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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 Dreams Within Dreams
When reality haunts my dreams, night or day, I dream it away. Fantasy fuels my imagination; tempting temptation. I live within a dream, dreaming that I live; no sins to forgive. My mind projects the reflection of a dream; in a silent...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, dream, fantasy, image,
Form: Rhyme
INNER FREEDOM
Leaping from the nest of isolation Soaring without a set destination Force of the wind lifts me up high Flapping my precious wings in the sky Sometimes slowly spinning while I glide Letting my inner compass be my guide Its the...Read the rest...
Categories: image, appreciation, confidence, courage, freedom,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Porcelain Face
There once was a Marm with a dripping cold Whose bright idea she feared would unfold: Her deep scribed porcelain face Was far harder to replace Then a soaked sink her plumber could not hold. ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, fear, humorous, image,
Form: Limerick


Buyer's Remorse
Simply complex - sign on the dotted line - no questions asked.... A heartbeat of thrilling intuition- a perfect fit without hesitation... Not a moment to ponder - hurried by the mighty dollar And from the distant morning...Read the rest...
Categories: image, anxiety, confusion, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THREE SIDES OF image in a mirror
Mirror on the wall, what do you reflect, A simple image, trying to look pretty, Or a self-righteous image, or a deception of the soul. In the simple image, Beauty adores itself in front of...Read the rest...
Categories: image, mirror,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Decorate The Dead
Atop a cold breeze, Jack Frost inks the trees. etching pigments on each leaf; orange, gold, and red, decorate the dead; in colors beyond belief. It's silent at dawn; the songbirds have gone. Painted leaves litter the ground swirling in the air, falling everywhere; like confetti...Read the rest...
Categories: image, autumn, beautiful, change, color,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member distorted image
Sitting quietly with iPad in hand, we allow musings of soul to arise and although our mind does not understand, it reflects all hues of offered surprise, penning a poem before the ink dries, the influx of grace, ineptly portrayed, since...Read the rest...
Categories: image, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Premium Member His Feathered Image
Silently, he stood on the edge of a mirrored pool For breakfast, he'd have to do a bit of wading The egret's feathered image I wanted to capture among wild cattails at this early morning hour. He seemed...Read the rest...
Categories: image, bird, morning,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stardust on Autumn Leaves
The air feels nippy as the night stretches, adjusting itself to fit Fall. Silence replaces the songbirds' sweet songs; while wailing winds compose a dirge for Summers's death. And in the cold of night, Jack Frost sprinkles stardust on Autumn leaves, dusting...Read the rest...
Categories: image, autumn, beautiful, beauty, change,
Form: Free verse
Each Yesterday
Of Age The Mind Wanders Memories Silenty Rehearsed...Read the rest...
Categories: age, image, seasons,
Form: Verse
As Spiders in a Web
Threads trembling the pulse of a dying star. Silver veins stretched thin the twin sparks of an oncoming car! Fragile as a lie whispered at midnight the air crackles stillness a map of hunger, waiting… Of beauty so precise it bleeds eyes like...Read the rest...
Categories: art, creation, dark, image,
Form: Free verse
A TITLE UNKNOWN
For I knew not what to do  I know not what was meant to be I cast my soul upon the infinite sea And what may come back is unknown to thee For beyond the horizon is a field...Read the rest...
Categories: image, allegory, analogy, art, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
God is not in his heaven
As he has lost his way And we’re all his figments of his imagination Lost in the hidden sea of sorrows were shadows dwell We wander into infinity Following trails of cosmic dust Finite and afraid We sit in...Read the rest...
Categories: image, allusion, angel, art, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter Approaches
winter approaches snowflakes tumble from the sky a sprinkle of white As brisk breezes scatter leaves around, Autumn colors confetti the ground. Winter winds howl through barren branches shaking off any remaining leaves. Mother Nature is in transition; stripping the scenery yet again. The...Read the rest...
Categories: autumn, change, color, image,
Form: Rhyme
Space Images
Man that thing has Not change at all In my lifetime....Read the rest...
Categories: image, mystery, sky,
Form: Than-Bauk

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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