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.
QuietusQuill
Poem Published
14th Jun 2022 10:12pm
14th Jun 2022 10:12pm
187, all angelic heathens have mansions in heaven
as the moon drinks in
the autumn stridulate
I chip away her
marigold manic facade
as she belches bleached mimicries
so her confirmation rests
in a collection of manifested lies
it's a fire sale
and you are all kindling
chock full of split embers
choked strands
heisted from a grand oak
who came back to whack
the mumbled shrubbery
of pidgin ailerons
and cancerous beauties
seeking acquiescence
leading them on
with a placebo beacon
of sickness
those...
the autumn stridulate
I chip away her
marigold manic facade
as she belches bleached mimicries
so her confirmation rests
in a collection of manifested lies
it's a fire sale
and you are all kindling
chock full of split embers
choked strands
heisted from a grand oak
who came back to whack
the mumbled shrubbery
of pidgin ailerons
and cancerous beauties
seeking acquiescence
leading them on
with a placebo beacon
of sickness
those...
#metaphor
#StreamOfConsciousness
#symbolism
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
25th May 2022 1:26pm
25th May 2022 1:26pm
Three Crows
I saw three crows gather
for a murder
upon a black rickety-split fence
watching me go by
Each refusing to fly
refusing to caw
crowing what is on their mind
as I left them behind
Were they tardy yet wise
maybe a little spiritual
perhaps somewhat habitual
in the way they always stay
Making me ponder divinity
the significance of a trinity
how even witches come in threes
as far away as the Highlands
Then recalling the fates
how each of them still waits
for...
for a murder
upon a black rickety-split fence
watching me go by
Each refusing to fly
refusing to caw
crowing what is on their mind
as I left them behind
Were they tardy yet wise
maybe a little spiritual
perhaps somewhat habitual
in the way they always stay
Making me ponder divinity
the significance of a trinity
how even witches come in threes
as far away as the Highlands
Then recalling the fates
how each of them still waits
for...
#death
#spiritual
#confessional
#mythology
#symbolism
18 reads
7 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
23rd May 2022 9:30am
23rd May 2022 9:30am
Espalier Divine
A sonnet is a plan akin
To a dream catcher in the night
Apprehending thought process flight,
On its way out, or its way in
Its customary digression;
A traipsing tumbleweed of thought
In dire need of an anchor spot
To prevent its retrogression...
With air brake caesura feathers
To slow mentation's hectic ebbs
Or rhyme scheming spider webs
To snare spirits, in all weathers...
On the circuitous sort of grid
Forever friendly to the id.
To a dream catcher in the night
Apprehending thought process flight,
On its way out, or its way in
Its customary digression;
A traipsing tumbleweed of thought
In dire need of an anchor spot
To prevent its retrogression...
With air brake caesura feathers
To slow mentation's hectic ebbs
Or rhyme scheming spider webs
To snare spirits, in all weathers...
On the circuitous sort of grid
Forever friendly to the id.
#rhyming
#sonnet
#metaphor #symbolism
#metaphor #symbolism
406 reads
2 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
30th Mar 2022 9:07pm
30th Mar 2022 9:07pm
Maelstrom
my storm can't be controlled
it is a wild tsunami of feeling
with the rolling thunder of passion
clouded with doubt
I am a woman in flux
the winds in my valley blow,
across the plains of my frustrations
with an internal lust
sensual in my presentation
my wants and desire peak
brewing with a southernly tempest
hello, I am chaos
it's nice to meet you
a mischievous soul gallivants in my sanctuary
he is my spirit child
born of the need of you
coming together as one on the aether ...
it is a wild tsunami of feeling
with the rolling thunder of passion
clouded with doubt
I am a woman in flux
the winds in my valley blow,
across the plains of my frustrations
with an internal lust
sensual in my presentation
my wants and desire peak
brewing with a southernly tempest
hello, I am chaos
it's nice to meet you
a mischievous soul gallivants in my sanctuary
he is my spirit child
born of the need of you
coming together as one on the aether ...
#love
#metaphor
#symbolism
345 reads
1 Comment
cold_fusion
Poem Published
28th Mar 2022 1:23am
28th Mar 2022 1:23am
the insignficance of (a) man
the islands
of
us
there's earth
and then
there's water
~
.
of
us
there's earth
and then
there's water
~
.
#spiritual
#humankind
#philosophical #symbolism
#philosophical #symbolism
625 reads
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
25th Mar 2022 9:30pm
25th Mar 2022 9:30pm
Subtle Signs
Nature has her designs
such subtle signs
in the whispery way of things
the deep order that she brings
To the elements of the day
how all things pass away
in their own time
draped lovingly in rhyme
Until I then pen my final word
knowing I have been heard
such subtle signs
in the whispery way of things
the deep order that she brings
To the elements of the day
how all things pass away
in their own time
draped lovingly in rhyme
Until I then pen my final word
knowing I have been heard
#nature
#LifeAsAWriter
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#symbolism
17 reads
3 Comments
cold_fusion
Poem Published
25th Mar 2022 00:24am
25th Mar 2022 00:24am
the witness
am the dead tree at the hilltop
a relic
atop the dune
distance
irrelevant for me
for mirages
blur my rune
i see sea
and shifting sands
witness countless
drowning hands
amidst the waves
and on land
am the dead tree atop the hill
have an existence
and no free will
some see a pretty picture
of art
in truth
not much
else.
blue skies
or grey
or the mist from
the ocean spray
change me...
a relic
atop the dune
distance
irrelevant for me
for mirages
blur my rune
i see sea
and shifting sands
witness countless
drowning hands
amidst the waves
and on land
am the dead tree atop the hill
have an existence
and no free will
some see a pretty picture
of art
in truth
not much
else.
blue skies
or grey
or the mist from
the ocean spray
change me...
#nature
#spiritual
#humankind #symbolism
#humankind #symbolism
680 reads
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
18th Mar 2022 8:03pm
18th Mar 2022 8:03pm
Whispers
They are the snowflakes
of voice
fragility from the start
coming from the heart
and yet
they can silence a room
of voice
fragility from the start
coming from the heart
and yet
they can silence a room
#nature
#snow
#confessional
#WritingPoetry
#symbolism
13 reads
4 Comments
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
17th Feb 2022 10:57pm
17th Feb 2022 10:57pm
PASSING THROUGH THE PROCESS
They say whenever we pass through the universe of space and time, as we sometimes experience an out of body transformation, in the spiritual sense. As it is an exchange of skin and flesh and blood and bones. For even more then what you think it don't mean, behind that close door is not vibes of postjvity but negativity attacking subconscious thoughts with regrets. Filled with nightmares of darkness and tears of hurt and pain leaving one broken in heart and spiritual soul. For the future seems dim and cold uninviting in the mirror, reflection of life for you have to take the good with the...
#dialogue
#metaphor
#philosophical
#StreamOfConsciousness
#symbolism
405 reads
2 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
16th Feb 2022 1:04pm
16th Feb 2022 1:04pm
is tanka a poem
Is Tanka a poem
We the classless
seek no revolution only fairness
we like quality
a well-balanced diet
and cold German lager.
The stinking rich
one assumes they do not bath
can continue to pong
we seek no egalitarianism
only German lager.
We the classless
seek no revolution only fairness
we like quality
a well-balanced diet
and cold German lager.
The stinking rich
one assumes they do not bath
can continue to pong
we seek no egalitarianism
only German lager.
#minimalist
#emotional
#metaphor
#philosophical
#symbolism
276 reads
1 Comment
Gahddess_Worship
Poem Published
9th Feb 2022 4:18pm
9th Feb 2022 4:18pm
Haiku: Soar
Raptor royalty
freedom's avian emblem
feathered majesty
freedom's avian emblem
feathered majesty
#birds
#nature
#freedom #symbolism
#freedom #symbolism
247 reads
5 Comments
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
13th Dec 2021 9:44pm
13th Dec 2021 9:44pm
WHAT IS DARKNESS
As the world changes from day into night and uncovers, the darkness like a sheet of black ice that is hard to see. Yet unveiling the crust of a full moon shinny bright against the darken skies. But as the night touches, our soul creating illusions out of dark shadows of faceless faces. That begins to influence our subconsciousness, into believing that which we see is real. For they say it is darkness, that we fear the most whenever we slowly, begin to feel afraid of the unknown. For its only darkness where we go to hide, whenever we don't understand what is truly happening within our lives.
#dialogue
#metaphor
#philosophical
#StreamOfConsciousness
#symbolism
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