Poem Details | by
millard lowe |
Categories:
analogy, imagery, metaphor, nature, rain, simile, water,
Monitoring self,
nature made her decisions:
disaster rained down…
The water rose—
Life sank beneath the level;
hope floated above…
Like Noah, we wait…
flooding water standing still—
Vultures roost on wires.
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Poem Details | by
Sunshine Smile |
Categories:
meaningful, metaphor,
None experience
Born with silver spoon in mouth
Not call it a dream
- 16.03.2017
- Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
- Copyright © All Rights Reserved
- www.howmanysyllables.com - Haiku 5-7-5
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Poem Details | by
Dan Keir |
Categories:
adventure, dedication, freedom, home, hope, humorous, imagination, inspirational, introspection, journey, life, lonely, loss, lost, metaphor, mystery, nature, nostalgia, people, political, sad, satire, social, sorrow, spiritual, success, time, travel, uplifting, urban, visionary, war, write,
A void of Facebook
Creativity dies here...
Procrastination!
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Poem Details | by
Pandita Sanchez |
Categories:
metaphor, nature, summer,
Patience
breezeless summer day -
motionless on lily pad
frog waits for victim
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Poem Details | by
Arnab Mitra |
Categories:
life, metaphor, spiritual, symbolism,
Under starlit dome,
across the empty ocean,
I sail all alone.
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Poem Details | by
Gregory R Barden |
Categories:
day, metaphor, nature, sea, water,
~ daylight... due her nap -
kissed the bashful sea's rough cheek...
as he blushed crimson ~
~ 3rd Place ~ in the "Haiku No Titles Theme Nature" Poetry Contest, Mick Talbot, Sponsor.
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Poem Details | by
Probir Gupta |
Categories:
allusion, beauty, chocolate, dance, freedom, metaphor, rain,
Clouds full to the brim
Dancing footfalls jingle down
Melting chocolates
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15/5/16, Kolkata
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Poem Details | by
White Wolf |
Categories:
analogy, death, life, metaphor, philosophy, sad, symbolism,
Raven Blue twilight,
Existence epitomized,
Formless shadows lurk.
8~June~2017
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Poem Details | by
John lawless |
Categories:
metaphor,
Haiku 11/14/2016
Come closer my love
touch softly with stolen light
a Winter’s darkness
John G. Lawless
11/14/2016
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Poem Details | by
Gregory R Barden |
Categories:
break up, farewell, goodbye, metaphor, winter,
~ window between us,
your breath freezes like fine lace ...
goodbye's frigid fringe ~
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Poem Details | by
ALKAS POETRY |
Categories:
adventure, allusion, creation, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, wisdom,
To discover life
we must to reopen wide
our doors and portals
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Poem Details | by
ALKAS POETRY |
Categories:
allegory, allusion, literature, metaphor, poetry, silence, sound,
When quiet surround
and only the silence speaks,
high fidelity ...
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Poem Details | by
Scott Simmerman |
Categories:
business, metaphor, work,
Teamwork could happen.
Challenge to get ahead now.
Expect some to crash.
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Poem Details | by
Ngoc Nguyen |
Categories:
beautiful, beauty, imagery, metaphor, mythology, sea, simile,
(beautiful!) Immense
and Poseidon-like,—the sea
washes o'er my soul.
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Poem Details | by
Paul Geiger |
Categories:
math, metaphor,
arc - parabola
life - our parabolic bow
ends that never meet
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Poem Details | by
Pheko Motaung |
Categories:
life, loss, lost love, marriage, moon,
Moonlight metaphor
The blind stars are his best friends
The great sea my heart
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Poem Details | by
Lily Twinkle |
Categories:
bereavement, family, january, metaphor, nature,
Strokes after midnight
received a distant sad news
a swallow has flown
Watch over us dear
I kept my prayers for you
frosted in flowers
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Poem Details | by
Dan Keir |
Categories:
allah, angel, angst, confusion, courage, dream, faith, god, happiness, heaven, history, hope, imagination, inspirational, introspection, jesus, journey, life, lonely, loss, lost, lost love, love, memory, metaphor, miracle, parody, passion, peace, people, philosophy, political, prayer, recovery from..., religion, religious, stress, success, sympathy, teacher, time, uplifting, write,
God made all people
But some better than others?
Stop being silly.
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Poem Details | by
David Aaron |
Categories:
humor, i love you, metaphor, nostalgia, pain, paris, wife,
Paris gave us much
from romance to this plaster
white Eiffel Tower
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Poem Details | by
Marilyn Williams |
Categories:
bible, faith, how i feel, inspirational, jesus, metaphor, truth,
If you make fun of Him, then you make fun of me, that is a Blood Sport.
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Poem Details | by
Trevor McLeod |
Categories:
allegory, confusion, education, grief, loss, metaphor, mystery, on writing and words, parody, philosophy,
the less i have of
the additional use of
the more it breaks down
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Poem Details | by
Sunshine Smile |
Categories:
life, metaphor, symbolism,
Meant to make a choice
My heart is pounding fast
Close the final door
howmanysyllables.com
Haiku 5-7-5
13.05.2016
- Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved
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Poem Details | by
Laura Breidenthal |
Categories:
absence, analogy, beautiful, earth, metaphor, nature, peace,
birds retort
wind whispers riddles untold
patience hears
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Poem Details | by
Dan Keir |
Categories:
allah, angel, angst, education, faith, fantasy, fear, freedom, god, happiness, heaven, history, hope, imagination, inspirational, introspection, jesus, journey, life, lonely, loss, lost, love, metaphor, miracle, mystery, peace, people, political, prayer, religion, religious, spiritual, stress, sympathy, teacher, time, write,
The body: sacred
We’re all made in God’s image
Hence... circumcision?
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Poem Details | by
Robert Candler |
Categories:
age, angst, bird, life, memory, metaphor, remember,
Basking in moonlight,
Old birds remember the nest.
Ruffles my feathers.
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Poem Details | by
Megan Patterson |
Categories:
dream, imagination, metaphor, middle school, school, sleep, teen,
I get tired at school
Because they're only sheep and
I'm just counting them
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Poem Details | by
Marilyn Williams |
Categories:
art, blessing, encouraging, hope, leadership, metaphor, pride,
If you see something important,
tell all, if not, tell some> Don't stop.
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Poem Details | by
millard lowe |
Categories:
analogy, horror, imagery, metaphor, simile, war,
War is a monster—
A destroying Godzilla:
No peace left behind.
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Poem Details | by
Dan Keir |
Categories:
art, beauty, confusion, dream, education, funny, hope, humorous, imagination, metaphor, music, on work and working, on writing and words, passion, people, song, song-thank you, work, write,
Pop may be catchy
But not lyrically deep
Case in point: Chris Brown.
(N.B. Poem written after hearing "Don't Wake Me Up")
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Poem Details | by
David De la Croes |
Categories:
autumn, flower, metaphor,
strelitzias die -
shrunken birds of paradise
sag between green leaves
* It is now autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
Strelitzia is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower.
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Poem Details | by
Dan Keir |
Categories:
adventure, dream, freedom, holiday, home, hope, imagination, inspirational, journey, life, lost love, love, metaphor, natural disasters, nature, nostalgia, ocean, on writing and words, philosophy, recovery from..., space, stress, travel,
Water licks your feet
Far cry from the beating sun
Desert sand to sea
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Poem Details | by
Dan Keir |
Categories:
adventure, courage, dream, faith, freedom, holiday, hope, imagination, inspirational, journey, life, love, memory, metaphor, natural disasters, nature, philosophy, places, political, recovery from..., space, stress, travel,
Precipitation:
Culminates in a washout
Stuffed camels get soaked
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Poem Details | by
Bennie6 Haiku Poems |
Categories:
metaphor,
A roller coaster...
inch-es up-wards...and—then—it
rushes back to earth!
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Poem Details | by
Suresh Babu Palani |
Categories:
beauty, cute love, desire, emotions, feelings, flower, fun, hilarious, imagery, love, lust, metaphor, nature, youth,
Dewdrops visit blooms
at night and leave by daybreak:
A secret affair.
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Poem Details | by
Jack Jordan |
Categories:
metaphor,
Surprise and pleasure
your secret garden
Red tulips
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