White pickets pose
Tapered in alternate angles
Once stately, now weathered
Rain soaked
Naturally white washed
Time and sun chip away
Leaving peelable flakes
For someone’s obsession
Or therapy
A precarious division
Unstable, still standing
Warped, still grounded
Surrounded by the green
Of unruly blades, wind-bent
Identical meadow grasses
On either side
Today at dVerse Poets Pub, Victoria has asked us to write a poem using imagism. This highly descriptive style originated in the early 1900’s and focuses intensely on a single image. Metaphors are usually not included although an underlying meaning may be interpreted.
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