Image” that ..unique instant of time.. the presentation of which gives a sense of sudden liberation; a sense of freedom from time ... and space .. that sense ... experienced in the presence of works of art..unrepeatable.. tangible to the moment.. to present one Image in a lifetime better than volumes of wordplay
the use clear, simple language to paint a picture. Imagery, on the other hand, is use of flowery and descriptive language, and often figurative language, to create an image in the reader’s mind. An imagist would keep things simple, and not use imagery other than specific sensory details.My Imagist Poetry is also on Twitter @Strandpoet
EXAMPLES OF MY IMAGIST VERSE
Here are some of mine
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(senryu) where ever he looks
Mona Lisa's gaze follows-
his every step
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(hi-ku)
on the wind
a bell tolls-
memories surface
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mon-o-ku
carol concert prelude-
chatter of innocents
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(couplet) a broken heart no words could save
death's red poppy petals her grave
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(kimo)
on fresh earth
the ashphatel lily lies
a bay leaf crumbles &dies
we each change but..in death
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(american doublet)
I brush a tall primrose in early bloom
on the evening breeze..a yellow perfume
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(imagist)
all around..the silence of an empty house
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(rhyme)
Passion the first kiss of love's bliss
could lips be soft like this
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(spaces)
a brief encounter
a marriage of convenience
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(ekphrasis-seurat)
small dots before our eyes
the picture we devise
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(kuhlman -
spring)
Come Day:warmth,white,blooms:play
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(tercet)
When ,she and I become we
True love for us,may not be-
'til I love her,who loves me
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(alliterate)
dull
dank
December day-
devastation's depression
descends
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(bantu)
A sea mist rolls inshore this morning
The optician proposes a cataract op
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(tristich)
Wardrobes, full of clothes,
crossstitch cluttered walls-
her shadow still clouds my mind
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(epigram)
at ease on my bookshelf- yesterday's leisured hours
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(crystalline)
daisy buttercup yellow cowslip
together mix in fellowship
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(septimal)
was
Seurat
making a point
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(emily)
Thee&Me
free by a sacrifice-
a sacrifice for free
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(fulton)
Short Lived
M A Y
F L Y
D A Y
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(p s)
Last Gasp
a
winning
formula
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(elegy)
still beauty in her stare
but she was not there
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(snowball)
I
to
you
avow
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(dodoitsu)
a delicate petalled rose
flutters slowly from on high,
upon the green sward,to lie-
dying sans a sigh
NOTE Imagists use clear, simple language to paint a picture. Imagery, on the other hand, is use of flowery and descriptive language, and often figurative language, to create an image in the reader’s mind. An imagist would keep things simple, and not use imagery other than specific sensory details.
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