Hero Personification Poems

All the people honored him.
He was universally revered.
Is his life now growing dim
with blows he has incurred,
or was he just a legend,
evading every sleuth,
the hero...

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You open the door
And hear a creak.
A longing for what once was,
But never again will be. 

No souls lie contained.
Only memories live here.
Do not be...

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You sit upon me all the time 
as you compose your latest rhyme. 
Yet, you never deign to admit, 
it's - what's the word? No,...

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I am persecuted 
with no compassion,
here, there and everywhere,
I have no home anymore.
Wherever I go I'm a nuisance,
I just try to find my way
here, where...

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From embers' breath, on the weathered stone, I write,
A firstborn whisper, birthing meaning's light.
A symphony I hum, a nascent tongue,
Language, a seed, from fertile silence...

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I saw her lovely face in the window daily                ...

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Pallbearers filled the bus
 
Off to funerals in an angry rush
 
It’s the wicked; they say who have no peace

 That’s why the Pallbearers get...

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Father always said we would be the first ones off if a ship sunk
I was eager to pitch myself over the side this time, to...

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You were sweetly seduced by my treacly scent
to come a little closer and take a daring peek
Then, tears spilled down your crimson cheek
and a drop...

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I'm not a drone, a plane, or a superman.                ...

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Schooled in hard knock sufferance... -
soulful scribe matt er fact - seeks solemn sanctuary

Despite always pledging
allegiance to the flag
academic performance traced, narrated,
graphed... unfavorable zigzag

vertical lined...

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I know you're just a tiny dot,
			but in the world of writing, not		
			a mark more powerful exists.
			When thoughts get jammed up, you insist
			they separate and...

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I am puffed up. I am proud. My nose is cold.
Maybe the coldest in the competition.
I am healthy, and I am ready. Put me in...

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A Powerful Tree I know
Outstanding in All its Growth
Great and Mighty Fortress
Overlaps and Grinds

Weighs Upon Greater Gazes
Surrender To No One
Shines Upon All My Troubles
Stands Firm...

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Our regiment has formed on the length of your coast, 
Each battalion is ready to go,
And the artillery is set to launch by tonight, 
And...

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