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Legends never dieAs great as the stars they said
As fast as lightning they saw
From dusk till dawn he practices
Through the golden hour his blade shines brightly
Like the reflection of the moon on water
He spars continuously as if...
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Categories:
celebration, courage, simile, strength,
Form: Free verse
The Original Mister Shy Guy
Used to be a shy and retiring type
Back then but this is now
Like a Super Hero I burst upon the scene
To share my extensive knowhow
People have never been able to stump me
I'm a master at...
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Categories:
simile, smile,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
beautiful, simile,
Form: Carpe Diem
Future in A SongMy favourite song years ago was a play on words.
Just one word was emphasized.
Every other thing said in the song arrived at that word.
There was a chorus, two verses, and a bridge.
Similar to...
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Categories:
simile, appreciation, future, hope, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
simile,
Form: Epigram
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 fell into a hole
Finding out he damaged his right leg
Good...
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Categories:
simile, dog, metaphor, old, people,
Form: Abecedarian
Sunday StreetShe walked down the street with her hands clasp in thine and for one moment it felt like something divine; she was walking out of an old life into a new one, but I couldn’t...
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Categories:
simile, beautiful, confidence, deep, friend,
Form: Narrative
SnowflakesWatching the snowflakes
Gently glide through the chilly air
Watching the snowflakes
Slowly combine and fall together
This one snowflake flew into my hands
It melted and drip out of my palm.
Why are my hands so...
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Categories:
simile, conflict, love hurts, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
I AM HERE, LET’S TALKwalk with me
I will be right there with you
When I see,
I won’t bow to you nor will I be surprised
I will respect sure,
but it won’t matter
you may abandon me, you may throw me away
you may...
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Categories:
simile, care, depression, love, mental
Form: Free verse
Who Am IWho am I, you ask?
I am royalty to does who talk down on me
I am what nobody else see , a Queen with God as her army
I am a ocean with waves so...
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Categories:
simile, beautiful, confidence, courage, i
Form: Free verse
A Joy! A Joy!A joy!
A joy!
A joy to the world
Born October 27th
A Joy!
A joy!
To my baby cousin
Of 2 years old
What a joy
When i see him I smile
For he is the new world life
He is the world's new innocents
When...
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Categories:
simile, age, appreciation, baby, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Like KOALA'S_LIKE KOALA'S
Like Dophins,
Always sleep with half of your brain,
Glowering at nature’s grain,
You may be a koala for all fins,
For this arduous moments;
Will tell in the future’s ornaments.
For futurity is transient,
And waits for no one,...
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Categories:
simile, allegory, earth, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Like a Grain of Sand
Man is like a grain of sand,
in the hourglass of eternity.
Reincarnating with every turn of the glass,
continually changing while staying the same.
The same eternal energy,
moving from one location
to another location,
in the eternal continuum.
We change our...
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Categories:
simile, analogy, change, humanity, power,
Form: Free verse
What Lay InsideLike a book that has been read time and time again,
Those who understand, bear outer markings of their pain within.
For total understanding is not something we gain,
But rather something we accept, and choose...
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Categories:
simile, beautiful, inspirational, life, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
My Life is one big Lincoln LogLooking out for a reputation in vogue
Very sanctimonious
Well you're the queen of making it obvious
She'll walk away hastily with her head down
But it's never long enough to pull out her phone, and...
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Categories:
simile, character, emo, gothic, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Simile Poems
Read wonderful simile poetry on the following sub-topics:
animal, christmas, dogs, family, funny, kids, life, love, metaphor, mother, nature, ocean, spring,
and more.
Definition | What is Simile in Poetry?