Metaphor Poems

People have been writing in metaphor since the birth of mankind. Metaphor is a way to get around censorship as well as to help us see truths that we may not be able to face if they were stated plainly. It is a way to accentuate beauty as well as pain through this medium of the unstated comparison. When you are reading an appropriate metaphor you are immediately drawn between the truth of the comparison that is being alluded to. The ability to understand metaphoric language opens the key to poetry of tremendous beauty
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You're Beautiful As Yourself, The Rose
By Billie Jo
The sun went away
The sky went black
Up came the wind
I fell on my back

It started to rain
I began to sink
Then I lifted my head
And took a drink

I perked myself ..........
Votes: 12,  Rating: 4.42
The Mask
I look in the mirror at the beginning of each day, and ask myself what mask should I place on my face today.

No not the sad one it's too revealing, I don't want to show the world my true ..........
Votes: 104,  Rating: 4.39
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The Well
By Laurie A. Eisenhart
You were to be my well
But there was little to drink
How am I to slake my thirst
When you taunt me like an oasis

You were to be my armor
Yet I still was hurt by our own
How am I ..........
Votes: 30,  Rating: 4.2
Love Is
By T.M.L
Love is a burning candle
It's not always easy to handle
It burns, but it's still beautiful
And it makes celebrations oh so meaningful

It's a sunset
Burning with romance
A ..........
Votes: 523,  Rating: 3.94 , 1 Stories
Inspired By A Friend
The eraser erased my bad habits
While the pencil drew in new ones
The glue stick glued on a whole new face
As the scissors cut away my background and past
The ball point pen then made the ..........
Votes: 123,  Rating: 3.94 , 1 Stories
Absent
In a sea of salt waters
Endevours are enclosed
As insobriety washes away
My lifes secrets are exposed
Loss all around me is fully evident
As my soul begins to scream
Not knowing ..........
Votes: 43,  Rating: 3.91
Love Making
By Annesta
The image blaring so loud,
The carelessness of emotions,
Directed to the ocean’s tide.
Upon the lips of the shore,
It violated the property of humanity.
As the creature craved for ..........
Votes: 36,  Rating: 3.69
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She Will Look Back
By Shavelly Valencia
She starts out pure
on her path
Unaware of this unmerciful wrath
In her mind this does not exist
And with her joy she will persist
She bumps into some strays
Looking carefully and ..........
Votes: 33,  Rating: 3.33
Companionship
By Devin Manteufel
As I lay, perplexed.
I observe a troubled spider conflicted with his web.
He finds both joy in how big the web is and it's capability to capture prey,
Yet he is disappointed in it for some ..........
Votes: 60,  Rating: 3.27
Chocolates
By Karen Ilagan
Who doesn’t like chocolates?
Everyone loves the sweet, luscious taste of cocoa
As it softens in your mouth.

This delightful treat can give anyone
An instant orgasm
The moment the ..........
Votes: 68,  Rating: 3.21
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