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
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The Colossal Wheels of TimeThe colossal wheels of time, ever-turning gears,
Grinding moments into the dust of bygone years.
Massive cogs of destiny, relentlessly spin,
Weaving tapestries of what has been and what's to begin.
These cosmic clockworks, with their ceaseless churn,
Roll over...
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Categories:
image, imagery, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Peek-A-BooA shy sun
plays peek-a-boo
with clouds
clogging the sky
and barring its path.
Dyed in shades
of ash,
they gather
like sheep,
clustering
overhead;
grazing on blue skies
until melancholy
grey
drips droplets of rain....
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Categories:
image, imagery, metaphor, nature,
Form: Verse
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?I must have been in a coma
Not to see time passing by
So can you explain to me
The mysterious reason why
How did it happen?
What’s my excuse?
Did I suddenly go blind?
Was I really so obtuse?
I wasn’t prepared...
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Categories:
age, dream, grief, image,
Form: Rhyme
POETICS my definition
Categories:
birth, image, imagery, imagination,
Form: Bio
a murder
Categories:
image, animal, anxiety, bird, dark,
Form: Senryu
A Timeless IllusionEntering a rustic, glass-domed Greenhouse,
I stepped into a timeless illusion.
Silence muted the scuttle of a mouse
living in this synthetic seclusion.
Within this succulent juggle of green,
sweet scents emanate from every blossom.
One of the prettiest places I've...
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Categories:
beautiful, garden, hyperbole, image,
Form: Quatrain
Tea With A HandshakeCrossroads in the desert sands swirls,
an orb whirls around as clouds gather,
lightning bolt violet violently twirls,
roads crack with shotgun thunder.
Visage a pearl cascades as she approaches me,
cut through the dirt she speaks a litany reverie,
“You...
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Categories:
image, art, conflict, crazy, dark,
Form: Free verse
Behind The Masks
There are those who appear so self-assured
Got a handle on life’s call
Put together and in control
Never to stumble or fall
Self confident and capable
Accomplished and so very sure
Undaunted without demons
That come knocking at their doors
Humans wear...
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Categories:
confidence, emotions, identity, image,
Form: Rhyme
Alchemy of Seaglass
In the palm of nightforest and rain
I leave imprints on sands ,
my flesh baked by the elements --my nipples and breasts darting towards the sky in full radiance of an alchemy,
where this womb...
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Categories:
image, magic,
Form: Personification
Eye CatcherIt is what catches the eye, kindness of one being
You don't see anger, hey I want to be that
Eye catcher, one's personality adored
We truly want to be all that is
To be...
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Categories:
image, adventure, character, creation, encouraging,
Form: Epic
IMMORTAL VISION
EYES are the light of the body
That leads us to light from darkness in & out.
EYES are the sun shine that bless us with a vision
That pushes us to strive hard to break...
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Categories:
care, image,
Form: Free verse
somewhere in a lake
Categories:
image, memory,
Form: Haiku
If Her Eyes Were BlueIf her eyes were blue, they'd be ocean-deep,
Tides of emotion in their gentle sweep.
Twin sapphires set in a face so fair,
Reflecting skies both stormy and rare.
Azure pools where dreams could swim,
Cerulean lights that never dim.
Cornflower...
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Categories:
image, imagery, imagination, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
cry, image, innocence, introspection,
Form: Haiku
Mirror MirrorI wish to be a bird
to see the world
to represent peace and freedom
Instead, I am confined
in a glass cage
that shatters to the touch
In this world
I am a lion
stuck in a fake reality
beautiful...
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Categories:
image, angst, animal, beautiful, desire,
Form: Free verse
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.
Definition | What is Image in Poetry?
Poems Related to Image
appearance, beauty, carbon copy, conceit, dead ringer, drawing, figure, form, icon, idea, idol, illustration, impression, likeness, mental picture, model, notion, perception, photograph, portrait, reflection, replica, self worth, spitting image,