My friend, please use a metaphor
Or say 'like ...', that's a simile
A metaphor or similar
Comparisons - the same to me
Describe life with a metaphor
It may sound new yet deja view
Tell new friends that we met before
Repeat a lie and it sounds true
Some say life's like a theatre
Some say life's like a big, grand stage
Life's like a book, an empty slate
Life starts like a new, pristine page
Birthday flowers, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansury
What is baby's new life like?
A train, a bike, a climb, or hike
A river, stream, or waterfall
It's like them all, but yet unlike
You can say life's like a journey
It has many stops and stations
Life's a world which keeps on turning
Life's a team of many nations
Life is like a box of chocolate
A wrapped parcel, a birthday gift
A tall mountain, gushing fountain
Challenging peak, not aimless drift
Life's a swift river, a slow road
A grand palace or small abode
A deck of cards, jigsaw puzzle
A knitting pattern, or muddle
Life is a merry metaphor
Life's a vision, open window
Life's a closing then opened door
Life's seeds breed oasks, grow what you sow
Life has a start, a welcome start
But you can't see around each bend
But we applaud a eulogy
Pretend a satisfying end
Life's like a drunk who is unsure
Life is a simple metaphor
Life is like a crochet pattern
Like a sea with boats, beach and shore
Life's like a happy, hearty meal
Life's like a long and quenching drink
Life is what flowers make you feel
Life's what animals make you think.
Flowers in Hayes Conference Centre, for Writers' Summer School, Swanwick, Derbyshire England, photo by Angela Lansbury.
Life's like your chosen metophor
Life's like a prose piece or poem
Life's like a novel, or a frame
It leads back where you were before.
You choose and use your metaphor
Your dictionary of words in reach
You picture what you want to teach
For sales, for marketing, a speech.
To impress use a metaphor
To describe any endeavor
Grab one of the common cliches
Metaphors make you sound clever.
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Please share links to your favourite poems.
