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Metaphor Political Poems

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

Metaphors

"This poem has not been entered in any previous contest."


Did I just see
          a pig fly...

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Categories: political,

Cashing in

They're cashing in on our misery 
By making us go in circles
While they keep promising to deliver
On nothing cause nothing they've said holds water 

They're...

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Categories: political, abuse, extended metaphor, leadership,

Who's Behind the Door?

The quiet words, the trembling lips,
we’ve heard it all before.
Keen questions dwell within our minds,
like who’s behind the door.

We saw the lights, heard voiceless words,
asked,...

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Categories: metaphor, political, satire, social,

Freedom vs Order: Competing Constructs

Freedom with far    Freedom with         Order with less      Order...

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Categories: political, destiny, extended metaphor, freedom,

More Resilient Dancing Days

Shared enthusiastic curiosity
between two or more

May also become felt 
as mutually assured
active hope
we might make it through dinner
without seeking reparations
while digging our way
through emotionally deserted
dessert

Curiously...

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Categories: political, extended metaphor, health, humor,

No Longer a Toss-up

    In Washington, the number one ballad
               ...

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Categories: giggle, metaphor, political,

The Internet

A man-made lake,

The surface shimmers like glitter in the sun,

Idyllic surroundings boast of trees and grass,

The water is clear, crystalized with perfect visibility.

A near-perfect replica...

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Categories: future, internet, metaphor, political,

Opportunism Poetrix

OPPORTUNIST

   left conservatism
 right-wing denialism
 Brazil desire, sans money......

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Categories: political, allusion, appreciation, metaphor, philosophy,

Politics Wealth and Evil

Politics is not partisanship...
In the delirium of these dark times, the badness of the bad
lost fear of punishment...
The kindness of good people,
lost hope...
The Good Conscious
we...

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Categories: political, allusion, analogy, appreciation, extended

Luck and Lack

I see  some lucky black people
                   ...

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Categories: africa, metaphor, people, political,

Scorched Earth Social Policing

a thousand tragedies paned
onto the community headlines
slashes the idle spirits

the wound enrages them to
seek out sadistic glee for the sake
to title themselves as  'woken.'

pitchforks...

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Categories: political, allegory, extended metaphor, social,

Toy

A far fetched story
Of toys and factories.
Designed and made for a purpose.
Children relate as entertainment
Adults as memories.
Only two buttons lifted the plane
A miracle performed by...

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Categories: political, meaningful, metaphor,

The World Is Changed

A man said to another man:
- The world is changed!
    everything has changed...
- You must pay for everything...
    From...

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Categories: political, allusion, appreciation, confidence, extended

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: political, 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: political, africa, change, dark, extended