poetic device: Imagery
Imagery means using figurative language in a way that appeals to our physical senses. Although the word “imagery” sounds like it refers only to visual language—the sense of sight—it actually refers to any of the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
Imagery can include descriptive language, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor, simile, or any other figurative language that enhances the impact of the poem by appealing to our bodily senses.
Computer Boot
From the Ants in Our Petnuia Bed
Snow Mail
My Mouse is Misbehaving
Snow Day
It’s Raining in My Bedroom
Monkey Dream
I Ran for the Chapstick
Halloween Party
Sharpen, Sharpen, Sharpen
Whenever Yaks Play Basketball
My Invisible Dragon
My Kitty Likes My Goldfish
I Have to Write a Poem
Bigfoot’s Shoe Emporium
Fearless Frederick
Payton the Painter
My Computer Ate My Homework
Mr. Meecher, Science Teacher
Steve the Superhero
The Weasel and the Whale
Potluck Christmas
Jessica Jean
My Penguin