird in a cage, but the cage is my head,
On a walk in the park, but I’m running instead,
The bookshelf is haunted, my reflection is too,
Squeaks and whimpers out in the blue
...
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Categories:
feelings, horror, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
IN THE EVERGREEN OF HOPEIN THE EVERGREEN OF HOPE
In the forest of despair,
The evergreen of hope,
Firmly rooted,
Stands in the mist
Of the saws
Of injustice:
Her tired body
Having withstood
The fires of debilitation
And devastating mudslides
Of eroding equity and justice:-
Like her ancestors,
Seek, knock, and ask,
The evergreen of hope
Cannot, and will not,
Be rotted away
By political fungi
Of deceit,
Nor racist bacteria
Of eroding unjust laws:-
Though in its shaded...
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Categories:
destiny, extended metaphor, hope,
Form: Prose
ROCK HARD POLITICAL DEFECATIONROCK HARD POLITICAL DEFECATION
Making the nation
great again, he defecates
laws of injustice:-
Stinky flowing unjust laws:
Stooled igneous tyranny:-
...
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Categories:
metaphor, allegory,
Form: Tanka
A Mid-Summer Cosmic Awareness CryA Mid-Summer Cosmic Awareness Cry
The blue sky’s white clouds, once happy, became weary;
Tears flowed slowly down until a blinking loud outburst occurred:-
Following this occurrence, cloud teardrops began to fall faster;
And later, it was like those clouds’ eyes became turned facets:-
After a while, these flowing tears gradually came to a dampening halt;
Light blue sky, white clouds,...
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Couplet
The First BiteKneaded clouds in saltlight bowls,
rolled paper thin, then baked
into a crescent shaped croissant.
Buttered with mist.
The first bite and you fall from heavens,
crumb by dream-soaked crumb.
...
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Categories:
allegory, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
KALEIDOSCOPIC MIXES STRANGE BED-FELLOWSOrange red the yellow;
Brown cow moo-ed
While white pigeons grin;
Grapes and raisins beloid;
From deep purple to blue;
Varies rainbow glitters;
Kaleidoscopic mixes strange bed-fellows;
7/23/25
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©...
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Categories:
metaphor, allusion, analogy, appreciation, environment,
Form: Rhyme
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 open,
I'm stepping to the side,
So when you look about you,
Your space is open wide....
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Categories:
metaphor, break up, courage, cry,
Form: Lyric
Choosing PeaceMonotheism's God
is the antithesis
of polytheism's Gaian Hypothesis.
A monotheistic SunGod
is the 1 numerator antithesis
of a polytheistic
non-0 denominator's
Gaian Hypothesis.
Orthodox yang monotheism
is the antithesis
of ortho-practiced yintegral polytheism.
Testosterone glowing
is the Male antithesis
of estrogen flowing
FeMale prothesis.
A transcendently nominative FatherSun
is the monotheistic
cognitively voiced antithesis
of an immanently denominative EarthMother
intuitively rejoiced thesis.
A LeftHemisphere verbally dominant
monotheistic bipolar division,
either Divine or...
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Categories:
culture, math, metaphor, religion,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
SHE WEARS MY FACEWhy is my face split in two?
A twin I call her
Confident and beautiful
Funny and entertaining
Her smiles light up every room.
A life of the party
Excellent in every word.
A frown I like to wear
I leave the smiles to her
It suits just one of us.
I think I'm not that pretty
The face we share...
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Categories:
metaphor, change, confidence, emo, how
Form: Free verse
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
Of the treasure
Yet the strain
Of the petals
inside the fine veins
Yearning for a selfie
The glee of the folds
So bold
Expecting expansion
Spirit of ascension
Reinforced...
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Categories:
image, imagery, imagination, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
WATERED LIFELife's no banked river...
Life's roving waves frothing shores...
Life's oceanic......
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku
ANGELIC DECEPTORANGELIC DECEPTOR
Magnetic mantis,
in pious genuflection,
attracting its prey:-
...
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Categories:
metaphor, angel, betrayal, conflict, extended
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Metaphor Poems
Read wonderful metaphor poetry on the following sub-topics:
animal, family, friends, football, kids, lion, love, loneliness, moon, nature, yourself
and more.
Definition | What is Metaphor in Poetry?
Poems Related to Metaphor
symbol, image, analogy, similitude, emblem, personification, allegory, hope, metonymy, trope,