Imagism Poems | Examples

Premium Member Maybe, Perhaps

This soulful hour comes after dusk
when failing sun breaks through
 the pillars of trees...  I roam alone
maybe to  find rest on a hilly granite,
 sit around and there, let my  body 
embrace light pouring down 
into the woods,  nourished by
all shades and colors of things.

Hearing my own silence 
 with a hint of windsong,
should i wonder if peace 
   be near? ...perhaps: 
Like so,  the higher self climbs 
through the trellis of  breeze, 
  arriving in a funnel of light like a ray 
to gaze at, touch a god-like image...

Enthralled by  an unknown pour
    of surrender ,  I gently wander 
 through a  holy city inside  myself.

febricity for fine

.

                        thuh cloak
                       'round mine
                       az my hunts

                 it's thick burly green
                    conceal'n theze 
                           bulge'n
                        desperate
                             eyne

                          drool'n
                            mine
                 glister'n eye-teeth
                             drip
                             drip
                             mine tongue'z
                                               drip 
                                               beg

Premium Member Lost Airs

     he sits
     stares
     blanks
     into 
     space

     of lost
     airs
     and heirs


en mine mother’z womb

.

                              i recall thuh bubblez
                            from mine think's spew
                                            yesss
                                      in her womb
                               i hear’d momma say
                                      “It’s kicking”
                                  ‘twere thuh burst
                                               uv
                                   bubblez though
                                   from mine first
                                            haiku

Premium Member stained glass sky

this stained-glass sky was created by a master painter
dominated by azures, purples, lavenders, fuchsia, plums
toward the bottom of the sky was a bit of dull yellow
a sliver of green also reflected in the pond
tall skinny black shrub trees surrounded this magnificence
I began designing my stained-glass cathedral window
knowing I could never do this scene the justice it deserved

Premium Member Nature of the Beast

Woodland to saunter
Braced up across hilltops,
Tendrils of leaves curl like locks 
Fresh the mist sprinkling my face. 
An airspray of radiant mist
Flows on her grasses evergreen
Till birdland stirs and whistles.. 
Joy in her field's embrace.

Velvet lays on ground 
My dream-like eyes twinkle, 
While blooms come dancing 
A raucous merry-go-around;
The light tap on the skin, 
Curious heart so ravenous
Through every magical whim.

Somewhere to surrender, 
Melting down my cheeks
Upon the forest floor
The nature of my inner beast 
Drips from thrill of wonder
From rare absence of reason,
A moment where innocence drifts
In wilderness ' arms blessing seasons,
The childlike creature in me
Soars into ladders of  bliss!


Premium Member The Ticking Man

Like a time bomb ready to explode 
What be a man except what is washed away 
Like a wave beats the ocean sands 
Change of time can change whole man 
Soul in search of itself what does it see 
Despair of a journey that makes his strength 
Or the demise of life he finds his grave 

It is of the heart beats our breath 
Spiritual being like all species with purpose 
What is beauty that love does not exist 
What is a man if not themselves thrive to be 
Is one not dead in their depths darkness appears 
Battle of good vs evil which you choose 
Lost in misty fog, what light be your inspiration 

Belief to his existence finds trouble trails 
But he gives not up his strive to breathe 
Reaching in, ticking man; just a second of a gasp 
Awakening, sea of stars filled with dreams 
Light on the waters beneath moonlight beam 
Heavens open door shinning light from within 
Ti cerco, watching behind dark eyes sleeping 
Jesus keep me near the cross my cries 
I'm just a man whose time is ticking away

When Lilly Kisses Rose

When lilly kisses rose
and lilly I did know
and trees I thought
grew very deep
and lived
within the forest.

And green
the hay is sweet
and brown
dry moss cries
why.

And lillies white
remind the sky
blue cotton
clouds they swirl.

There grew the two.
so dear
most thought.

Short breath
two centered
scents.

And how
before
them both
I stood
once near
their hearts
too far.

And when
I know
how
roses grow
and pressed
so hard
was I.

And cups
of milk
I loaned to
them
cinnamon
and spice.

Sugar sweets
they made
from them
and
now to know
both why.

While
lilly bridged
sweet roses
bank as
water rushes
by.

Premium Member Tears on Her Pillow

    deserted now

    the house of her youth
    hiding places

    for spiders

pictate tuh dictate

.

                  stood hern stark
                           did
                       for mine
                   click click click
                       long term
                           see

                         whilst

                  crouch'd i were
                       for thuh
                      "lift that
                    spread them
                      lay back"
                         lenz' 
                        teaze

hern swollen mine eyne

.

                      not all uv thuh world
                             need know
                                though
                   all in it who adore beauty
                               for them
                                i must
                                 show

                                  'tiz
                     half thuh walnut shell
                                 shellz
                               top thuh 
                        cupcake's mound
                               moundz

                              thuh rain
                                  her 
                           soak'd sheer 
                                  tee
                                 mine 
                                20/20
                                  see

                                  tap

Premium Member Carousel Ride

the clock strikes dusk 
the sun fades away
a thousand golden lights blinks 
to set the scene on fire

crowds carouse
for the merry-go-round
that bright crown of the carnival night

under that picturesque parasol
children clamber up the golden saddles
atop alabaster rides 
galloping through infinity

then drums snare with cymbals 
while clarinets and woodwinds shriek
in jubilant symphony

laughter jingle 
as the circle twirls
and the colourful world dissolve 
to a colourless blur

Frozen

" As I inhale the air with the gentle pressure my lungs could create
When the path to my inner self it trace
When I stay still, standing
Staring at the leaves clapping themselves to the wind
Mesmerizing me,
Rustling it's way towards me, setting me ready for a emotional voyage

Halting its feet, With amazement this ticking crocodile observes me
With it's feet as still as I stand,
A pressure I feel on my fur
Which causes me to diminish into ashes
I prefer to be freezed,
Freeze for eternity.
By this mere encounter my essence appears to be seized,
I feel every bit of me, wanting to tear each bit of this host
To my surprise, this ticking crocodile still observing me by the eyes I can't find
Not getting bothered, I try to fly
Perhaps on sentiments I am high.
As it came, the eternal peace vanishes
Here, I stand wondering about the significance of this encounter I had.
Ironically, it is quite insignificant.
Waking me up,
Then again struggling to go along or
Perhaps fleeing from the grasp of this ticking monster."

Premium Member A Meadow’s Silent Song

Red dawn spreads above the range of hillocks.
A soft breeze scatters the dandelion seeds around.
A soft zephyr, clean and furry, flows like a hymn,
I feel elated, happy to be far from the city’s dust.

The meadow hums, a mild cacophony of sounds.
Bees hover over wild flowers that grow profusely
Beneath the two rows of rough stone walls.
As the sun rays rise up, and petals glow in such a grace.

Larks fly copiously here and there, sometimes resting
On a dark mulberry tree, so full of black berries
A delight for the birds that love the sweet fruit.
A delight for me since I too love the sweet mulberries.

So I sit down on a smooth stone, back to the wall.
I close my eyes just happy to hear nature’s song
No other being will disturb my profound meditation.
All around the meadow, silence reigns in peace.

Glimpse of Forever

departing daylight 
mauve rose golden symphony 

Maestro conductor

Specific Types of Imagism Poems

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