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Barges Poems - Poems about Barges

The Old Aqueduct
...It juts out by the river road, traffic passes it each morn, what’s left of the old aqueduct, something stately, yet still forlorn. The rock, with no mortar, was set so fine it would make Incas p......

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Categories: barges, appreciation, history, imagery, in
Form: Rhyme
The Rivers
...The rivers race, the rivers flow, in great torrents and low oxbows; the rivers flux, the rivers breathe, small minnows darting endlessly; the rivers deep, the rivers wide, fishermen cast off fro......

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Categories: barges, appreciation, beauty, imagery, nature,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Goldie Locked Up
... That Goldilocks, a miss or a misfit, How did she spin a classic charming theme? Breaks and enters, she gets away with it - Runaway teen in home invasion scheme! Her arrogance exceeds all ......

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Categories: barges, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Too nascent to be called seasoned
...I've been meaning to write for a long time. but sometimes my words willingly remain hostage in my heart. Not wanting to be heard. Covered and crumpled. I cannot sink in I am 18. it's fri......

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Categories: barges, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
High Rise Legends
...London growls under the tread of diesel driven dreams. A stork visits, an attic full of discarded toys. White mice sleep in pajamas, made of childish nightmares. Barges reek still, just as ......

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Categories: barges, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Sparkle
...Now what do I do with this love of mine? It seems to have lost it's sparkle and shine. I hope and keep praying, that he'll show me a sign, That shows that he feels I've now paid for my crimes. Bu......

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Categories: barges, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
The Mediator
...They cannot come to an agreement on how to solve the ground dove’s problem, all the birds are flying around picking at the feather in the old parrots crown ,and the bees circling in the air watching ......

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Categories: barges, america, business, community, environment,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Winter Sonata - POTD
...Winter Sonata 11-29-23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winter Sonata In grave allegro solo grey gathers, Strings of winter fantasias Brewing staccatos of frozen fall remnants,......

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Categories: barges, song, winter,
Form: Free verse
Prologue To Alternative Earth
...Imagine a world that Could have been A little more rural Of forest and green Steam is the power Coal is still king And they rely a lot On the clockwrk spring. A much slower world As Shir......

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Categories: barges, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Outside My Office Window
...Outside my office window, is a field with a canal running through it, Today people have turned up with diggers and dumper trucks and are digging the field up bit by little bit. Oftern barges slow......

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Categories: barges, business, river, vacation, water,
Form: Rhyme
Ballad of the Harecastle Tunnel
...The moon shone on the water Dyed ochre by the iron mines. Centuries of men have toiled In trenches and in chines. Carving through the sheer rock face To tunnel under hills Canals to link the......

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Categories: barges, travel,
Form: Rhyme
A Visitor
...He comes visiting when least expected In all places at any time or clime. No rich nor poor ever can shun his calls, Not the youths or those who are past their prime. When he arrives, you ca......

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Categories: barges, 8th grade, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Chance Visitor
...A poem is a chance visitor Who barges in unexpected But when waiting for his arrival He may not show up A guest with no propriety Feb.2.2023 Bite size Contes......

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Categories: barges, muse, poems,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Corners
...Last night, Lisa, Peter, Leeza and I were in her father’s 50th floor study watching New York City. It’s a corner room with glass walls from floor to ceiling. He likes to watch the city himself and ha......

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Categories: barges, holiday, humor, new york,
Form: Free verse
This Ever Changing River
...The Ohio wipes its face every few miles. A bend in the river forgets the wharfs, the gravel silos and power plants, only occasional coal barges push an industrial past before them. Here catta......

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Categories: barges, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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