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Symbolism Poems | Examples of Symbolism Poetry

Premium Member Time Etched in Flesh
The rustling of leaves interplays with the ocean breeze, as traces of moonlight escape through blackout curtains hanging from steel rods. Bolts of illumination highlight stacks of books caked in dust, while a man, decrepit with age, sits on a worn auburn-coloured leather chair. His balding hair is grey from years of turmoil. Wrinkles lay heavy, nestled deep within his...

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Categories: symbolism, angst, gothic, imagery, old,
Form: Free verse
Right Art It
All at once, the soul takes flight Rendering raw both dark and bright Truth in touch, in wrong and right In silent storms, I wield the night Shaping shadows into sight Till the void erupts with light Breaking borders built by thought Reason rains in riddles caught All ideas, like lightning, dash Igniting images in a flash Nighttime neurons softly chime Synapse singing sparks through time Holding...

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Categories: symbolism, art, assonance, heart, hyperbole,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member My Dad: The Navigational Beacon
It stands where the map dissolves, at the edge where certainty falters— a hollow bell against the wind, a watchman staring through the salt-thick dark. The mariner knows its miasmic vow: a pulse amid the blank expanse, a promise bound in lantern flame that fractures the silence of the tide. History sleeps in its iron bones, the breath of lost voyages pressed into its...

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Categories: symbolism, endurance, father, longing, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Interlaced
hope flowing abundance unbreakable embattled walls cease perish with loves embrace under unfathomable beauty blanketed in moon's glow I fall into blissful surrender serenity serenades through your voice heralding a scarred heart's resurrection trails of bright cosmic dust scattering streaking the night kissed horizon wrapping around trembling arms scents of vintage leather rain soaked petrichor two hearts in sync interlaced become one ...

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Categories: symbolism, beautiful, imagery, love, meaningful,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member oasis
delicate ribbons swaying with wisteria ~ spider's oasis ...

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Categories: symbolism, beautiful, happiness, imagery, nature,
Form: Haiku



Before the Dark
The villain wasn't always a villain. Once upon a time, they laughed like sunlight on pebbles in a river, Heart soft and eyes wide with wonder. But the world sharpened its teeth against them. An act of Betrayal and a wound, and a silence for too long. They reached out and called for aid, No one...

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Categories: symbolism, 12th grade, dark, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member PEPPERMAN 06042025
I OPENED A DOOR IN THE UNIVERSE, ONLY TO FIND MYSELF FACE TO FACE WITH A OCEANIC VIEW OF CURIOSITY. ENDLESS WAVES OF QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND THEORIES LEADING TO , AND FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME. EXPECTING NOTHING MORE THAN INTERESTING AND PLEASANT INFORMATION TO ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS STIMULATING MY OWN CURIOSITY. UNEXPECTEDLY , I FOUND MYSELF IMMERSED...

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Categories: symbolism, imagination, inspirational, journey, mental
Form: Free verse
Gardening Psyche
A garden is an effort to express life's temp- -orary beauty...

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Categories: nature, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Air
Whoosh, the wind through olive trees, tugs my dress with gentle ease. It brushes neck like whispered breath, soft and quiet, light as rest. Flit-flit, white butterflies fly, soft as ash, then say goodbye. Chirp-trill, birds sing wild above, messy songs full of love. Buzz of heat on sun-warm skin, wind curls slow around my shin. Agolli spoke of roots and rain, but I was born...

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Categories: symbolism, animal, muse, mystery, onomatopoeia,
Form: Rhyme
Hiku tumbleweed
wind-swept tumbleweed rolling through baron plains hope clings to dry roots...

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Categories: symbolism, earth, imagery, nature, poetry,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member beginning
sun bleached grains of sand drift passively along waves ~ back to beginning ...

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Categories: symbolism, beach, nature, ocean, poetry,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member silence alone
the man in the moon far removed from earth’s craters silence—nothingness ...

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Categories: symbolism, absence, imagery, loneliness, nature,
Form: Haiku
haiku:hiku : manifestation process
haiku : manifestation process heart whispers symbols mindful make intentions, plans ~ action complete, sleep ____________ hiku he ART w h i s p e R...

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Categories: symbolism, change, character, creation, growth,
Form: Haiku
Born Of Fire and Rain
He was reborn & rebuilt brick by brick from casted stones meant to destroy A heavenly construction approved by the most high employed angels from every corner & angle high to low The convoy driven by unseen forces came in droves remorseless in their destruction & unmoved by any attempt to dismantle No one holds a candle to his flame for it burns like earth's core & he's...

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Categories: perspective, spiritual, symbolism, visionary,
Form: Free verse
We've got water to walk on
A storm is brewing It's coming to a head. all of society is in danger but by the Spirit we will be led the blustering winds of bigotry are fierce causing racial isolation the hurricanes of hate are howling causing economic desolation the impact will be monumental affecting everyone at hand the tornadoes of Injustice are swirling but on the promises...

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Categories: courage, gospel, symbolism,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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