Metaphor Simile Poems

BONDED STIFF

Our love knows no swiftness;
It's tied and bowed in stiffness:-

Oh, our love is no played game; 
Rather, it's an everlasting bond attained:-

May our love...

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WITH HOPE AND FAITH IN THE PROMISE  

Like roaring rivers flowing under bordering bridges,
Cascading over, under, and around blocking stones,
So must we be as...

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JOURNEYING WITH WISDOM

Like the sun and its being,
Wisdom knows no dimness;
Her light is eternal, and where she is,
There can never be ignorance of darkness:-
For like...

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IN THE EVERGREEN OF HOPE

In the forest of despair,
The evergreen of hope,
Firmly rooted,
Stands in the mist
Of the saws
Of injustice:
Her tired body
Having withstood
The fires of debilitation
And...

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*RECIPE FOR POETRY SOUP
Would like to come face to face with Gordon Ramsey.
          Being on his...

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OF DIVINE GUIDANCE AND VICTORY

Let’s be as Noah,
Arking liberation waves
To shores of justice:
Let’s be in self-forgiveness;
Divine wisdom guiding us:-

It's not a Stockholm:-
Rather, it’s America’s
Oppressor Syndrome!
Such...

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BLACK DEFORESTATION

Like innocent trees rooted and growing
In a black social forest, we’re being chopped
down by roving lumberjack officers of the law,
as if we were arboreal-like...

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CELESTIALLY GRACED LOVE  

The day has its sun,
And the night, its moon:-

I am blessed to have you,
Each bright day and night:-

Your presence is as...

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I wore my youth like shoes too loose to feel,
Each step unsure, yet never dared to run.
My heart was clenched, a rusting, idle wheel,
While days...

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THE WAKE WITHOUT VIGIL
           

Time longer than rope
Chokes hearts dangling
In the reality of struggle:-

Grieving mothers...

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Blossoming onwards
Know you’re worthy of success;
God…navigating…

Like flowers of spring,
Your destiny is assured;
God…cultivating…

Plow onwards in faith,
Rowing towards your greatness;
God…fertilizing…
...

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I radiate my inner glow—
like a well-polished precious jewel,
  pleasing to see, with graceful height.
My handsomeness: a masterpiece of art,
  driven by keenness...

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Urgent is the will,
The self is as still as the night;
Apathy controlling;
Urgency calling, 
The will remains imprisoned;
And apathy, keyless;
Urgency calling,
Apathy, shedding useless tears;
Fear controlling action:-

Genesis...

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Birds Of A Different Feather
(Feather Pen...Ink.   Tanka)

She's like that hen,
peacocking her bouncy tail;
proudly strutting it:
Both strutting the same purpose;
but different roosters sought:-
...

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I am Buddha...

         w a l l o w i n g 
in the refreshing stillness,
A lone...

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