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Image Poems | Examples of Image Poetry

Image Poems. Read and share great examples of all types of image poems and poetic imagery. This list of image poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Share and read poems about self-image, who we really are, how do you picture yourself, and more. We often create an image of ourselves in our mind, but what do others see? Is the image we perceive reality? Does that persona appeal to the eyes and ears, or emotions? Read short, long, best, and famous examples of image poetry. This list of works about an image is an excellent resource for examples of how to write image poems.
Premium Member A Perfect Day in May
On a perfect sunny day, gulls play over the bay. A breakaway to a perfect hideaway went estray. On the beach water sprays on those that lay in its way. 2/14/2025...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, image,
Form: Rhyme
A Word To The Love Sick World
This is a call to all sufferers hanging themselves in their own arms apart from the one they desire tired of nights sleeping alone restless in grave prisons of the place they would rather be, whispering...Read the rest...
Categories: drink, feelings, happiness, image,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member SAY CHEESE
Think Burger and Cheese Be relaxed and not perplexed Image must be picture perfect Smile Background set The right effect Image input and output Project and strike a pose Wait for flash Finally at last Picture outtake See your look Captured the real you Just image the actual Beauty...Read the rest...
Categories: image, allusion, beauty, care, character,
Form: Free verse

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Premium Member I absorbed the image, beyond capture, it slipped into my soul like a summer rain
I absorbed the image, beyond capture—it slipped into my soul like a summer rain, Saturated, it became an eternal murmur, my eyes see only a zoetrope of time, All voices sing the same refrain: "what a wonderful...Read the rest...
Categories: image, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Image
To Whom It May Concern To the boy who took the wrong turn. Narrow walls of past concerns, The ropes of tight bends— Knots, they stretch and breathe. Too obvious, I lay in bed With demise’s feet. Imperfect—a shadow they cloned, For the...Read the rest...
Categories: image, art, deep, for him,
Form: Rhyme



PAINTBRUSH
PAINTBRUSH Fingertips the bristles of a pagan paintbrush painting a Tree of Life on pacified cheekbones instead of in liver from whence it sprung now it burns to feed HeartSpace with witty wood for Eternal Fire From cheekbones it slid to jugular...Read the rest...
Categories: image, allegory, art, body, color,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member I've Missed You
You visited my dreams last night; to let me know you are alright. I felt your love enter my heart; my God, how I've missed you, sweetheart. We talked, danced, and laughed for a while; free of worries, we shared...Read the rest...
Categories: image, bereavement, death, dream, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
SIMPLY YEATS
SIMPLY YEATS My verse under Yeats’ carved door he merrily chuckled at white envelope, sketched butterfly said he preferred to receive verses this way rather than reading them across post-modern websites He invited me to tea we simply...Read the rest...
Categories: image, 12th grade, butterfly, happy,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
Premium Member O the visons of streams-
O’ sweet the rain drops heavenly spaced Amidst the glaze of sunlight kiss I embrace the winds they surround me O the visons of streams Soars the aftermath Soars the trees waving Soars the birds leaving trees Soars the air we...Read the rest...
Categories: image, analogy, appreciation, how i
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member Whatever the 'H' It Means
Wormwood and gall Whatever the ‘H’ it means ~ makes me sick in the spleen ...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, image, language, sick,
Form: Rhyme
A question of Purpose
Satellites triangl'd cushioning the three Are you ready to attack or simply protect? ...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, care, faith, image,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Midnight
Midnight comes with the rotating earth, It signals the start of the morning. Beginning a brand-new day, Hiding secrets to come. Waiting to reveal, Cloaked in darkness, Minus light, Steadfast, Dark. ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, emotions, image, imagery,
Form: Nonet
Deployed
It's as if someone was talking to you Deep reflective inspiration got the best of you What you're thinking now doesn't matter When you travel it is all up to those who Decide in rash rooms if your life...Read the rest...
Categories: clothes, grave, image, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When
When I'm trapped in a web of fear, I count my blessings tear by tear. And though I must choose fight or flight; God's love is my staff and my light. When I'm struggling to find my way, no one...Read the rest...
Categories: image, angst, christian, emotions, feelings,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member Fisher Folk
Have you heard of Fisher Folk Masked and disguised Often difficult to see When in front of your very eyes Some will see through the disguise Once engaged in conversation Others will never see a Fisher Folk Blinded by their manipulation Fisher Folk...Read the rest...
Categories: identity, image, perspective, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Image Poems

Read wonderful image poetry on the following sub-topics: appearance, bio, body, god, flowers, how i feel, how i look, iconic, imagery, life, love, middle school, narrative, nature, photographic, self and more.

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