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Metaphor Water Poems

These Metaphor Water poems are examples of Water poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Water Metaphor poems written by international poets.

WATERED LIFE

Life's no banked river...
Life's roving waves frothing shores...
Life's oceanic......

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Categories: water, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,

RAIN SHINE

   
Placed 1st in Contest 


rain shine so divine 
sprinkle blessings kissings wet ~ 
feet in leather boots
     ...

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Categories: water, earth, environment, imagery, imagination,

Horse to Water

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
You can present a man with evidence, but you can't make him think.
You...

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Categories: water, analogy, confusion, history, metaphor,

Turning it on

Isn't it transparent
how the water always looks the same
- life is wet!

Still, the tap (US faucet) gets stuck at times
tight, stiff, trapped
a spanner (US wrench)...

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Categories: creation, metaphor, water,

haiku : hiku : swan

haiku : swan
—————-
feathers of grace white
glide across waters of time 
swallow dragonflies
hiku
~~~~
f
e
athe
      R
       ...

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Categories: water, allusion, change, color, extended

haiku : hiku : metamorphose

haiku : metamorphose 

stillpoint explodes, bang
dark waters earth fire wind all ~ 
petals unfurl, soar
_____________________
  hiku
~~~~~~~~~
still
•
point
e
   x     ...

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Categories: water, allegory, change, earth, extended

Sky in my Pocket

S             K           ...

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Categories: water, emotions, extended metaphor, feelings,

Return My Tears

for : Choose a line 2
Sponsor : Joseph May
prompt: “The darkened sky stole my tears”
submission date :  27/5/25
Placed : 4th : multiple 

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Categories: water, allegory, allusion, character, color,

Mer Couple

I'll adore you while we are floating afar from the shore.
I'll hold my own harbour gate open for that love of yours.
I'll shower you with...

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Categories: water, boyfriend, extended metaphor, metaphor,

NATURAL INVISIBLE EVENT



             dawn breaks, the sun shines
       ...

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Categories: water, allusion, extended metaphor, magic,

The Stone Remembers


           the river forgets
         each stone it...

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Categories: water, april, extended metaphor, imagery,

WITH GOD AS OUR RUTTER

As ships in a storm,
Let’s not be dashed to pieces;
God being our rutter:-
Navigated by God,
Faithfully sail life's waters:-


...

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Categories: water, allegory, faith, god, life,

Murmurs of the Damned

Silt collects at the outreaches of an ancient, murky marsh.  
Twisted tendrils of white oleander form archaic symbols.  
Deviant rituals, cocooned and lost...

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Categories: water, dark, gothic, metaphor, poetry,

A Mirror is Sand and Water As

One
grain drops.
Time begins,
or keeps going—
it’s hard to tell which.
Necks pinch into purpose.
Pressure makes the moment's weight—
its glass throat narrows in, knowing:
the longer it holds, the...

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Categories: water, death of a friend,

FISH AND WATER



     The fish's home is
      the free water...
       running,
 ...

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Categories: water, allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,