Metaphor Tanka Poems
These Metaphor Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Tanka Metaphor poems written by international poets.
ShipwreckedLost upon the waves,
Ship splinters 'neath storm's fury,
Sky merges with sea.
Island sands embrace my plight—
Hope blooms in the heart of night....
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Categories:
boat, sea,
Serenity's ResurrectionsSeems it's a story
Of a girl always near-death
Through every attempt,
The loveliest metaphor,
A lie even I saw through....
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Categories:
character, death, hero, magic,
Moon-Pearled Rosewhen maple sun melts
along orange ice of dusk
brisk-ballet shall breathe
in pale love's snowy scents for -
I'm your midnight's moon-pearled rose......
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Categories:
autumn, deep, imagery, metaphor,
Energies Spaced All Creations Are One-energies spaced all creations are one-
So I look upon
soul indebts my embraces
I see the tree so
it embraces me so free
we hug in love we are...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, metaphor, tree,
Stage StruckIn-front-of-class speech,
a mock defense for debate.
I was too nervous.
My throat was unbuttered toast,
too dry to utter a word....
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Categories:
anxiety, class, confidence, emotions,
AprilAn incomplete spring
Paired with incoming summer
Rears rare-bloom bluebells
Idyll of dual-toned skies
Like unison of twain lives
1st April 2023
Contest: March into April- Tankacrostic
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich...
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Categories:
appreciation, april, metaphor, nature,
Craving HimOnce so sweet for me,
Gave me this lifelong disease.
He stays unaware
How I crave him constantly,
Cannot grasp depth of my love....
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Categories:
first love, lust, metaphor,
Star Prism Box of Artisan BeadsBits of what we had
Became unstrung, life then spun
Out of my control.
Then saw goodness of your soul...
Sadly cannot find them all....
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Categories:
allusion, angst, art, extended
Queen of the NightAs the queen, she rules
and all bow to her presence
as she graces the night.
Her heavenly white blossom
pierces the imagination.
Her fragrance descends
and envelopes her subjects
as...
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Categories:
beauty, flower, inspiration, loss,
AblazeSet my mind ablaze.
Settling me down in this maze.
See everything now,
Even the very same things
Which people long to forget....
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Categories:
extended metaphor,
No Rewind Button For LifeFlow of life moves on
Like songs on the radio.
No hitting rewind.
Only occassionally
Hear it again time to time....
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Categories:
death, death of a
Wilted FlowerA wild flower child
Was so careless for short while.
Then so suddenly
Something broke her lovely smile;
Withered through a fate so vile....
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Categories:
addiction, death, drug, extended
Categories:
beauty, metaphor, nature,
Lint's AuraAUDIO: Danse Macabre by Busy Strings.
Lint's Aura
Dignity gliding,
Resplendent in red was I,
Generous eyes felt,
Occurrences display me,
Stellar launched my existence.
Wardrobe visit hung,
Collection of new threads fills,
Close-knit...
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Categories:
analogy, extended metaphor,
Poems AreWords just watered down.
Thoughts falling like sparkly tears.
Feelings soak through page.
Sentences flowing like streams.
Letters showering like rain....
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Categories:
metaphor, poetry, writing,