rooms contain
sometime sleeping some
time awake
all day long
talk turns to singing–
the radio
night windows
open unseen sounds–
the light inside
Frank T. at dVerse gave examples of Imagist poets and poems and asked us to try our hand at it. I don’t generally write in concrete terms, so this was a challenge for me, and I don’t think I really got very close to what Imagism is, even after reading numerous examples and attempting to imitate them. My mind just won’t process it–I haven’t got a clue.
The collage is mostly concrete though.
I’m no expert, but I’d say that the third stanza certainly is imagist.
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I like how each of the haiku portray an core image, and, mysteriously, they all somehow come together. You’ve produced some sublime imagistic work for someone that doesn’t get imagism! My hat’s off to you! 😉
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Thanks Frank.
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I love the collage especially!
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Thanks!
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Each haiku is like a capsule that blends with the others to create a whole.
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Thanks Ken. That’s what I was hoping for.
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I”m not an expert either, but it seems like you’ve done it to me. I particularly like the third haiku/stanza.
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Thanks Merril.
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For me your poem creates room to imagine another’s life so I would say it definitely works.
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Thanks Suzanne. We are all more aware of interior space now I think.
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Yes, it works. I love especially the picture painted by the last haiku.
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Thanks D. I sometimes feel like this apartment is my whole world now.
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Im glad you have your art. Hang in there.
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I don’t know what imagist is and I don’t care. But these poems are beautiful.
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Thanks Claudia. I do think we can get too caught up in labels sometimes.
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I agree with Claudia. And I love the collage and the poem too. N.
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a room with many portals is what comes to my mind
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I like that idea. You always give me new insights into my work.
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And you always inspire the new insights with your art.
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