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Best Illustration Poems

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


Premium Member Shades of My Gloom
In vertigo of night, in their riddled trance 
Boldness of petals melt on washed-out shades,
As faces etch a quiet gloom in varied hues
Capturing splashed oil,...

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Categories: illustration, art, color, introspection, loneliness,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Where Do Things Come From
our mental simulator is the incubator 
     of our physical illustration
          our...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: illustration, creation, desire, imagination, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mysterious and Magnetic
- - The way we were
           in poetic form, underlined and understood,
   ...

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Categories: illustration, simple, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Walking Into Enlightenment
So many think about changing the whole world,
few think about changing their very selves.
Standing on the precipice, peer beyond.
Pierce your personal, privileged bubble.
View the vast...

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© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: illustration, art, heart, love, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Third World America
I lived in Shenzhen, China, for my 6th and 7th grades - China was AMAZING.

In China, blond hair is unusual, I stood out like neon...

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Categories: illustration, 11th grade, angst, city,
Form: Free verse



Little Puff Puff and the Magic Castle- Part 1
In a wondrous world least never seen,
Hidden is the Lair of the Dragon Queen…
Protector of her Kingdom of jaded green,
Some would say she was rather...

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Categories: illustration, 1st grade, children, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Mythology of Celtic Circles
In the days of mystic Merlin and captivating Celtic lore
The Ancient Druids danced and exuberantly did explore
The Celtic Circles of cityscapes and festive furthermore

They gathered...

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Categories: illustration, destiny, mythology, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Journey Companions: the Friend Sonnets Part Ii
HEROES

Near somber guards, units of children heap 
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of...

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Categories: illustration, friend, hero, places, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Words For Those With No Voice
Words For Those With No Voice

For every pair of shoes
All the burnt bones and woes
In the millions, in the mud
All died alone

Starving of food and...

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Categories: illustration, allah, death, evil, holocaust,
Form: Free verse
Declarations of a Social Scientist
DECLARATIONS OF A SOCIAL SCIENTIST

Indeed, I am that Poet and know it.
Just in transition to a more enriched poetry form.
I want to talk about life,...

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Categories: illustration, adventure, art, autumn, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reflection In the Mirror
Feeling the youth
And vigor in my heart
In a fog of my conscious mind
Fluffy white clouds and blue sky
Green emerald tall grass
I love and dance around

Reflection...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: illustration, age, youth,
Form: Free verse
Without a Kiss
Has a tear of joy ever escaped from the window of your soul? A moment of realization that fell out of your control? Have you...

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Categories: illustration, beauty, cute love, desire,
Form: I do not know?
A Short Session
My mind
unstable foundation.

They keep talking,
through dreams, comes communication.

A combination,
another citation
never any satisfaction
(Look over here, another distraction)

Formation into another illustration
division by another diversion.

So, what version can...

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© Onyx Perth  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: illustration, anger, anxiety, confusion, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kids' Table
Laying my head back, eyes closing,
reminiscing, the years falling away into decades ago
to the 1950s at my grandparents' grand home
for Christmas.

It was a gracious dining...

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© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: illustration, christmas, cousin, family, friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Hobby
I love to sketch with a pen and ink;
to feel the flow of the lines that I think;
 as they pour their way down my...

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Categories: illustration, art, color, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Book: Reflection on the Important Things