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Best Gondolier Poems

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Premium Member 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...

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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...

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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...

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Categories: gondolier, caregiving
Form: Imagism
Premium Member 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...

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Categories: gondolier, adventure, love, nostalgia, people,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member 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...

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Categories: gondolier, fantasy, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness, history,
Form: Rhyme



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...

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Categories: gondolier, humorous, memory, travel, vacation,
Form: Imagism
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
escape his hat’s...

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Categories: gondolier, love,
Form: Blank verse
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 snow or sun.

We'll...

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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...

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Categories: gondolier, 11th grade, angst, jobs,
Form: Light Verse
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...

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Categories: gondolier, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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...

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Categories: gondolier, adventure, history, life, love,
Form: Ballad
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...

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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…
they are
resigned...

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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...

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Categories: gondolier, introspection, girl, love, moon,
Form: Light Verse
The Pier
I vividly recall last year
As winter was drawing near
Whilst driving along the pier
In a jolly mood, in good cheer

When all of a sudden it was...

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Categories: gondolier, flying,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs