Simile Poems

She chooses to live 
a life of style ,
A life where her story 
Will be told using stanza
Rhyme and conclude in verse.

A story which will be
 Written using metaphor and 
Simile to illustrate her  
Personification as an elegant 
beautiful creature 

 She...Read More

Faith is conceptual belief
and like heaven itself 
it needs no proof
as it transcends time, place,
history, culture and space.
Yet, as faithful as we may be,
we are not of heaven
but are beings of the earth—
Unable to divorce ourselves
from the experiences of time,...Read More

Crosswords 
they wreck our brains  
with cunning cryptic clues 
that we solvers seem to  find so 
puzzling...Read More

formed from the hot magma of the earth 
Tectonic plates that collided long ago
Although like the himalayas my heart still grows 

Where the creeks still flow like a warm bloodstream
Blue light shattered in an atmospheric gleam
Tall granite walls built to...Read More

                   Unforgiving
           like unceasing wildfires
       ...Read More

it isn't what it is
it is what it isn't

a window                              ...Read More

MY BROTHER, MY BEST FRIEND, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR John Francis Lyons-


He is and adventurist artist
He is of military admiration
He is from the heart and soul beautiful
He is more than a mere friend
He is poet non vocal favorite singer(s) Johnny...Read More

It's the end of our beautiful dream
The thrill is gone, for that reason...
I'm through loving you.

The nightingale that sings in my heart
for you has flown away, therefore...
 I'm through loving you.

There's no longer warmth in your smile;
no sparks in your...Read More

Joanne the sun
Glow with the stun
To take your place
cast off for fun

When all you do
is bathe for some
When all your looks
are basked to come...Read More

my heart smiles with you

when I see you smile my heart smiles also
when I hear your laughter I harmonize with you
when I see you sleeping I wonder if you dream
when I see you waking up my heart does also

you bring...Read More

From every angle
Me Naples
Beseeched reflector of heroism
two face reflecting hero

We need to meet Poe
Seeing you like through a pond
Now have a visual perspective

Portrait of a Mirror
Desperate seeking eyes
Inspirational seeker
Seek goodness of this masquerade

Rose petal Aroma
Curiosity made you smell
Portrait of a...Read More

The lemming’s way
Is like Hemingway's

...Read More

Had been perfect and free from corruption, a natural singularity
Fractals proceeding from fractals in perfect regularity
Then, all of a sudden – a cataclysm – this pattered had been shattered
Like crystals being diluted by a prankster or trampster, and scattered
Some laughing...Read More

I love the wretched words
I smile with a simile
Silly me
Bees are full of care
or am i being careful
Marking some of the exclamation!
Stop has ate too much
looking rather full
Pause slowly

waits
comma as you are
As i want Youtube
2b has lost its point
Trying to...Read More

      Smiling is crying laughing ...
      To laugh is to cry smiling ......Read More

The house I wrote this poem in 
became an apartment for the ocean,
then a zoo for the innocently maladjusted,
then a garden for dreaming cats,
then floor-space - just floor space
to walk back and forth on.  

The room I find these...Read More

Would just plain words express a flower’s beauty
in a fashion that moves the heart to tears
and dare to rhyme precisely as their duty
in songs of masters that have lulled for years?

Would just plain words be all metaphorical
comparing features seen through...Read More

The Contest

I would like to enter, 
and sometimes I do. 
Occasionally I even win, 
to my surprise. 
How cool!

The true rule, 
to every fool,
or pirate on a mission;
is write,
and write,
and write. 
Do something, 
say something in words, 
that will ripple...Read More

DISCLAIMER: This is a tongue-in-cheek, sardonic critique 
of my own poetry from the perspective of a fictitious non poetry 
lover. This is not aimed at any of you wonderful Soup poets... 
please do not be offended! ~ John


Tell me who...Read More

Takaha Shugyo haiku and tanka translations

hatogata horarete ichiju haya mebuku

A single tree
with a heart carved into its trunk
blossoms prematurely
—Takaha Shugyo, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

dôkefuku nugazu tentômushi no shi yo

Still clad in its clown's costume—
the dead ladybird.
—Takaha Shugyo, loose...Read More

I awake,  inhaling life like a toddler encountering her first flower.
I continue, devouring life like some teens with all-you-can-eat pizza.
I retire, exhaling life in release like a belt post Thanksgiving’s meal.

January 8, 2020...Read More

for each,
God has given a purpose
some be movers and shakers
as a mighty oak
most, however,
are but a simple blade of grass
on which a butterfly alights...Read More

lovely Line is a lady who
lingers in deep thought-
her style shines with wit;
a simile or two with a touch of personification in
free verse poems, 
shares the freedom to embrace her 
muse as if she never embraced before-
leads others into the...Read More

Where art thou, Muse? I seek inspiration!
I have endured your absence for too long:
restore to me the gift of creation
once more, that I may sing a new, gay song.
When you return I'll feel great elation,
for as my muse you can...Read More

Twas the night
Before Christmas and 
As Santa tries to
Go down a chimney
The fireplace was lit
And his pants caught fire
So, he hurries and 
Crawls back-up the chimney
Looking like a 
Ball of fire as he
Jumps into the snow
Trying to put the fire...Read More

Read wonderful simile poetry on the following sub-topics: animal, christmas, dogs, family, funny, kids, life, love, metaphor, mother, nature, ocean, spring, and more. Read a definition and example (where appropriate).