Best Imagery Poems
Below are the all-time best Imagery poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of imagery poems written by PoetrySoup members
One Brief MomentLook...See how long nights are drawing in.
Dreary birdsong gradually abates -
Opaque dusk grows dim;
And just outside the creaky little garden
Gate,
Stood opposite the empty wood
Where the...
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Categories:
imagery, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
HELLO BUTTERFLY
hello hello
butterfly ...
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Categories:
beautiful, color, imagery, insect,
Form:
Concrete
The last goodbyeInviting vibrancy as the season changed
Smiley faces bloomed, reopening dreams.
Seeing you there marked a blessed event
Akin to magical when first time eyes met.
Breezing trees...
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Categories:
goodbye, imagery, love, nature,
Form:
Verse
I've Never Heard SnowI've never heard the sound of snow
nor dawning's oboes crooning light,
yet witnessed angels' trumpets blow
and chimings of the flurries grow
as alabastrine wings take flight.
I've never...
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Categories:
imagery, seasons, winter,
Form:
Villanelle
The Rowboat on the MarshI don't need mawkish photographs to see
the drowning rowboat tethered to the dock,
a withered seahorse clinging to debris
as umber water seeps through feeble caulk.
The cord...
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Categories:
death, imagery, metaphor,
Form:
Sonnet
View It From AfarTo appreciate our planet
start with its snow-capped mountains
where sunbeams morph crystals of ice
into gems of glistening light.
Witness white clouds traverse the skies
floating on a vista...
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Categories:
beautiful, earth, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Blank verse
The Dove in Your EyesHow fast to wiles I fell my damask rose,
awake from slumber slept untold ages.
To gaze so deep in ocean eyes repose,
and print whispered prayer on...
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Categories:
imagery, lonely, love, perspective,
Form:
Sonnet
Somewhere over the Horizon
Deeply dive into my Southern border. . again
again. . border around my existence ever so deeply
Somewhere over the Horizon
love is met gently
Images melt...
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Categories:
imagery, senses,
Form:
Rhyme
One Green Leaf
One leaf fell from a tall, tall tree
and subtly kissed gnarled roots beneath;
a lover’s kiss below sunned-sheath
of greenest leaves, a jubilee.
One spiraling...
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Categories:
color, green, holiday, imagery,
Form:
Verse
Other Side of the WallSilence?
or
is that a cry
I hear
Screams?
or
is that
memories
hiding?
Wall
yes I listen
to a wall
days
weeks
forever
A white wall
stares back at me
curiosity mounts
I feel the wall
whiteness
blinds me
My heart stops
a rhythm
still
dances
ah
a smile...
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Categories:
art, friendship, imagery, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Yesterday's Fragile Truth
Betrayal has devastated your heart
blocking love’s magic before it could start.
And depression’s quagmire entraps your soul
as disparaging lies exact their toll.
Chameleon clouds change to match...
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Categories:
imagery, angst, betrayal, depression, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme
The Glory Of The Eastern Edge
In moments of twilight civility
an exchange of gifts -
darkness for light..
RISING
from beyond the softening silhouetted edge
you brighten like a blushing damsel
hazy haloed
taking unabashed pleasure...
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Categories:
appreciation, beauty, imagery, morning,
Form:
Free verse
Squalling seagulls sip morning sunshineSqualling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
Greeting new sun, spanning over vast sea
Wailing upon hills, watching freedom shine
Sprinkling over prairies echoes of glee
Greeting new sun, spanning...
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Categories:
bird, imagery, nature,
Form:
Pantoum
My Inner Voice
I leave the daily hustle and bustle
of a city's cacophony of sound.
And head for where the leaves softly rustle
in the breeze, and no one...
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Categories:
imagery, 8th grade, beauty, feelings,
Form:
Sonnet
A Crow's Command
I be a common salty once, no captain's bars, did bear,
Yet blessed was I to venture where few a skipper dared.
From steadfast...
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Categories:
adventure, courage, history, imagery,
Form:
Rhyme
Sea Song
Oh precious, dulcet diva, oceantide ... you, of sand and foam
and abundance, all your moods and meanderings speak deep
...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, beach, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Sunday Morning - me singing -
Sunday Morning
Piano intro:
Verse:
Can you see the sun is shining down
On Sunday Morning, on Sunday morning
Can you feel the rain upon the ground
On Sunday Morning, on...
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Categories:
imagery, inspirational,
Form:
Lyric
Music To My EarsEffervescent elation arises and dances to ancient echoes; the rhythm of the drums heartbeat.
Champagne notes bubble into the night sky; night music of...
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Categories:
imagery, animal, bird, dream, image,
Form:
Free verse
The Strawman and the MoonA straw man stood fixed upon timber firm,
gazing at Autumn's gilded, moonlit prize.
He, the king of Earth and the winding worm,
she, the pale darling...
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Categories:
autumn, imagery, inspirational, romance,
Form:
Sonnet
Critics
Critics
Wrote a poem in the sand,
Wonder how it fares if left alone,
Will it bear on its own merits
Or juxtapose by meddling hands,
Meantime, sun-dries it again,
Wind...
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Categories:
beach, imagery, inspiration, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
To Lose Yourself in Poetry
to lose yourself in poetry
in image vibrant reverently
responsibility absents thee
thoughts sprout wings
...
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Categories:
flying, imagery, magic, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
My Solace, A Poet's Thoughts on PoetryThe wonder of nature you describe with the color of feelings
that even the blind sees the beauty, for you anoint with your sight.
From my...
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Categories:
imagery, metaphor, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
WORKSHOP POEM: GRAND TOUR TO FAIRYLANDWORKSHOP POEM: GRAND TOUR TO FAIRYLAND
Sprinkled-rainbow clouds reign above the skies,
peeping yellow in-between wrinkled pillars
shine like bulbs to crash the net of fog
attached to...
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Categories:
beautiful, fantasy, imagery, journey,
Form:
Personification
Take Me Somewhere ExoticThe pungence of heartbreak swelters
in the tangled dreadlocks of love-lies-bleeding
Take me somewhere exotic
to breathe not the foul aroma
of disappointment and despair
Show me fields laced with...
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Categories:
color, imagery, lost love,
Form:
Imagism
Starlit Diva
My mind has wings and wants to fly
into galaxies where stars streak.
Aloft on whispers and a sigh
a hint of stardust on my cheek.
Into galaxies where...
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Categories:
freedom, growth, imagery, journey,
Form:
Pantoum