Metaphor Self Poems
These Metaphor Self poems are examples of Self poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Self Metaphor poems written by international poets.
An Old Hand Reveals ItselfI 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:
self, confidence, deep, extended metaphor,
Beneath the branchesYou'll find me under the stars
Beneath the branches of a willow tree
Longing for something
That'll never be seen
2 parts slave
1 part free
Forgotten by lovers
Forgotten by...
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Categories:
self, death, extended metaphor, life,
my giftsmy gifts are
many
bestowed upon me
...
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Categories:
self, encouraging, extended metaphor, humanity,
Many Faces Of A Nobodyyet his gait was limiting
to the harvest of shadows around him
breathing whatever air was there
at the time
and since his writing
caught no-one's attention
and colourful birds...
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Categories:
self, anxiety, depression, mental health,
BlameIt simmers. This constant invisible, hovering
like a wasp in the forever periphery threatening
lightning strike yellows, sudden and unbidden. It spills
and spools, down into...
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Categories:
self, analogy,
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:
self, beauty, growth, metaphor, nature,
Good MannersStop biting thy tongue…
all it shall bring is a taste
for self destruction
as the sanguine
beckons it’s spirits
and spits
down thy lung.
...
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Categories:
self, identity, integrity, metaphor, philosophy,
In the Webbed Silence
In the webbed corners of my brain
There blooms a sinister flower
Its petals dripping with venom
And thick roots entwined with despair
Begins...
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Categories:
self, conflict, dark, emotions, how
Fighting Fire with MolotovsTight stretched skin, not unlike leather parchment
Adorned with scars and burns and such carvings
Among the colors, red ink's enrichment
Envelops a file cabinet's burnings
Advice from the...
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Categories:
self, abuse, depression, fire, introspection,
The FishLaughter trills through fire
Joy is spun on a lyre
Feathers were just growing in
And the bird watched its kin
Playing, scratching, screaming
I want to play!
You're on fire!
Thats...
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Categories:
self, anger, animal, bullying, depression,
SanctuaryPlaced Second in :
Sanctuary, Soft, Stir, Surreal Words Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.” Rumi
...
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Categories:
self, extended metaphor, god, muse,
Where To, Old ManWhere 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:
self, adventure, dream, home, life,
My best friendMy best friend has a beautiful name
She’s magical and disturbing at the same time
You pray for death if you upset her
She stays with me every...
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Categories:
self, best friend, deep, depression,
Who Are We at Our Core
We look for that that does not come and go,
It cannot be organic form, subject to decay.
Thoughts and beliefs are fickle,...
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Categories:
self, identity, inspiration, inspirational, introspection,
Desperate Hope- Glowing ObsidianA light instrument flows, ink darkness; folded within
Flowers; a painless, healing, prescription of treatment
Such secure grounding, found; in glowing obsidian
Happiness; gives sharp antithesis of...
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Categories:
self, earth, emotions, extended metaphor,