Best Riverbank Poems

Am Ufer des Flusses
Bevor die Sonne erlischt
Nur leichtes Gurgeln

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At the river banks
Before the sun finally sets
Only a slight gurgle

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A orillas del río 
Antes que el...

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 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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My whole life waits, just this moment, the ink still

wet; for sunrise this clear May morning.

My shaman up already,
hair askance, dancing and trilling his flute
to...

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"Bonjour, in the cocktail woods"
I see the waffled leaves of teal trees painting pink moon, 
With diamond dahlia arcs, flowering an orchid boon
Sprinkling love of...

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On Nature's Beauty Soul Has Fed

Riverbank, watching waters flow
Living with aching pains in tow
Golden moon above shining down
Heaven above, its glowing gown
I ask, Lord what...

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A Return From Ashes And Dust

When heart dares to life again seek
Hope comes gifting a little peek
Over rainbow and a bit beyond
Out far past shores...

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I finished work at noon on Friday and headed home to pack
Put my gear in the trunk and put my canoe on the roof rack
Headed...

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I am the center of raw and wild feelings.
Born from an ancient spirit of infant and child.
Falling back in a womb of darkness, myself I...

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Someone once saying to me
I always wished to meet some like you
To you one writes poetry from the heart and soul
opening up from my very...

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 "i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go . . . "
   ...

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the rain fell 
outside 
dogs and cats
Sunday 
was late in coming
rolled over in bed 
played dead

until a red 
long haired cat
named Fred
sat 
on my head
and...

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Every Sunday after church
Old great-aunt Dora
Full bloodied Cherokee,
In her finest dress and fedora,
Drove her pink Cadillac
To the San Joaquin River.
She would stop in the same...

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My child, a baptism took place when you jumped into the river for my sake—Ringo

Just like her favorite character Alice, she dresses
A young girl named...

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Going bush

So I suppose if the world explodes 
With war and misery
I will go bush, 
Atom bombs will push
Me away from the great city

Return to...

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I smiled at the world 
The sun surrounded with blue
Wildflowers and tall grasses 
Releasing the morning dew 

I could sense the day so new
Walking the...

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