Best Lakes Poems
Below are the all-time best Lakes poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lakes poems written by PoetrySoup members
How Poetry BeganThat thing that we call poetry -
when asked where it began,
I’d say it started beautifully
before the dawn of man!
It glistened on the oceans
before man came...
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Categories:
lakes, nature, poetry,
Form:
Quatrain
View It From AfarTo appreciate our planet;
begin with its snowcapped mountains,
where sunbeams morph crystals of ice
into gems of glistening light.
Witness white clouds traverse the skies
floating on a vista...
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Categories:
lakes, beautiful, earth, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Blank verse
Winter SonataIn the landscape
of melancholy,
where arctic
heartbeats linger,
I long for withered
willows to blossom
like speckled
diamond petals,
while your crystalline
silhouette strolls...
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Categories:
lakes, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
Ancient WarriorI see the wrinkles in your suntanned brow,
You carried burdens then; you see them now.
You’ve heard the cries your people who in pain,
Have shed their...
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Categories:
lakes, angst, culture, native american,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
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:
lakes, boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Specters of SlavesNature trail extends for miles
Surrounded by wetlands and lakes
Each step I take brings me closer
To an old plantation, where I climb the stiles
For it was...
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Categories:
lakes, history,
Form:
Rhyme
My Butterfly A perfumed breeze with summer lavender
Shapeless smoked clouds had come and gone
Through verdant valleys I strolled along
Honeycombed hues warmed the new...
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Categories:
lakes, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
It Was Her Poetry Seduced MeWhen Thor struck his hammer
upon the flat ground on Earth
it was the pieces withstood the blow we named rock,
constructs we came to know as the...
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Categories:
lakes, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
Lucid Dreams Last night I dreamt that I was dancing
in soft foggy mists designed in
pearly bows, frolicking from
thin fluffy silver waves-
blanketing moonlit...
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Categories:
lakes, dance, deep, love,
Form:
Nonet
Black and WhiteI am like an avalanche slithering in shivering angst,
free-falling into an abyss of an aching era,
where luminous lakes reflect pixelated regrets,
for time throws my canvas...
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Categories:
lakes, angst,
Form:
Free verse
Fondant GatesThe distance between us means nothing~
l've f a l l e n in love with you, despite the moon...
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Categories:
lakes, love,
Form:
Free verse
Depth PerceptionFrom corners of silver lakes, you shimmer
In glancing ripples, fluid treasure awaits
And I, diving for pearls, a swimmer
Tangled within your illusion of depth
Until the fragile...
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Categories:
lakes, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Eyes OpenMi Madre
Lung of Life
Heartbeat of the universe
Birth of consciousness
Mirror of the heavens
Grains of sand
Beneath my tender flesh
How glorious to gaze upon you
I weep with the...
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Categories:
lakes, appreciation, devotion, environment, future,
Form:
Free verse
Upon Autumn's StageUpon autumn's stage where vermillion vistas and cobalt-blue sky meet
Picturesque hues enchant, oscillating in breeze, as scarlet landscapes greet.
Falling leaves trickle down on golden yellow...
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Categories:
lakes, autumn, imagery, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Untouched OrchardShe's untouched fruit
from forbidden orchards
barren and wrinkled
with fragmented twigs,
whirling to the beat
of melancholic musings
of black-winged butterflies
that croon and reflect
the true tragedy of a...
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Categories:
lakes, crush, cute love, love,
Form:
Free verse