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Metaphor Old Poems

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


Premium Member An Old Hand Reveals Itself
I see no sign of forced entry...
just copper suns and cornflower blue,
have you been here all this time?
I don't remember inviting you,
and now all my...

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Categories: old, confidence, deep, extended metaphor,



Another Chance To Dance
I have seen that house a hundred times,
The one upon which the old vine climbs.
So poignant and so melancholy,
That place had once been the omphali.
Now...

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Categories: old, forgiveness, hope, loss, missing

Nature's Newborn: Re-written
I am a river, and my heart,
an ever-changing stream,
Ripples clean me part by part,
and so joy reigns in me supreme.

As a redwood firmly stands,
through seasons...

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Categories: old, beauty, growth, metaphor, nature,

Premium Member Where To, Old Man
Where to, old man, with your weary stride
Through the streets where shadows hide? 

Is it to the past you wander now
Or chasing dreams that fled...

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Categories: old, adventure, dream, home, life,

Premium Member The Aged Man

Aged man walks on the busy street
Beyond his ability to cross
Cane in hand, old friends he needs to meet
Delayed by rain, worried about loss

Earlier, he...

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© MB Farookh  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dog, metaphor, old, people,



Premium Member The Successful Economist
The Successful Economist

                      Intermittent...

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Categories: old, age, angst, business, extended

Premium Member Key
what, I wonder, did you unlock
winter songs of summer birds
in a dingy cell with clawed-at walls
in drawing rooms where princes died
and all the soldiers marching...

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Categories: old, deep, history, metaphor, mystery,

Hyacinths Emerge In Old Pond
old pond
a pebble drops with a splash 
hyacinths emerge

October 12, 2023...

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Categories: old, emotions, extended metaphor, image,

Premium Member Old Faithful
Technology makes everyone feel old. A laptop is old after two years. Someone always has something newer. Everyone seems to feel obsolete now, even the...

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Categories: old, computer, extended metaphor, friendship,

Premium Member Cobweb
A creeping creature silent,
full of motivational spirit,
a spider is the designer of web,
the fly-trap of opportunities.

Many good chances I couldn’t catch,
so, before my time ran...

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Categories: analogy, metaphor, old,

Premium Member A Hand In Time
I view my hand. I see an ancient land.
A melanomic crater, deep in the desert,
speaks of greedy sun-soaked days.
Wanton then. Gone now.
Sparse wispy palm trees...

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© Peter Rees  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: old, age, memory,

Old and New 5 : Rebirthing
OLD AND NEW 5 : REBIRTHING

Machines spit out White Papers
in the name of change
birch cringe on law laden desks
chairs swivel, bins overflow 
forests curdle to...

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Categories: old, 12th grade, africa, change,

Old and New 3 : Courtroom
OLD AND NEW 3 : COURTROOM 

On a throne sat a vulture 
feathers preened in paisley silk
eyes red and drawn
heart tightened by trauma
skin thirstily drank...

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Categories: old, africa, change, dark, extended

Old and New 2 : Boardroom
OLD AND NEW 2 : BOARDROOM 


Jackal preyed on dimpled dolls
smiling gold on slender wrist
nosing down a slippery path
scowling schoolboy promoted
beyond his mediocre castle


Mammals sat...

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Categories: old, africa, allegory, confusion, extended

Old and New 1: Circus
OLD AND NEW 1  : CIRCUS

Giraffe on anxious heels
bought in Sandton, toddle 
along with intense haste
a dream point unheard
lipstick smudges, mascara 
leaks of AK47...

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Categories: old, africa, change, conflict, emotions,


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