Best Pond Poems

canvas of pond etched in gray...

tulip frames a halo



Rick Parise's One Broken Monoku
by nette onclaud
12/1/2014...

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Two swans in a pond
In symphonic dance
Bowing to each other
Submissive obeisance

Meditating romance
On rippled vows
Rousing feathers
In flirting advance
Exchanging affections
In a wordless song 

Courting seduction
In dignified stance

A sensuous replay
Between stimulus
And response
Floating on arousal
Sanctifying foreplay

July 22, 2018
NOTE: Poem based on the video clip....

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a lazy stream
meanders
under
sullen
midday sun
beneath a rustic 
wooden bridge
regal koi fish
ride
ceremoniously
humbled
glistening
glittering
rippling
gentle flowing waves     



Published in my photo/poetry book ~KOI POND~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on March 29, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE T sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

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Wild eyed I wade through reflections,  
as I unhook from the moon.  

Branches become nets, become veins,  
that drape from entangling limbs.  
Harmless mistakes, underscored a hundredfold, 
creating cracks in the Earth.  

My feet still find the pond floor. ...

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I remember, back before puberty,
and all concomitant complexities,
visiting the pond behind our barn,
to watch water spiders.

I wondered what we would like living on thin transparent skin
between two equally visible universes,
one below, and one above.

Below,
life would be somewhat darker
but unlike soil.
I would look down into flowing...

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Shallow edged with twigs, and sodden leaves
The odors of the earth, green moss and peat
The roots of quiet trees and rotting logs
The crumbling bank where cattails wash their feet
Where tiny minnows dart with lightning speed
Among the roots where wild ducks come to feed
The very core...

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in many gay hues
lilies adorn dark waters ~
peace beauty and grace...

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Quixotic are we
                     Our bliss every night one kiss
                ...

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Beside the pond, they stand in fright
of what the neighbors brought to light,
in fear of what they now will find;
dark woeful thoughts in every mind.

Fire engine speeds to the park site.
Beside the pond, they stand in fright.
Without a thought, he dives right in
the murky depth-...

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The pond sparkles, still pristine. Tossing off shoes, socks, shirts and shorts,

my sisters and I race each other – giggling school girls once more -

to see who will be first to feel again its cool, sweet water on our skin.

Fifty years fade away as we...

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By the edge of a pond, in a trance I stood
   Wind's soft breath blew ripples
      in a lily pad neighborhood

Sunbeams darted in and out of each swirl   
   Glistening, twinkling
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Every year from spring through fall, if you peered between the cattails you could see the swans in the center of the pond, head to head, their love peering back. On the pond's edges, from the tops of lily pads, frogs were singing of love's...

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Only the cold crunching
of the fresh snow bunching,
and the tired leather boots
as I take that first step

Can be heard right here
by no other frozen ear,
for away I rushed off
to find silence instead

And all that is harsh
exists not on this marsh,
where the only prying eyes
belong to...

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Bees are buzzing in their hives
A pony tail swish, deters the flies
Long grass waves, majestic in the wind
And over the pond the dragonflies skim
This halcyon place you love to be
Brings peace and joy eternally....

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Will you take a ride with me on an unsaddled pony,
past the dusky copper kettle glow of Gilead pond?
 
Two young, carefree kids wandering barefoot..   
far as we can see the fields stacked in hay, our highway 

The Summer sun we'll chase away...

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