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Best Lake Erie Poems

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Premium Member Winter Paints December On Lake Erie
If you look closely, you will see
the masterpiece Winter painted
along mighty Erie’s shore
in the darkness, well into the early morning light.

You will see his fondness...

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Categories: lake erie, christmas, nature,
Form: Free verse



Ohio Poets
From the Ohio River to the Great Lake Erie.
If they come from Cleveland, or south in Cincinnati,
these talented persons’ works are the ones we should...

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Categories: lake erie, dedication, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Michigan Used To Be My Home
I used to call Michigan my sweet home,
growing up used to camp by Lake Erie,
now this state has left me sad and alone,
honestly there’s nothing...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lake erie, sad,
Form: Sonnet
Rough Crossing
Half a mile from the shore
boats turn into diving fish,
the sky roars by
derailed by the horizon.

The Lake Erie ferry
skims the crashing crests
rises as a seagull,
scooping...

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Categories: lake erie, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ode To the Mighty Great Lakes
Coast to Coast

The sun ascends over the Great Lakes
Settles back into the indigo depths
Flight of a copper swan shore to shore
With her sweeping wing tips...

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Categories: lake erie, beach, beautiful, beauty, happiness,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ufo
ufos buzz lake erie

blowing air force theory

for each tows a sign

flashing this short line

we borrowed cows from o'leary....

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Categories: lake erie, cheer up, earth, farm,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Death By Murder
Death By Murder: 

Murky water left to drink 
floating particles of death. 

Erie presence leaves discontent. 
As something wicked floats in it. 

The bone chilling...

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Categories: lake erie, murder, scary, water,
Form: Couplet
What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Beautiful Lake Erie bound by New York 
Romantic honeymoon, bottle and cork 
It went up with Viagra 
spilled unlike Niagara 
racing fast to arrive before...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lake erie, race,
Form: Limerick
Niagara Falls
Elements Part 3: WATER - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Davey


I've seen pictures but never the authentic beauty,
for one can never explain such flowing cascades,
Niagara Falls has...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lake erie, nature, water,
Form: Verse
The Great Lakes - Part One
Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth 
Straddle Canadian–United...

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Categories: lake erie, creation, environment, joy, sea,
Form: Epic
The Great Lakes
Pellucid pearls in northeastern 
   North America since planetary birth
comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, 
     Huron, Erie, and Ontario 
...

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Categories: lake erie, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Death By Murder
Murky water left to drink
floating particles of death
Erie presence leaves discontent
As something wicked floats in it.
The bone chilling chilly wind doth blow
off Lake Erie with...

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Categories: lake erie, abuse, child abuse, death,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Light House
THE LIGHT HOUSE

The shimmering white beacon off the shores
Of Marble-head, let it's flickering light shine again,
In restorations amber glow of hope.
For are we not the...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lake erie, america, future, heart, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nessie, Wattie and Kin
Nessie, Wattie and Kin
 
A full ten years before Nessie was first sighted
Colonel Arthur Trimble visited Loch Watten
A dark, looming shape Trimble’s interest ignited
It’s now...

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Categories: lake erie, animals, historysea, sea,
Form: Rhyme
The Great Lakes - Part One
Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America 
since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, 
Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth 
Straddle Canadian–United...

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Categories: lake erie, beauty, blue, heaven, imagery,
Form: Free verse

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