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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Soul's DefianceWe search daily to define who,
we as people in defiant world
We lead ourselves what we see is true
Soul's defiance of mind's illusion
or personality carried in emotions
Evolution of evolvement many questions...
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Categories:
character, creation, deep, image,
Form: Epic
Ashen Backdrop
bare the foliage of trees
petals crumbling… split from bones
ghosts of maples hanging low,
ashen backdrop tilts
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Categories:
image, tree,
Form: Dodoitsu
G2GI've been running low on sympathy, leaning on a new perspective
The stiffness in my neck from viewing the world sideways, studying the selection
Neglection of time, spreading through the false notion of stillness
The end is painted...
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Categories:
12th grade, image, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Stepping StonesBirth and death are like stepping stones
on our path to eternal life.
Beyond physical skin and bones,
birth and death are like stepping stones.
From our cradles to our tombstones;
life leads us to the afterlife.
Birth and death are...
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Categories:
image, birth, death, faith, how
Form: Triolet
Verbal KissesVerbal kisses sweethearts share;
set burning passions alight.
And like whispered wisps of air,
they let paper dreams take flight.
Redeeming vows hearts declare,
hope intensifies the mood.
And you tingle everywhere,
feeling feelings; love imbued.
Lies, pretend, promises scare,
and doubts are hard...
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Categories:
image, angst, anxiety, emotions, feelings,
Form: Quatrain
East Coast lovin(Verse 1 - Young) Yo, it's so crazy right now, I'm feelin' like a star Got the spotlight on me, and it's shinin' near and far Most incredibly, it's ya girl, B, yes, she's on...
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Categories:
image, beauty, business, family, friendship
Form: Ballad
NarcissusEcho, you dizzy tramp,
I’m searching for my soul;
Echo, I won’t white picket fence my heart
Inside your Jackie bag with brown rusty nails,
I’m searching for my soul,
Mirror images from the train windows kidnap me,
I’m a white...
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Categories:
angst, image, mystery, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Deny, Defend, DeposeDeny the whispers that snake through the cracks,
their weight too heavy, their truth too raw.
Shield your soul with veils of silence,
words wrapped in shadows, never fully formed.
Defend the fortress you built in haste,
each brick laid...
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Categories:
image, imagery, metaphor, silence,
Form: Free verse
January DragonfliesThese wanderers break winter's rules
Suspended in the frosted haze —
I measure minutes, count the days
Since we were young and played like fools
My stereo spits broken tunes
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Categories:
image, memory, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Looking Up In AweI loved to stargaze on a warm Summer's night
Living in a country village as a boy
The twinkling stars appeared amazingly bright
Providing hours of imaginative joy
A splendorous, almost spiritual sight
Which kids in cities never got to...
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Categories:
beautiful, creation, image, imagery,
Form: Ottava rima
Shadows of an hourglassThe curvature with the bumps seen well carved,
My innate restraints were blatantly starved.
Her faint silhouette, my lust suddenly craved,
With the entrance to her paradise paved.
She swayed like shadows of an hourglass cast,
My hands, drawn to...
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Categories:
image, beautiful, cry, emotions, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Animals In GeneralAnimals feel love, empathy, and pain;
traits that I have witnessed over the years.
Dogs have so much love it's hard to contain;
they revel in your joys and mourn your tears,
and as your best friend, they console...
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Categories:
image, animal, cat, dog, feelings,
Form: Quintain (English)
LoveLove's the alpha and omega;
both the beginning and the end.
An intangible, ethereal spark
that melds hearts together
till two becomes one;
inseparable and eternal.
An indestructible bond
formed from fragile feelings;
love gets spun into a rope,
that can support the weight...
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Categories:
image, beautiful, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Verse
Old Again, Young AgainThe mirror of a life that’s mine
Sits journeyed in the wall.
The face is young, its glance is not,
As old and young recall.
The answer, fading, pauses there
Though burning in the mind,
Young again to feel...
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Categories:
image, age, allusion, humanity, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Self ImagePicture you inside your mind
who you are and what you find.
Your image did not develop overnight
long and slow did your self image sight.
The picture is not in another mind,
what they perceive or what they find.
That...
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Categories:
i am, identity, image,
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.
Definition | What is Image in Poetry?
Poems Related to Image
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