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Metaphor Poems | Examples of Metaphor Poetry

CREATION OF MAN Section Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1511 -MICHELANGELO
do not be afraid GO ! MY BELOVED YOU are the CENTRE OF CREATION so go ...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory, art, character, creation,
Form: Ekphrasis
haiku : hiku13 : hustler
hawk watches him intent magnetic hustler chases wild ~ bulging eyes fast fade h ...

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Categories: bird, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member IN THE GARDENING OF LIFE
IN THE GARDENING OF LIFE We are as the sun, Our survival is of God; Though down, we shall rise:- We’ve sown bad seeds before, And have had to plow them up:- God’s fruit Will never spoil, Its sweetness is endless; Its love, eternal:- In the garden of life, Each sunset has a sunrise: Just check out Eden:- Though we have sown worse seeds, We’ve survived what was reaped:- Hey,...

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Categories: analogy, encouraging, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member IN LIFE'S GREAT EQUATION
IN LIFE’S GREAT EQUATION Circling myself in a triangle spirit, Today I squared all my efforts, And my results doubled: I added good and got better, Subtracted evil, and got best; And when I cubed this, I achieved more-better-best:- As weird as it may sound, Rounding out everything, It appears that at day's end, I had a solid and blessed one: All praises be for my life’s...

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Categories: allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member LETS KEEP OUR LIBERATING CUPS OVERFLOWING
LET’S KEEP OUR LIBERATING CUPS OVERFLOWING (Apropos Of Ancestral Cup And Saucer Ways) It has been said that justice Is getting what you deserve: The gift of grace, given priceless, Flowing from God’s sacred reserve:- Curiously, I asked Papa one day, Why does he drink his coffee from the cup? Always pouring mine into his saucer; And here is what, to me, he...

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Categories: metaphor, black african american,
Form: Rhyme



Oblivion
Billions of galaxies, Plenty of planets, Moons and suns, Unfathomable stars, Bountiful black holes, Drastic darkness, Yet on this esoteric earth My minute head is Filled with frivolous And quizzical questions, “What should I have for dinner?” “Am I going to be a winner?” Funny how we take everything For granted guilelessly, The thing we call life, Feels like a distraction sometimes, Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, funerals, Imbecilic circle, Just like a...

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Categories: deep, earth, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Is a Mirror Just a Mirror
A mirror isn't just a frame, A sheet of glass that speaks your name. It shows your image. Yes, it's true– But now the whole of what is you. It doesn't bend, it doesn't fake, It captures truths you cannot break. But mirror hide in the other forms– In quiet thoughts, in silence storms. In words that bruise, in eyes that know, In...

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Categories: metaphor, remember, strength, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
His Sunset Years
in his sunset years he daily traversed a mile to smile waiting w a t c h i n g A L E R T the lilt of phantomic voice to O P E N his ...

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Categories: allusion, change, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
MONA LISA : Leonardo da Vinci : 1503
enigmatically enlightened embodied essence of o__live imperceptible darkly moon-fragrant purity a__live still knowingness of rippled ...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory, allusion, art, color,
Form: Ekphrasis
as we metamorphose
as we metamorphose sponsor : Unseeking Seeker submitted : 11/6/25 two points of a straight line birth and death that need to lightly kiss, after plunging depths dissolve scars, burns from rock fires, drawings in mud or deserts falling through dream spaces crossing grids ferocious...

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Categories: metaphor, allusion, change, character, creation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Intrusive Thoughts
Intrusive Thoughts ...

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Categories: extended metaphor, life, self,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member MUSIC TO THE EYES
The rising and setting Of the sun… The waxing and waning Of the moon… The orchestrated constellations Of the beaming stars… The staccato positionings Of the planets… The andante asteroids, comets, And nebulae… The soprano and baritone Lighting and thunder… All a beautiful canvasing Galactic symphony… Cosmic 24-hour live stream Music to the eyes… ...

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Categories: metaphor, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Potential
my potential, an entity I've put on a pedestal I spend my days climbing her ridiculously high ladder with gift-wrapped handmade blades; only leaving when her skin is ripped & her dreams for me fade, little by little The cruelty of my actions is but merely protection from rejection I need her to let me go,but she...

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Categories: metaphor, anxiety, conflict, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
The death of a son
What if I can't continue, evolving into this mystery? What if the story dies with me grabbing and pulling at the hands of reality, what then? Do the stars continue to plot their courses in an ocean of black? or do they just fade away? Will the universe drift mournfully acknowledging the loss of a sun? Do at last the heavens...

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Categories: metaphor, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
The Circadian Shadow
Let the brief time be cast away, Let the movable thread be loosely handled, Let the shadow be cast on you, Let the water flow over the distant edges. But when you know you’ll never get the wanderer back, Even as you cast him off, When you tally the drifters, They’re all misplaced and undone. The Moirai will let him go, Because, you know, You...

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Categories: destiny, extended metaphor, light,
Form: Free verse

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.

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