Best Canoeing Poems
Below are the all-time best Canoeing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of canoeing poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
canoeing, growing up, journey, life,
Form:
Senryu
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 11Chapter 11: The Problem with Lakes
Canoes and larger lakes don’t mix well I’m afraid,
The rough equivalent of a margarita and a toothpick.
On the Mississippi a...
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Categories:
canoeing, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
Canoeing On MarsImagine that we are out boating on
A lovely Sunday afternoon that floats
Our imaginations like wind swept clouds,
Rippling from horizon to horizon.
You are pillowed in...
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Categories:
canoeing, life, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 4Extra weight no longer a problem for shallow water,
We bulked up for the next leg of our journey,
Water containers, even some canned goods
An...
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Categories:
canoeing, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 1Overflow of the waters of Lake Itaska
You carry your wealth to the waiting world,
Mighty Mississippi, half savior, half sewer,
Plant and animal wastes, dissolved...
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Categories:
canoeing, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
The RiverI finished work at noon on Friday and headed home to pack
Put my gear in the trunk and put my canoe on the roof rack
Headed...
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Categories:
canoeing, adventure, america, death, river,
Form:
Narrative
TimelessnessMy favorite family photo
Shows Dad canoeing
With my brother and sister
That’s how I remember him
Peaceful, at one with nature
In awe of the timelessness
At ease with...
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Categories:
canoeing, father, happiness, memory, nature,
Form:
Free verse
A Perfect Day To Journey and a Perfect Day To Learn - Part 2A Perfect Day to Learn
We took our late lunch in a wooden cabin at the foot of the mountain where exotic foods in sumptuous...
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Categories:
canoeing, adventure, courage, encouraging,
Form:
Haibun
The Old Lady and the CricketThere she sat all alone in her recliner
Pondering all the days of her youth
Canoeing, climbing trees
And yes! Catching crickets!
She would catch them by the dozens...
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Categories:
canoeing, cheer up, childhood, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Health and SafetyThey giggled at the meeting.
A first for heath and safety.
A serious issue:
Leptospirosis.
Dirty rats only carry the disease,
Canoeing and...
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Categories:
canoeing, business, on work and
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Islands of San Juan - TimeshareTHE ISLANDS OF SAN JUAN - TIMESHARE
[FOLKTALE]
IN A PORTION, A SPELL IS CASTE.
THE PEOPLE ARE CALLED NUGLUMMI.
IN A TRANCE STATE, THEY EAT HONEY AND BEES...
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Categories:
canoeing, business, change, character, city,
Form:
Free verse
Never Force a Trickle,Wait For the ShowerBack from his five nights summer camp
I bombarded my son with questions
What did you eat, when did you sleep
What was the best part and such
He...
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Categories:
canoeing, appreciation, life, mother son,
Form:
Free verse
The Summer I Was FourteenIt was packed. Hot and steamy.
Bathroom breaks were rare.
And so was food. We arrived and it
Was heavily filled. We left and it
Was deserted.
Wednesday. He...
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Categories:
canoeing, america, dad, family, father,
Form:
Free verse
Brothers We Be, Brother We Be Freebrothers we be, brother we be free
brothers we be
brother we be free
me and lil bro would have these sword fights
yelling fight to our deaths
yelling to...
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Categories:
canoeing, adventure, courage, growing up,
Form:
Narrative
True Story: Twist and ShockCanoeing on the Tomoka River
A cool spring day with gulls leading in line
My male companion had never canoed
...
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Categories:
canoeing, animals, funnyfish,
Form:
Quatrain