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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
TO A WIFE
Softer than the summer rain
Are your kisses refrain,sweet-heart
Couplet Inspired by Amy Lowell's 'To A Husband'
SPACES Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created the imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space
Turnbull called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ .
Here is an example of mine
CATCH 22
a window pane shatters
nobody makes a home run
SPACES an imagism form it has a title and three lines ,the middle being blank
and left to the readers imagination.
FIRST LOVE
first glance
perchance
A footle-2 lines,2 syllables (ie a trochaic monometer)
GONE AWAY
With
a kiss
on her lips-
a face cold and
bare,
still,
beauty in her stare-
but she was not
there
The lanterne form in a linked sequence
My fingers reach to touch the sky
Where swallows circle,then southwards fly.
A Crystalline
enveloped in fog
the bonfire night party ends...
is life a damp squib ?
A senryu
SOME CINQKU
muffled
bells echo
across the square---
sepia memories
surface
August
shaded gold
becomes monsoon---
berries rot beneath the
bramble
over
the stubble
carrion crows---
the gamekeeper heads home
for tea
SOME CINQUAINS
Springtime,
Daylight unfolds
Soft mist,and mild days of
Blue-bell glaze,growing wild beneath
God's gaze.
BRING TO LIGHT
Sunlight
in the shadows,
sliver lining the cloud-
forgiveness heals with whispers said
aloud
A LITERAL IMPRESSION
Flowing
swirling swathes swarm,
fervent,fervid feelings-
stirring stark sensations once hid
within.
ALL HALLOWS EVE
Skipping
across the lawn
dead leaves dance together-
until the tempo fades as the
moon drops.
FIBONACCI
NATURE'S IRONY
Just
out
of reach-
blackberries
above the nettles
ELEVEN,ELEVEN,ELEVEN
Chill breath of autumn
Sears the poppy scarlet red,
On his memory'd cenotaph.
Tears trickle in the furrowed
Faces of young comrades
.....now long dead
A Sestet
VIDUAGE
Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.
A lanterne
Cameo-OLD WIVES TALES
I change.... but in death
a bay leaf falls and dies-
My regret ... follows you to the grave
upon the fresh earth the asphotel lily lies-
In country lore of days of old
flowers ...a symbolic story told
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.
