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.
DecipherMe
Poem Published
21st Mar 2021 1:24am
21st Mar 2021 1:24am
Ovuliferous Inflorescence
A ciphered discharge curled in corn silk,
utterance slips to the lobe,
brushing down to the head of the grain
pourn through a palm.
On a quiet night, you can hear the corn grow.
On a quiet night,
the plasticity of a ponder.
The porous skin
beads by the follicle
in the cadence of a dendrite
enveloped green
hitching up
the shuck
by folded tongues...
Fizzing,
the ciphered emission unfurls
through 16 rows in a citrine bran
embedding the lobe of tasselled silk.
utterance slips to the lobe,
brushing down to the head of the grain
pourn through a palm.
On a quiet night, you can hear the corn grow.
On a quiet night,
the plasticity of a ponder.
The porous skin
beads by the follicle
in the cadence of a dendrite
enveloped green
hitching up
the shuck
by folded tongues...
Fizzing,
the ciphered emission unfurls
through 16 rows in a citrine bran
embedding the lobe of tasselled silk.
#philosophical
#sensual
#symbolism
513 reads
2 Comments
Sex_on_the_Joe
Joe-D
Joe-D
Poem Published
19th Mar 2021 3:17pm
19th Mar 2021 3:17pm
The Lord of the Poems
He scrubs off the dust
Stock-piling on the shelves of his mind
His battles with writer’s block
Has disrupted and crippled him blind
He perfects his deserted wooden partner
Freeing her of idle hands imprisoned in webs
So many masterpieces were birthed on her mahogany
Stitched together with his will and the ink of his quill’s threads
He ignites his candle
Indenting its motives on her corner
He fishes his pond for his thoughts
Never quite understanding his bait is a foreigner
He opens the gates
That has been...
Stock-piling on the shelves of his mind
His battles with writer’s block
Has disrupted and crippled him blind
He perfects his deserted wooden partner
Freeing her of idle hands imprisoned in webs
So many masterpieces were birthed on her mahogany
Stitched together with his will and the ink of his quill’s threads
He ignites his candle
Indenting its motives on her corner
He fishes his pond for his thoughts
Never quite understanding his bait is a foreigner
He opens the gates
That has been...
#mythology
#nostalgia
#dystopian
#symbolism
#epic
15 reads
7 Comments
cold_fusion
Poem Published
18th Mar 2021 10:57am
18th Mar 2021 10:57am
...of barb wire fences and invisible defences
some
just are born
fortresses
of fortitude
carrying on
with a deafening silence
and outlasting all enemies
words
assembled from far and wide
fall in a heap
at their sight
a dead tree but watches
and cannot be but a witness
to their journey ...
just are born
fortresses
of fortitude
carrying on
with a deafening silence
and outlasting all enemies
words
assembled from far and wide
fall in a heap
at their sight
a dead tree but watches
and cannot be but a witness
to their journey ...
#spiritual
#MyInspiration
#admiration #symbolism
#admiration #symbolism
388 reads
cold_fusion
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2021 10:26pm
23rd Feb 2021 10:26pm
lucent
..
#nature
#spiritual
#symbolism #Romanticism
#symbolism #Romanticism
489 reads
cold_fusion
Poem Published
14th Feb 2021 5:57am
14th Feb 2021 5:57am
stasis
he
bleeds red
just like
you
bury him under
the black hole
of your words
you'll never
see him again
the why's and the how's
sometimes questioning
the human
is simply futile
go ahead and
do what you feel
the need for
.
bleeds red
just like
you
bury him under
the black hole
of your words
you'll never
see him again
the why's and the how's
sometimes questioning
the human
is simply futile
go ahead and
do what you feel
the need for
.
#hate
#humankind
#symbolism
464 reads
cold_fusion
Poem Published
11th Feb 2021 3:59am
11th Feb 2021 3:59am
the call
he keeps at it
each dawn
echoes reach deep
despite the sieve that is the
thick foliage
sound waves bouncing off
from under the thick canopy's
dancing limbs
calling some mate
who's disappeared
for some grub
..
each dawn
echoes reach deep
despite the sieve that is the
thick foliage
sound waves bouncing off
from under the thick canopy's
dancing limbs
calling some mate
who's disappeared
for some grub
..
#birds
#nature
#philosophical
#symbolism
#Romanticism
396 reads
15 Comments
cold_fusion
Poem Published
7th Feb 2021 10:58am
7th Feb 2021 10:58am
no walls
casting shadows
and stones
over the now dry
lake bed
with the sun
baking
and making
the bare back
glisten
with phantom sweat
he
no wonder
hadn't an issue
turning away
from the sun
for he had
left
much more...
and stones
over the now dry
lake bed
with the sun
baking
and making
the bare back
glisten
with phantom sweat
he
no wonder
hadn't an issue
turning away
from the sun
for he had
left
much more...
#humankind
#art
#philosophical #symbolism
#philosophical #symbolism
365 reads
cold_fusion
Poem Published
4th Feb 2021 11:09am
4th Feb 2021 11:09am
vascular
sledgehammer to the mirror
much more than the (w)hole
the smashed view
a kaleidoscope
of perspectives
what preceded
the impact
as usual
unannounced
can be seen
in the vascular landscape
...
much more than the (w)hole
the smashed view
a kaleidoscope
of perspectives
what preceded
the impact
as usual
unannounced
can be seen
in the vascular landscape
...
#LifeStruggles
#humankind
#art #symbolism
#art #symbolism
359 reads
TheOralizer
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2021 1:30pm
3rd Feb 2021 1:30pm
WHEN I READ YOUR POETRY
STIMULATION
When I read your poetry,
I am treated to creativity.
When I read your poetry,
You have made my day.
When I read your poetry,
I am inspired to enjoy life.
When I read your poetry,
I am challenged to think.
When I read your poetry,
I get new insights into life.
When I read your poetry,
I always want more of your work.
When I read your poetry,
I travel to another time and place.
When I read your poetry,
I want to become a better poet.
When I read...
When I read your poetry,
I am treated to creativity.
When I read your poetry,
You have made my day.
When I read your poetry,
I am inspired to enjoy life.
When I read your poetry,
I am challenged to think.
When I read your poetry,
I get new insights into life.
When I read your poetry,
I always want more of your work.
When I read your poetry,
I travel to another time and place.
When I read your poetry,
I want to become a better poet.
When I read...
#dialogue
#uplifting
#emotional
#philosophical
#symbolism
342 reads
4 Comments
cold_fusion
Poem Published
31st Dec 2020 4:10am
31st Dec 2020 4:10am
one night of peace let's end this right
no matter
your political leanings
no matter
best of your meanings
can you give DU
best of your feelings?
just for one night
give rest to the fight
despite your belief
that you're in the right?
just for one night?
give pause to the fight
for you too an artist
let's be symbolic
just for a night
let there be light
and end this year right
you can unload what weighs
on the forthcoming days
till then let there be light
let go of the fight
just for one night
can you? ...
your political leanings
no matter
best of your meanings
can you give DU
best of your feelings?
just for one night
give rest to the fight
despite your belief
that you're in the right?
just for one night?
give pause to the fight
for you too an artist
let's be symbolic
just for a night
let there be light
and end this year right
you can unload what weighs
on the forthcoming days
till then let there be light
let go of the fight
just for one night
can you? ...
#peace
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#symbolism
339 reads
10 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
29th Dec 2020 6:34pm
29th Dec 2020 6:34pm
Readers Digest
Symbolic gestures are jesters in a King's court
Optics, pacifying topics, aren't as they purport
Getting support from courts of public opinions
Treasured by multitudes of mindless minions
Getting in the same wagons as popular bands
Being politically correct instead of taking a stand
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he
So refuse to believe in all these fallacies
It's time to leave Fantasy Island and get back to shore
Without change, more of the same will be in store
Ignore the theatrical media that's being presented ...
Optics, pacifying topics, aren't as they purport
Getting support from courts of public opinions
Treasured by multitudes of mindless minions
Getting in the same wagons as popular bands
Being politically correct instead of taking a stand
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he
So refuse to believe in all these fallacies
It's time to leave Fantasy Island and get back to shore
Without change, more of the same will be in store
Ignore the theatrical media that's being presented ...
#politics
#CallToAction
#symbolism #deception
#symbolism #deception
643 reads
3 Comments
TheOralizer
Poem Published
28th Dec 2020 2:19pm
28th Dec 2020 2:19pm
POETRY IS LIKE . . .
I read and hear a lot
of discussion and arguments
relative to what constitutes poetry
or what is a poem?
No one knows how many kinds
or types of poetry there are;
some estimate 50-plus,
with the more popular being:
rhyming, open-end, acrostic,
ode, sonnet, epic, haiku, story,
free verse, experimental, etc.
In my opinion, which I have a right to have,
poetry is a painting on a canvas: a
piece of paper, napkin, computer screen,
an emptying of the soul for self
expression and maybe a light, thought,
or insight for...
of discussion and arguments
relative to what constitutes poetry
or what is a poem?
No one knows how many kinds
or types of poetry there are;
some estimate 50-plus,
with the more popular being:
rhyming, open-end, acrostic,
ode, sonnet, epic, haiku, story,
free verse, experimental, etc.
In my opinion, which I have a right to have,
poetry is a painting on a canvas: a
piece of paper, napkin, computer screen,
an emptying of the soul for self
expression and maybe a light, thought,
or insight for...
#rhyming
#uplifting
#emotional
#metaphor
#symbolism
472 reads
6 Comments
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