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Best Boater Poems

Below are the all-time best Boater poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of boater poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member The Merry Boater
There once was a boy named O'ger
Who was quite a merry boater

Some logs were astound
That are big and brown

But not when he found a floater!...

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Categories: boater, boat, boy, funny, river,
Form: Limerick



I'Ll Be Your Joker
7/20/19

"I'll be your Joker"


Still a registered voter
Signed up to be an organ donor
And finally became a car owner

I rarely use a controller
When it's time, I'll...

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Categories: boater, dark, deep, poetry, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Akula
AKULA

Mark and I caught the last plane from Ft. Lauderdale to New Orleans to escape Hurricane Andrew, leaving Akula ,our boat, tied up at Rolly...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: boater, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Totems
The Totem      ©

The totem speaks of the tribe’s history, lore, 
deeds of courage
Animals, fish and gods
 carved in reverence,
from a...

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Categories: boater, devotion, faith, inspiration, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Brenda's Beguiling Boatman
Beautiful Brenda was bewitched by a man she created in her novel,
Blissfully absorbed in her imagination with this man she marveled.
Boats and the sea were...

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Categories: boater, boat, ocean, romance, sea,
Form: Alliteration



Kimsey Lake
Standing on the shore of Kimsey Lake,
Watching as each boat circled out in front
They'd cast my way and fish by fish they'd take,
Witnessing this time...

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Categories: boater, fishing,
Form: Rhyme
Kayaking
Out on the water kayaking
Slowly tracking
Gentle movements
Practicing improvements
Suddenly the wind picks up
At first a small hiccup
Must seek solid ground
Before I drowned
Stay focused and unafraid
Good plan...

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Categories: boater, analogy, boat,
Form: Rhyme
Humble Thunder
All the others row the boat slow while I crank up the motor....
Here we go let's start the show, I'm the show boater.

The entrance of...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: boater, confidence, crazy, hip hop,
Form: Rhyme
The Polar Ice Cap
What If There Was No Tomorrow? - The Polar Ice ‘Cap’

- this time it’s burnt and curled upon a new head. The 
sweet smoke of...

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Categories: boater, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hats
This may seem a vacuous subject upon which to muse,
But ain't it amazin' the myriad of hats from which to choose?
Browsin' through the haberdashery or...

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Categories: boater, funny
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Frozen Trees Under a Bright Marigold Sky
The December sun fought
to shine through the golden clouds
and reach the frozen trees
under a bright marigold sky;
even the evergreen shrubs
were covered with frost
as on those...

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Categories: boater, autumn, music, snow, song,
Form: Free verse
From Your Window View
Amidst the trees and
Flowering Rhodendron
Trailing in orange, pinks and white...
I watch the path you climbed so many times
Holding the hands of those you loved.

From your...

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Categories: boater, death,
Form: Free verse
The Daily Star Announces Summer Solstice 2022
The daily star announces Summer Solstice 2022

Tuesday, June twenty first
at 5:13 Ante Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. This demarcates

most daylight...

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Categories: boater, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Dream Stitcher
In sand dune deserts, fresh fountains spring;
Delicate cactus dance in mangrove-lit streams;
Lush green leaves in breeze graciously swing,
And a poet stiches stars, on soft skin...

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Categories: boater, dream, imagination, poets,
Form: Rhyme
End Up At Ballot Box
End Up At Ballot Box

Around in water were known to motor,
After we had become a great boater;
Found a campaign;
People were insane;
Went to ballot box and...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: boater, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs