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Water Poems | Examples of Water Poetry

Water Poems - Examples of all types of water poetry to share and read. This list of water poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of water poetry. This list of works about water is an excellent resource for examples on how to write water poems.
Premium Member Shared Torch Lake
I rock in this outdoor cheap chair Its cushion foam like ice cream Half-eaten by the winter mice in storage I don’t mind Don’t need a full seat to see before me The drop off on Torch Lake Its fine line...Read the rest...
Categories: water, earth, father, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse



Take Me To The Water
Take me to the water once again where seashells are cradled by the soft lull of shore's end sitting contented and ladled At the seaside two discarded oars traded in for a summer jaunt across the...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, water,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Small Fish
Holding onto a rail. I lean over to see my reflection mirrored in the water and small fish swimming in the camouflage of me. I muse whether they are feeding on my thoughts, nibbling on the strands that loosely float my...Read the rest...
Categories: fish, mirror, self, water,
Form: Free verse
Surfing the tides of life
Surfing the tides of life I'm still riding the waves duck diving my way through Or occasionally having to ask for a hand and toe in when I need to, Sometimes I'm amped and pop...Read the rest...
Categories: water, emotions, life, nature, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE Drought -
Prickly are the waters drought no more do drops collected gallons of waters evaporated once was a lake than a pond now it's not even a fishing hole dust rise up we're vapors once vented ...Read the rest...
Categories: water, absence, allegory, allusion, assonance,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Sigh After Play
"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ..." ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Night winds sigh Sigh over the seas Sigh in sync Sync with...Read the rest...
Categories: night, ocean, water,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member Palindrome: Dumb-old-dork of Exports
Mom spilled hot stew, wets a pal, lap short-shorts, Dad yelled its hot, loop pool pop dive exhorts, Mom says not that sort of hot, Pip, spiced hot that's all it got? Snot tons, "Jokes--Pip, we're exports, not Hogwarts?" ...Read the rest...
Categories: water, confusion, father, friend, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Goldfish fighting in my dishwasher
I'm slowly evaporating from this verbal tennis match For some reason we continue to give breath to these vapor windy circles Brewing a coffee tornado that is going to spill all over my shirt And they say...Read the rest...
Categories: water, anger, heart, love, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member In Choosing Seclusion
Choice is a cause Choosing brings effects. Effects bring potential closure Into perceived final ending. Heart thoughts mitigate all Rummaging memories In choosing seclusion… Quiet time, all looking for a fuller Self. Please, no grief in this Just joy, and understood tenderness. ...Read the rest...
Categories: water, engagement, growing up, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Elegy
Collaboration of poems I have looked away books to read then I realized I can't utter a word All of them told I can't read Then I chose to write I smiled and smiled and I wrote Come again to me...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, war, water, western,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Exquisite Toronto Water Reflections
Exquisite Toronto water reflections Lake’s hair is in pretty natural stagnant ringlets An owl takes a perch in the design I see her lovely paths lead somewhere oak trees are readily reflected in her depths has this waterway devoured people? she...Read the rest...
Categories: water,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Look Closely
I took the short path, as many do to get to the beach. Loving the beach with it's white sand, a great summertime place for all ages. I could not wait to see the lovely view, the early morning blue...Read the rest...
Categories: water, beach, fun, morning, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love is a Quiet Verb
When love is too loud, and lurid, it languishes in lewd, lusty lakes. When love is silent, and steadfast, it sings sweetly with soft waves on sea shores. When love is motionless and mute, it meanders...Read the rest...
Categories: love, water,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member But Plumbers Cost So Much
Sump pump is broken Constant water run Plumbers cost money Homeowner is sad Waits a bit too long The basement floods Ruins couches Bedding thrown out Salvage nothing Expensive Life lesson Plumber comes Nasty Stump pump Flood ...Read the rest...
Categories: water,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Premium Member Water
Water Written: by Miracle Man 5/16/2024 Morning started with just a tiny mist, leaves on plants are just being kissed. It won’t be long, until they’re strong, and from my water hose they ‘ll subsist. ...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, water,
Form: Limerick

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