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Short Symbolism Poems

Short Symbolism Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Symbolism poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search short Symbolism poetry by poem length and keyword.


Leaf Wet
leaves sodden
trampled underfoot
stride on...

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Categories: allusion, autumn, love, symbolism,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Cremation
Cinders

Souls scarred freedom

Heaven
...

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© Lea Tonin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: fate, heaven, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Hiku Ekphrasis Symbolism
commonplace

delicate colours

 on display...

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Categories: symbolism, art,
Form: Haiku
Superstition
Throng of fishes
Meet at shoreline
Bad omen hap....

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Categories: fish, myth, perspective, symbolism,
Form: Than-Bauk
Premium Member Cinquain Fourteen
Lost
under pile
of red tape
hoping I will be
found...

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Categories: symbolism,
Form: Cinquain



Vulture
Darkness awaits 
death of light.
Buries oil lamp....

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Categories: light, sunset, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Rite of Passage
i journey chasing
imaginary wisps, in
reality bound....

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Categories: life, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Flower Of The Holy Spirit
Transformation
Mother and Child
To Dove in Flight....

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Categories: appreciation, beauty, flower, symbolism,
Form: Than-Bauk
The Corpse of the World
finally laid out conquered


bleeds salvific Light...

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Categories: philosophy, religion, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Hole
(There’s a hole in my heart the world passes through.)...

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Categories: feelings, heart, imagery, people, symbolism, world,
Form: Epigram
Archon's Wheel
an invisible ring shining ~ distorting reality beneath...

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Categories: analogy, introspection, perspective, philosophy, symbolism, truth, water,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Onomatopoeia
Fuzzy borders
Between onomatopoeia 
And exclamations...

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Categories: giggle, language, literature, sound, symbolism, words, writing,
Form: Haiku
Leaf Withers
leaf withers
in an old book
ghost tiptoes

12.05.16...

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Categories: culture, seasons, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Cracked
Impressionist Poem

Crack head
Crack pot
Cracking up...

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Categories: symbolism,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Pisces Ambiance
Pisces ambiance
omni nirvana ripples
Bodhisattva tides...

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Categories: appreciation, dedication, spiritual, symbolism, voyage,
Form: Haiku
Flowers
Flowers are like people
when one withers, another blooms...

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Categories: death, encouraging, life, meaningful, philosophy, pride, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
A Good Potion
I'm my elixir,
my piece of how I combat
a lagoon of fear...

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© Nana Owl  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: blessing, confidence, courage, encouraging, strength, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Stubbornness Causes Lunacy
lunatic's lunacy's not stubborn, stubbornness causes lunacy...

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Categories: conflict, funny, symbolism,
Form: Monoku
Thin Sheet
thin sheet
from a pulp of wood
I write upon


11.30.16...

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Categories: nature, symbolism, world,
Form: Haiku
Hero
In the sunlit cove
a dreary soul cradles his
inner Achilles....

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Categories: life, society, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Soliloquy of Night
at my disposal 
a soliloquy of night 
from the stars above...

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Categories: appreciation, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Rocky Roads
Radical innocence
Ignoramous common sense
Fluctuating cries...

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Categories: anger, history, motivation, political, sorry, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Cosmonaut
Under starlit dome,
across the empty ocean,
I sail all alone....

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Categories: life, metaphor, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Will I Fit
Did you see the gift?
Enveloped in gold
Will I fit the mold?...

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Categories: symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Will-O-Wisps
The will-o-wisps
Will lead you away,
To a land of happiness....

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Categories: mental illness, suicide, symbolism,
Form: Free verse

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