Poem: Katie Ceas

Imagist Poems

I

Black Board

A night of bluish-black,
Or grayish green,
Streaked with wisps of white,
Spread with the delicacy of mist.

II

Chair on Table

Metal legs propped up in the air,
Like a tripod on its back,
Green shell, a beetle’s thick underside,
Dull and pale.

III

Floor

Boxes of wonders on the blue and grey sea,
Dirt and dust,
And all other signs of life.

IV

Tree

Wrinkles built into hardened flesh,
Singing against tender palms.
I hang from the arms of eternity,
A blanket below, a canopy above.

V

Keyboard

Black step stones,
Warriors in their ordered rows,
J and F, leaders of the flock,
Bearing scars of war.


~ Katie Ceas is a young writer who is just taking her first step into a new high school. She can be found at her homepage on deviantART.