Best Imagism Poems
Below are the all-time best Imagism poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of imagism poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Daughter of the North Wind Sings In Soprano
In riming realms
of crystal contemplations -
frozen water-vapor meditations
and chilled flutes
filled with zodiacal-light musings
of ancient cosmic dust
dancing in the arms of Sol..
windswept...
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Categories:
passion, snow, winter, woman,
Form:
Imagism
Crepe-Myrtle FlowersEventide’s misty winds gently oscillate
Colorful clusters of crepe-myrtle flowers
Crowning atop rows of elegant tree-trunks
Blooms lavender, pink, red, and purple
Hanging in air from tips of twigs...
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Categories:
flower,
Form:
Imagism
Avian Legos...to the finessed fowl
humming by my ear tell me
Did anyone ever tell you
just how glad they are
to have you here?
Poignant...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, beautiful, bird,
Form:
Imagism
Petitioning Spring of TomorrowSmile, O spring, smile, upon crimson arc of morning
Grinning through willows filtering golden sunbeams,
Sparkling from eyes of dew, glinting realms pristine,
Reveling through prairies, giggling tenor...
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Categories:
imagery, spring,
Form:
Imagism
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
Night Snownight snow
moccasin silent
drifts downward
landing without feet...
smiles in the sunlight
~ morning curtains peek...
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Categories:
night, silence, snow,
Form:
Imagism
Peacocks and PredatorsThe raptor and the peacock hence,
Sit pensive on a rambling fence.
The first, inclined to be the host,
Jumped down to claim the nearest post.
The pea averse...
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Categories:
animal, identity,
Form:
Imagism
Bouquet of FlowersIn a crystal vase, a flower bouquet I arrayed:
Iris flowers purple, yellow on its outer edge
Interlaced with a layer of tulips burgundy-red
Beholden to support...
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Categories:
flower, love,
Form:
Imagism
ImaginationA muddy toad 'ribbits,'
before leaping away -
to which I ponder,
if fairy tales were true,
who's 'Prince Charming.' would you be?
I smile,
in the quiet pond's reflection.
I can see...
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Categories:
imagination,
Form:
Imagism
Paint a Picture Black and GrayPull out the easel
set the canvas
positioned long and slender clean slate.
Sketch the figures huddled and dark-bound hostage
...
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Categories:
africa, art, dark, grief,
Form:
Imagism
Frolic of SpringI pause for a robin, musing on dogwood pink,
As red cardinal dashes-in, hops, hops, and sits,
Warbling of silken-rose blossoms of peonies
And fragrant white flowers of...
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Categories:
nature, spring,
Form:
Imagism
Swallow Whole the MoonWith mouth open wide
I swallow whole the moon
hoping to feel the tides
deep within the womb
of my feminine side
allow this man to bloom.
Pregnant with ideas
I am...
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Categories:
imagery, nature, poetry,
Form:
Imagism
SeasonsSeasons
With a chill still in the wind, spring arrives
Clutching her white coat that slowly melts
In Sun's warmth, coaxing blossom's birth.
Humidity heavy with the scent of...
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Categories:
autumn, imagery, seasons, spring,
Form:
Imagism
Photographs and PoemsWith my brightened lens, I watch you
mystically zooming in zooming out,
and my eyes focus on the shutter where
a hundred gulls...
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Categories:
art, beauty, film, words,
Form:
Imagism
My Dream VacationSand sparkles like diamonds under my feet.
Sun smiles in blue sky. I watch seagulls fly
while sitting with ease at my beach retreat.
I don’t need palaces...
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Categories:
vacation,
Form:
Imagism