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Best Impressionist Poems

Below are the all-time best Impressionist poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of impressionist poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Stars
a charcoal canvas
flecked with the glitter drops of a painter’s brush
looms above the endless Midwest plains

white-gold illumination
devours my eyes as I gaze upwards. . ....

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Categories: impressionist, night,
Form: Verse



Premium Member What Fascinates Me
art inspires me, Van Gogh fascinates me! 
                                 
   ...

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Categories: impressionist, art, sky, stars,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member The Mockingbird
I recognize a tune from album of your songs
And listen intently to impressionist sounds
As you hop scotch from branch to branch
Like a child all excited,...

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Categories: impressionist, bird, song,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Winter's Paradise
Winter feathers the ground with snow,
blanketing everything in white.
An impressionist, like Van Gogh,
Winter feathers the ground with snow.
And sunbeams set it all aglow,
icicles sparkling in...

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Categories: impressionist, 10th grade, beautiful, imagery,
Form: Triolet
Premium Member Ekphrasis On the Magpie By Monet
A lonesome magpie~
perching on a forlorn wooden stairs
on a snowcapped mountain side
spells serenity in the day light.

The barn house reflects
the pale lavender shadows~
a soft blend...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis



Premium Member Ekphrasis On Charing Cross Bridge
hazy morn has broken
as silhouette of solitary boat
silently sails on Thames river
where a steam train just passed
on pallid emerald bridge
leaving a titanium smoke
that glazes the...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Ekphrasis On Monet's Water Lilies
Floating fluttering fleurs
are jewels in fuchsia and magenta
transmuting into taffy hue
with the kiss of dappled sunlight~
Like her cheeks that blush in pink
with his wondering wink......

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, appreciation, art, nature,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Gymnopedie
Paintings
         - Impression: Sunrise by Claude Monet (1840-1926)
         -...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, death, suicide,
Form: Lyric
The Warm Friend
He would visit the wharf of the pond very often
Peace and joy writ large on his lips and eyes
He would whistle a tune to call...

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Categories: impressionist, angel, fish, friendship, identity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bio Modified Passionate Romantic
Passionate, 
an impressionist writer, oil painter, and a loving role model grandmother. 
I love the creativeness, easy-going, and wit of the friends I love.
Ideas of...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, self,
Form: Bio
Life Intention
LIFE’s INTENTIONS
Across the field in wild proliferation
A multiplicity of forms abound
Not broad brush daubed impressionist collation
But gathering of beings, each one crowned

Every leaf each blade...

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Categories: impressionist, life,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Spring Morning
Give me a spring morning, far from winter’s troubles.
On an earth axis-turned toward the life-giving sun.

Announce it with trumpets of yellow daffodils and tulips.

Watch as...

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Categories: impressionist, morning, seasons, spring,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ekphrasis On House of Parliament At Sunset
stupendous silhouette of castle 
piercing through hazy fog
reminds me of your shadow
as you come to meet me at twilight

mixed hues of spectral sky 
reflected in...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Ekphrasis On Snow At Argenteuil
footprints carved on a crystalline carpet
the winding traces of morning skaters
on teal and ivory rugged snowfield
lead me to his quiet hometown

the bare trees that surround...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, appreciation, art, love,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Ekphrasis On Waterloo Bridge
saffron shafts of sun~
behind lofty heights
of faded silver and sapphire
veiled by the hazy fog
spell prelude to  dusk

faded titanium bridges
are galloping white horses
crossing the river...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: impressionist, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis

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