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Lighthouses Poems - Poems about Lighthouses


Premium Member harbor snow
I watch the harbor through the falling snow the sky and sea form one vast, gray tableau the sun is nothing but a weak, background glow the scene draws me, as if hypnotically. Five mile’s lighthouse warnings go unvoiced its strobes not lashing out, so what’s its point it stands majestically but disappoints replaced electronically A tiny lobster boat makes its landward way towards...

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Categories: lighthouses, boat, sea, snow,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member lighthouses
majestic beauty brightly towering in sky greeting all sailors...

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Categories: lighthouses, beauty,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member lighthouses
lighthouses light seen between the oceans seafarers guidance...

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Categories: lighthouses, light,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member lighthouses
guardian of ships beacon of light across dark sky guiding them safely...

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Categories: lighthouses, water,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Lonely Lighthouses
Eyes of light beams pierce ocean air as Neptune rests within his lair. Sentinels hand-made of stone, that keepers used to call their home; guide travelers, sailors on their way a lovely sight both night and day. Though today they’re automatic, once someone ascended to their attic; to turn on the light and keep it oiled so harbor and bay had no wrecked spoils. One’s...

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Categories: lighthouses, appreciation, nature, ocean, poems,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Lighthouses
As the fogbank descended...the shoreline was hidden behind an opaque curtain. And dusk added illusion to shadows drifting from fantasy...to uncertain. At night a piercing beam of friendly light would warn ships, of rocks jutting from the sea. And generate sensations of safety providing a link to reality. Ship captains relied upon such beacons to navigate through a gauntlet of ghosts. And strategically placed near...

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Categories: lighthouses, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Lighthouses Guide Them
Thousands of ships pass Crashing waves against the shore Lighthouses guide them...

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Categories: lighthouses, boat, imagery, light, water,
Form: Senryu
Lighthouses
I’m standing solemnly contemplating How ageing lighthouses independents Have become Maritimes normality With beacons becoming statutory Now standing shimmering silhouetted You’re shining flawlessly undemanding The hopeful monument oblivious To seamen’s abounding adorations Written by Brenda Meier-Hans 09.22.2014 Contest: The Lighthouse Nette Onclaud 7th...

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Categories: lighthouses, adventure, character, image, inspirational,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Majestic Lighthouses
A lighthouse stands proudly Throwing light at all angles Looking like it stood forever Taking in all the elements Beautiful is the lighthouse Majestic is its glorious form Perfectly serene when all lit up Timeless when there’s light Living within the heart of it The lighthouse carries no fear For it has withstood everything That has been thrown at it It’s an honor to behold one Deep within...

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Categories: lighthouses, inspirational, life, light, light,
Form: Free verse

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