Best Gondolier Poems


The Sublime Dream of a Wealthy Merchant
...O Serenissima,*fabled city 
guarding the bluest lagoon, remain
the Queen of the Adriatic Sea;
on a gondola I glide while
the gondolier sings to luminous stars.

Under bridges of moonlight,
mys......

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Categories: gondolier, blue, city, dream, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Starlight Special
...The house is asleep
I'm left awake
A rumble shakes the rafters loose
I start to quake
I push the curtain lace aside

I crawl onto the window ledge
and poke my head and look about
A train ......

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Categories: gondolier, dream, fantasy, night, travel,
Form: Free verse
Boundage
...Dedicated to a Nun that was raped by a Hindu gang in Orrisa in India.

Bondage dawdles but dauntless rambler.
Glimmers as goblin a goblet gambler.
A heartburn glory chalks a chandelier.
A granit......

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Categories: gondolier, caregiving
Form: Imagism

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Premium Member My Dream Vacation
...About Venetian charms I heard a lot -
City on the water, how cool, I thought.
I hoped I would explore that unique place 
And chat up the gondolier, face-to-face. 

The one, who holds......

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Categories: gondolier, humorous, memory, travel, vacation,
Form: Imagism
A Night In Venice
...Moonlight was the only light to make streaks across
a sky full of suspense which even a thief was afraid of;
and as I dragged you along lamp-lit, narrows streets,
we seemed two ghosts wearing human m......

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Categories: gondolier, adventure, love, nostalgia, people,
Form: Quintain (English)
Venice
...VENICE 

In a gondola
with a handsome Italian 
whispering in my ear
“Ti amo”.
He caresses my hair,
my soggy hair.
Drenched kisses.
Rain.
The gondolier 
soaking wet.
Droplets of water
esc......

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Categories: gondolier, love,
Form: Blank verse


My Dream Vacation: Venice
...I'd like to see Venice,
the city of eternal peace
to which poets and painters flock;
the sunset' hues are impressive at dusk.  


I'd like to ride in a gondola,
and admire La Serenissima
whil......

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Categories: gondolier, fantasy, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness, history,
Form: Rhyme
Indy's White River
...Indianapolis welcomes you.
Navigate, find your place, sailing through
synthetic waterway just for fun.
Off’ring journeys with anecdotes,
carriages, kayaks and pedal boats
worthwhile way to enjoy......

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Categories: gondolier, adventure, celebration, nostalgia, water,
Form: Rhyme
Resolutions Resolved
...What do I resolve for the coming new year?
time just to myself, have I made myself clear?
It's a matter of choice, well, and my career
and I mean to do it without any fear.
No more overtime work,......

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Categories: gondolier, 11th grade, angst, jobs,
Form: Light Verse
Moments Lived Into a Silver Night...
...Spellbound by the shimmering moonlight by the silent lagoon,
the oldest witness to every lover's secrets in enchanted Venice,
whispering soft words, afraid of being stolen by that stranger
who cou......

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Categories: gondolier, adventure, history, life, love,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Bunny Love
...Romantic gondolier loved his job, listening to giggling.
So many bunnies got engaged on his watch, on his ride.
These two had tails that could not stop wiggling.
Adorable the way they leaned into ......

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Categories: gondolier, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Libido Instincts
...

When the lizard is aroused,
dark cranial caverns hide lust glowing eyes
Flickering tongue of temptation;
having peek curiosity, chastity can’t abide ...
Sin is gonna take you for a dar......

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Categories: gondolier, allusion, desire, lust, psychological,
Form: Burlesque
Scarlet Ways
...SCARLET WAYS

giving suck
to a brood of
starving stars
voices flush out
the debris of your
soul
as you try to rip
the satin from my
mouth
which will not
swing the way
you know…
......

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Categories: gondolier, metaphor, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Lagoon
...A Shallow body of water 
 Separated from the ocean 
People comes to Venice 
Hoping to find love fill emotions
  
He drives a gondola 
With lovers from every where 
So many Private conversations 
He c......

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Categories: gondolier, introspection, girl, love, moon,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Perfect Gondolier
...I was thrilled to what the handsome gondolier wore
black and white striped shirt, straw hat,
red bow dripping off back of hat….
like Sophia Loren films from the sixties......

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Categories: gondolier, travel,
Form: Free verse
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