Best Dry Land Poems
Below are the all-time best Dry Land poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dry land poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Land of the Midnight SunI went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of...
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Categories:
dry land, boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Play RainPlay rain , play melancholic tunes
Play closely to my ear, I need to hear
I want to listen to Sinatra's toe-tap sounds
As you fall, fall slowly...
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Categories:
dry land, childhood, rain,
Form:
Free verse
One Mermaid's LessonA merman had one stubborn daughter
who rebelled against what her dad taught her.
When she swam to dry land,
she could then understand
she was just like a...
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Categories:
dry land, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
The Fishermans Brush With Death - Sea ShantyOne fine day I was fishing at sea
Two big blue whales swam up by me
They flicked their tails sent up a spray
All I could do...
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Categories:
dry land, boat, fishing, water,
Form:
Lyric
When Things Returned To GreenThe ruination of the mighty earth
Was started when explosions rocked the sky.
Ten years of darkness followed. . . then a heat,
And that is when the...
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Categories:
dry land, fantasy,
Form:
Quatrain
To the Temptations
If you can make the gray sky bluer,
or make it rain whenever you want it to.
Can you build a castle from a single grain of...
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Categories:
dry land, music, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Little ManBe not forgotten faith that bids me stay
When darkened hours come bringing heavy rain
Flood waters ominous rising delays
Foreboding storm cease or I'll go insane
In...
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Categories:
dry land, child, christian, confidence, conflict,
Form:
Sonnet
SullyAt New Yorks laGuardia airport passengers stood in line
Waiting to board U.S.airways, flight one five four nine
Chesley Sullenberger was the captain and Jeff Skiles the...
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Categories:
dry land, america, boat, courage, flying,
Form:
Rhyme
YOU CANt ESCAPE THE WEATHER
With accompaniment of rain, the tweets pour into my ear.
Saturation of sound, mottled bark and sodden moss.
Must be the downfall of civilization, heavens tears.
In God’s...
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Categories:
dry land, imagery, senses, sin, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
The Swoon Hypothesis - Part 1“The Swoon Hypothesis” - Part 1
“Come, take my hand”, you say, “I will show you a story”.
So, I place my hand in yours, we...
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Categories:
dry land, imagery, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
Irony AboundsOn an unsinkable ship’s maiden voyage, it sinks.
A pastor who preaches against alcohol, drinks.
One’s surrounded by people, yet remains all alone.
Confessing sins to a priest,...
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Categories:
dry land, humor, irony, sad, drug,
Form:
Ballade
Free SpiritShe rides along the waves
so happy and carefree
Daring to take chances
with an open endless sea
She has no heavy anchor
to always hold her down
She floats atop...
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Categories:
dry land, happiness, life, uplifting, visionary,
Form:
Rhyme
Mermaid FantasyOut on the ocean
A lonely fisherman cries
He's unable to find true love
No matter how hard he tries.
So many failures
In his life there have been
To...
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Categories:
dry land, fantasy, romantic,
Form:
Rhyme
Not Quite Noah's Ark - Elements Part 3 WaterNoah heard the forecast and realised he must build an ark
It had to be impermeable for when they finally disembark.
They faced forty days and forty...
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Categories:
dry land, bible, fun, humorous, rain,
Form:
Couplet
The Day the World DiedThe day the world died!
Have you ever wondered why tribes and peoples from ancient times, until now have a day to remember and honor the...
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Categories:
dry land, bible, death, earth, god,
Form:
Didactic