Best Ankle Deep Poems
Below are the all-time best Ankle Deep poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ankle deep poems written by PoetrySoup members
Ankle Deep
I took off my shoes
and stood ankle deep
in the shallow reach and run
of the waves. I felt a sudden
cold, the slow sink of my...
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Categories:
ankle deep, joy, sea, self, senses,
Form:
Free verse
A Midsummer Night's BeachWhen I was a girl, still on the island
I’d sit in the sand
and brood
and revel
in what I thought was utter enlightenment
a teenage rebel
with dime-store refinement
We...
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Categories:
ankle deep, beauty, color, creation, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Winter Sonata - POTDWinter Sonata 11-29-23
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Winter Sonata
In grave allegro solo grey gathers,
Strings of winter fantasias
Brewing staccatos of frozen fall remnants,
Downbeats for the first movement
As shivering sleet wipes away...
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Categories:
ankle deep, song, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Autumn's BreathI love to spend my October afternoons walking ankle-deep in dried, curled leaves.
They cover the back country roads, the forest floor, and my own front...
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Categories:
ankle deep, autumn, beauty, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Written In Blue Mercurysnow falls
as silently as sleep
pressed snowflakes
icicle flowers
between the wind and windowpane
melt their way to sill
polished chrome darkness shivers
ankle deep in frost
night’s breath spills
along the ...
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Categories:
ankle deep, hope, joy, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
A Day By the OceanSmell the sweet and salty air
Roam the wide beach without a care
Walk ankle deep in the ocean's cooling foam
Dig in the sand till the cows...
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Categories:
ankle deep, beach, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
Ether RealCould I hold your hand in my rough callused own
Walk you through soft Summer rain
Hold you so closely my nostrils explode
In joy so exquisite it’s...
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Categories:
ankle deep, friendship, visionary,
Form:
Imagism
ShadowI've been waiting for someone to shed some light,
To take my hand and lead me back
Into the arms of the earth.
I've been ankle-deep in frost-kissed...
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Categories:
ankle deep, love, words, me, me,
Form:
Sestina
Another's LoveShe was the one he wanted
the one "who got away"
no pleading or love making
could make her want to stay
her hair so blonde and golden
with eyes...
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Categories:
ankle deep, beauty, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
ankle deep, angst, daughter, death,
Form:
Haiku
Ghosts of South Dakota Part 3There were seven Indian Government schools. All built alike. The
one I'm writing about is Spring Creek. He Dog, Soldier Creek and...
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Categories:
ankle deep, inspirational, life, love, school,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Kids Only Secret Recipe - Nursery Rhyme 2Maddie, Maddie, mud pie maker,
born to be a beaming baker.
When making mud pies she feels free,
here is her secret recipe:
In the searing summer sun, go...
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Categories:
ankle deep, joy, kid, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Rhyme
Tumultuous RaindropsAn old friend for many years,
my cane's ready for our walk.
And yet, I linger a while,
listening to two crows squawk.
Hiking on the trail, I hear
the...
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Categories:
ankle deep, beauty, feelings, imagery, nature,
Form:
Quatrain
Dickensian TimeIn Dickensian time
Upon sunset hour
Overshadowing Thames
Is London Tower
Blackened cobble streets
Shimmer in the rain
Big Ben at Westminster
Chimes an eight bells refrain
At Euston Station
A passenger alights
On...
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Categories:
ankle deep, places,
Form:
Free verse
Regret RiverWhen I think of regret, its like a very cold river
At first I was ankle deep, now neck-in my body shiver
How fast I'm being pulled...
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Categories:
ankle deep, forgivenessheart, heart, me, river,
Form:
Rhyme