Similes And Metaphors

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“Where to start?

Everything cracks and shakes,

The air trembles with similes,

No one world’s better than another;

the earth moans with metaphors.”

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~ Osip Mandelstam

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Elfje:            (Cinquain)

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simile

as like

not compared to

word variations that confuse

metaphor

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Senryu:      5-7-5 ( Haiku with people and their emotions/feelings as a topic)

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light as a feather

a heart ecstatic with love

lost to the world

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Poem:

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twenty eight days to change a habit
not true if you happen to be a rabbit
for some changes can be very difficult
unless they are brainwashed by a religious cult

an addictive habit is double the trouble
an altered ego cannot get humble
will power is usually the weakest power
the addiction seeks the soul to devour

alcoholics suggest ninety meetings in ninety days
for some it was two years to break through the haze
forget the will power, rely on a Higher Power
see a new life bloom like a flower

promises, promises received when not drinking
learning to recognize the stinking thinking
a life lived and loved one day at a time
reality discovered within the sublime

get out of that rut, think outside of the box
follow the man who walks the walk
be that person God wants you to be
learn to live happy, joyous and free

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Mismatched

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“Poetry:

three mismatched shoes

at the entrance

of a dark alley.”

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― Charles Simic

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Elfje:    (Cinquain)

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pair

two alike

dryer eats one

need to wear  two

mismatched

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Haiku:

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manicured landscape

nature will have the last laugh

weeds and brambles win

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Poem:

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life is a series of metaphors
every good poem contains one or three
explaining the whats and wherefores
what has been and what shall be

metaphors that compare the plant
thoughts that reflect the animal
philosophies by Emmanuel Kant
ideas that are hopefully compatible

what has my life been like
over the river and through the woods
forever paying tolls on the turnpike
or dreaming of a life awash with falsehoods.

will tomorrow be a different allegory
or more of the same boring trite cliches
knowing everyone will tell a different story
the ignorant feigning an attitude blase

my choice of analogies is to be smart
or should the simile be clever
or should I lead with my heart
who me, my life a metaphor, never  . . .

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https://michaelerb.wordpress.com

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