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.
Dawn Collapses NightDawn collapses night; the stars disappear;
the crickets fall silent, and Sol rises.
And ebony bleeds with a scarlet smear,
as Nature dons one of many guises.
A sea of blue washes across the sky
as sunbeams color clouds a...
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Categories:
beautiful, earth, image, nature,
Form: Sonnet
StunningStunning
When my soul screamed, the birds in the hedges grew silent.
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Categories:
image, angst, anxiety, bird, feelings,
Form: Monoku
Lights OutWhen the lights go dim
And we no longer visualize
But a shadow in the distance
We look hard
Only to a blur
Through a glimmer of light
Slowly vanishing
Til one
Can no longer see
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Categories:
change, courage, dark, image,
Form: ABC
A Perfect Day in MayOn 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...
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Categories:
beach, image,
Form: Rhyme
A Word To The Love Sick WorldThis 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...
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Categories:
drink, feelings, happiness, image,
Form: Lyric
SAY CHEESEThink 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...
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Categories:
image, allusion, beauty, care, character,
Form: Free verse
I absorbed the image, beyond capture, it slipped into my soul like a summer rainI 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...
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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...
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Categories:
image, art, deep, for him,
Form: Rhyme
PAINTBRUSHPAINTBRUSH
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...
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Categories:
image, allegory, art, body, color,
Form: Alliteration
I've Missed YouYou 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...
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Categories:
image, bereavement, death, dream, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
SIMPLY YEATSSIMPLY 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...
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Categories:
image, 12th grade, butterfly, happy,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
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...
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Categories:
image, analogy, appreciation, how i
Form: Pastoral
Whatever the 'H' It Means
Wormwood and gall
Whatever the ‘H’ it means
~ makes me sick in the spleen
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Categories:
humor, image, language, sick,
Form: Rhyme
A question of PurposeSatellites triangl'd
cushioning the three
Are you ready to attack
or simply protect?
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Categories:
appreciation, care, faith, image,
Form: Free verse
MidnightMidnight 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.
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Categories:
dark, emotions, image, imagery,
Form: Nonet
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,