Symbolism Poems
#symbolism
Here you'll find poems which use symbols to represent intentions or ideas. Symbols include metaphors and similes. A range of poetry where symbols evoke images matching the tone and meaning of the poems.
Shinobi
Poem Published
26th Sep 2021 12:31pm
26th Sep 2021 12:31pm
Mummy Dust
There will be hell to pay!"
I heard him shout out
shaking the rafters so...
dust drifted down
into my gaping mouth
the taste of old whiskey
as avarice
greets my dry tongue
like scorched flesh
standing to close to fire
"There will be hell to pay!"
blackbirds sing from their pulpits
craved oak benches giving me splinters
whilst I lull my days in the chapel
those scriptures that they speak
becomes gibberish in my ears
mummy dust settles,from the trestle
drifts...
I heard him shout out
shaking the rafters so...
dust drifted down
into my gaping mouth
the taste of old whiskey
as avarice
greets my dry tongue
like scorched flesh
standing to close to fire
"There will be hell to pay!"
blackbirds sing from their pulpits
craved oak benches giving me splinters
whilst I lull my days in the chapel
those scriptures that they speak
becomes gibberish in my ears
mummy dust settles,from the trestle
drifts...
#politics
#America
#FreeVerse
#SylviaPlath
#symbolism
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summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
9th Sep 2021 11:39pm
9th Sep 2021 11:39pm
~Parijat
viz :: Parijat
#love
#flowers
#LifeCycle
#minimalist
#symbolism
1030 reads
personanongrata
Astral Gift
Astral Gift
Poem Published
8th Sep 2021 9:53pm
8th Sep 2021 9:53pm
Idea
When an idea dies, it brings transformation to itself and its beholder.
Likewise the memory of a deceased loved one, the idea can continue existing in the dimension of thoughts.
Maybe it travels and gets lost in the desert, waiting for an alchemist to transform it to gold.
Maybe it whispers to angelic demons in their heads about the beauty of meaninglessness and the vanity of the yellow star arousal.
Weeping for their fall from the complex consciousness of men, ideas seek their existential purpose and the reasons behind the abandonment by their creators. ...
Likewise the memory of a deceased loved one, the idea can continue existing in the dimension of thoughts.
Maybe it travels and gets lost in the desert, waiting for an alchemist to transform it to gold.
Maybe it whispers to angelic demons in their heads about the beauty of meaninglessness and the vanity of the yellow star arousal.
Weeping for their fall from the complex consciousness of men, ideas seek their existential purpose and the reasons behind the abandonment by their creators. ...
#spiritual
#metaphor
#philosophical #symbolism
#philosophical #symbolism
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Cipher_O
Poem Published
6th Sep 2021 2:51pm
6th Sep 2021 2:51pm
Pulse
I seek the form
of
the modern
Mind
I want to know
the
flow
As input
into
output
For writer
&
for reader
Condense
the
impetus
&
Algorithmic
Projection
of the
Connection
* * *
(I was thinking about what might truly be a form of the modern age, which would be best to reach the modern mind. I wondered if a chosen, poetic form is of any consequence. Does the network construct make any difference to the...
of
the modern
Mind
I want to know
the
flow
As input
into
output
For writer
&
for reader
Condense
the
impetus
&
Algorithmic
Projection
of the
Connection
* * *
(I was thinking about what might truly be a form of the modern age, which would be best to reach the modern mind. I wondered if a chosen, poetic form is of any consequence. Does the network construct make any difference to the...
#confessional
#WritingPoetry
#philosophical
#SelfDiscovery
#symbolism
623 reads
6 Comments
Cipher_O
Poem Published
4th Sep 2021 1:00pm
4th Sep 2021 1:00pm
Tour Disconnect
Make deconstruction
into construction
& creation,
Following destruction
& annihilation,
in the supreme scene
of illusion,
As everything
Seen or unseen:
A civilization
Fallen,
Remnant & rubble,
Smoldering -
Sullen,
Sent to pieces
In places
scattered
in faces
shattered
As
All
that
mattered
Ceased
to
matter
Only
to be
reconfigured
into construction
& creation,
Following destruction
& annihilation,
in the supreme scene
of illusion,
As everything
Seen or unseen:
A civilization
Fallen,
Remnant & rubble,
Smoldering -
Sullen,
Sent to pieces
In places
scattered
in faces
shattered
As
All
that
mattered
Ceased
to
matter
Only
to be
reconfigured
#WritingPoetry
#philosophical
#symbolism
414 reads
6 Comments
BobbyJames
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2021 10:37am
2nd Aug 2021 10:37am
The Smallest Wish
In the moment you are enchanted
by a dream that is greater than life,
dandelions may find you--
Laying beneath the ash-tree--wondering
if they really come true.
You may find yourself
rowing into a painted ocean
for the chance to live in that moment
forever.
You've prepared almost everything for your journey
before stepping into the gallery.
The only thing you left behind
was your will.
And so you gaze at the dimensions
of your potential fate as it pertains
to one of many, yet none are as real ...
by a dream that is greater than life,
dandelions may find you--
Laying beneath the ash-tree--wondering
if they really come true.
You may find yourself
rowing into a painted ocean
for the chance to live in that moment
forever.
You've prepared almost everything for your journey
before stepping into the gallery.
The only thing you left behind
was your will.
And so you gaze at the dimensions
of your potential fate as it pertains
to one of many, yet none are as real ...
#symbolism
257 reads
3 Comments
POETICIASIMPLY
Poem Published
23rd Jun 2021 10:26pm
23rd Jun 2021 10:26pm
NOTE TITLE, EDITED
i]Always the same .... calm down dark places darks cloud crash heart away song cry run-ons check up broken bust key Glock no captions capture needs for subtitles ... all I got sold out smoking storms blowing out clouds raining tornadoes crying spinal spiraling hurricane no discussions tropicals hardaway wanna believe emotions need some more depression pain falling beat the odds most of them mental deep end Fed up Lord forgive me over time having to finish those my way .... always the same {calm down}
Explosion Measure atoms behind stardust eyes behind com-busting transitioning...
Explosion Measure atoms behind stardust eyes behind com-busting transitioning...
#dialogue
#CallToAction
#philosophical
#StreamOfConsciousness
#symbolism
313 reads
2 Comments
Cipher_O
Poem Published
10th Jun 2021 11:10am
10th Jun 2021 11:10am
Iconoclasm
Punk rock hip-hop graffiti
written on the surfaces
of the anywheres
of the city
I once saw someone say
Fuck you
to The Man’s faces
I was there
sagacity
He moves when he wants to move
he said with elegance
And in my silence
I saw myself
deriving enjoyment
from middle fingers extended in defiance
and rebellious entrainment
Some of us just like to stick our tongues out
like devils
in pictures
capturing mad ecstasy
in moments
but it makes me smile
...
written on the surfaces
of the anywheres
of the city
I once saw someone say
Fuck you
to The Man’s faces
I was there
sagacity
He moves when he wants to move
he said with elegance
And in my silence
I saw myself
deriving enjoyment
from middle fingers extended in defiance
and rebellious entrainment
Some of us just like to stick our tongues out
like devils
in pictures
capturing mad ecstasy
in moments
but it makes me smile
...
#love
#beauty
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#symbolism
446 reads
10 Comments
cold_fusion
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2021 5:09am
3rd Jun 2021 5:09am
the silence of the caveman
_
it was no asylum
and yes, there was history
not all that meets the eye
passes the smell test
there were beating hearts
and beatings
voice
the enemy of the peace
and sleep
stare at the roof
was all
he could do
-
it was no asylum
and yes, there was history
not all that meets the eye
passes the smell test
there were beating hearts
and beatings
voice
the enemy of the peace
and sleep
stare at the roof
was all
he could do
-
#humankind
#art
#symbolism
565 reads
POETICIASIMPLY
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2021 00:56am
3rd Jun 2021 00:56am
I AM POETRY
I AM POETRY WORDED SPOKEN
SPEAKS... DEFINING MEANINGS
UNHEARD BY SUFFOCATION MUTING
MUTES OUT SPEAKING UPON DEF
EYESIGHT, BLIND EARS CHOKES
HOLD, GASPING VOICE WITHOUT
REASONS ... ONLY NEEDING WAS AIR
BREATHS TO CPR RAZOR WINDS
ONLY TO BREATHE FORSAKING
WHICH ASTHMA ATTACKS REFUSING
TO TURN MY MIC ON, IM PLEADING ...
JUST LISTEN IM BREATHING,
TREATMENTS RESONATE
SUSTENANCE MOUTHWATERING,
CHEEKED TONGUES BITING
...
SPEAKS... DEFINING MEANINGS
UNHEARD BY SUFFOCATION MUTING
MUTES OUT SPEAKING UPON DEF
EYESIGHT, BLIND EARS CHOKES
HOLD, GASPING VOICE WITHOUT
REASONS ... ONLY NEEDING WAS AIR
BREATHS TO CPR RAZOR WINDS
ONLY TO BREATHE FORSAKING
WHICH ASTHMA ATTACKS REFUSING
TO TURN MY MIC ON, IM PLEADING ...
JUST LISTEN IM BREATHING,
TREATMENTS RESONATE
SUSTENANCE MOUTHWATERING,
CHEEKED TONGUES BITING
...
#rhyming
#uplifting
#metaphor
#StreamOfConsciousness
#symbolism
375 reads
4 Comments
Leethal
Poem Published
1st Jun 2021 2:02pm
1st Jun 2021 2:02pm
F.M.L.A. A.K.A. an ode Two f**ked Minds LeethaLee ANNecdotes...
#rhyming
#metaphor
#philosophical
#symbolism
#epic
443 reads
3 Comments
cold_fusion
Poem Published
29th May 2021 2:58pm
29th May 2021 2:58pm
... adrift ...
am the plastic bottle
adrift in the ocean
won't disintegrate
any
time
soon
home
to a film
of slime
inside
and out
the cap
was twisted
and
discarded
long before the journey
some lips
did touch me
once
and then
the violent half crushing
and throwing off
overboard
am the plastic bottle
adrift in the ocean
too toxic
for land and sea
yet blending in
with the shimmering...
adrift in the ocean
won't disintegrate
any
time
soon
home
to a film
of slime
inside
and out
the cap
was twisted
and
discarded
long before the journey
some lips
did touch me
once
and then
the violent half crushing
and throwing off
overboard
am the plastic bottle
adrift in the ocean
too toxic
for land and sea
yet blending in
with the shimmering...
#humankind
#philosophical
#symbolism #NoPoo
#symbolism #NoPoo
720 reads
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