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Hidden assetsEverything in your house is worth something -how bad do you need it?...
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symbolism,
Form: Monoku
I am Lost-contaminatedIt’s hard for me to differentiate between Truth and lies.. it was hard to come to terms with the facts
But right now, the fact is I’m lost
I thought I was smarter i thought...
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symbolism, deep, depression, light, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
A False CombinationSometimes I don't know you,
Other times I don't know me,
Sometimes, you are just a stranger crossing the sky's limit,
Other times, you are my dearest brethren.
You don't look beyond the surface,
My perceived height is nothing but...
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symbolism, emotions, fate, heartbroken, irony,
Form: Free verse
I Am Made Of Rotton RootsI am made of rotten roots
flush with dead skeleton leaves
when touched, crumble
but moss grows on my rib-cage bones
and mold covers my heart
where there’s moisture
so something must live in me yet...
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Categories:
symbolism, deep, depression, endurance, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Are There Days Without DarknessDo others often ask themselves,
" Are there days without darkness...
when another storm shows fierceness?
Has hope dimmed for selfish reasons? "
And the living pay little attention to events,
although they grin and appear to be perplexed;
and...
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Categories:
symbolism, corruption, evil, fate, freedom,
Form: Lyric
The FlyI sat and watched as it continually banged it's head into the window pane, that fly.
My cat sits on the cill and swipes out at the fly as it buzzes around his head,
But he missed...
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Categories:
symbolism, crazy, emotions, feelings, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Walking in The Sky
"Walking in The Sky"
When you caught me up in your Blue Sky
I considered madness IS preferrable in some circumstances;
I walked towards you in the astral and found myself falling
“walk across the water to me “,...
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Categories:
metaphor, muse, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Revealed
In Battery Point, two centuries stayed
Settlers’ cottage, compact, sandstone stoic
Paired attic windows see civility made
From...
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Categories:
symbolism, animal, april, business, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Psychological WarfareA very fine line...
Pulling and pushing.
Certain or not?
Real or fake?
Tangible or imaginary?
Confused or sure?
Do or don't?
A storm.
An oasis.
A tsunami.
A river.
A whirlwind.
A beach.
To trust or not?
To give or to take?
Make a choice or
Bury the head in...
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Categories:
symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Wind of the pastThe autumn that had remained monotonous-
For many decades,
Now tears and takes pieces of hearts,
Along with its old leaves, flowers,
Leaving a nostalgic scent behind.
Every preceding winter that...
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Categories:
nostalgia, seasons, symbolism,
Form: Quatrain
CharlotteCharlotte
You were smiling at me
As you were looking right
Through him
Or were you
Looking right through me
As you were smiling at him?
False subtleties
From dew to dust
From dawn to dusk
All the things that you have...
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Categories:
symbolism, analogy, anger, betrayal, dark,
Form: Free verse
FireFire
I may be a deity, I do not know, People talk around me But have never told me so.
They gather all around me,like a holy worship ring,and stare into my depths..I am mesmerizing.
My powers are...
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Categories:
fire, god, symbolism,
Form: Personification
Harvest of WisdomBefore you get married, my child
There are a few things you should remember
The most important being
To always tend to your farm
You should look for a tool
That makes you sing for all its worth
That doesn't break...
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Categories:
farm, meaningful, symbolism, truth,
Form: Didactic
Cut it apartDisjointed, dissection.
Like that which came before.
Dissection like that which,
came before disjointed.
Like that which disjointed,
dissection came before.
Like that which came before.
Dissection, disjointed.
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Categories:
symbolism,
Form: Free verse
GilgameshThe house used to be warm when they were all home
Not the house is gone and I'm all alone
A stray on the street with no where to go
I wish I could tell...
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Categories:
symbolism, angst, art, dog, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Symbolism Poems
Definition | What is Symbolism in Poetry?