Best Rowing Poems

Written: December 12, 2023
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Twilight swallowed me, striking me speechless 
      With subtle caress of a wicked breeze 
      Stirring the surge, I drift inwardly
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Into your boat I found myself venturing, oh life

Rowing against the currents of your afflictions

Many times I thought you wished me to drown

Though you desired to forge my convictions!





© Demetrios Trifiatis
   06 October 2015


POTD...

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The world has turned upside down,
but don't expect me to frown.
I smile for the sun still shines,
and hope's boat will never drown.



STRAND PICK G,ANY THEME,ANY FORM Poetry Contest (Winner: 3rd Place)
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Date written: 04/25/2020...

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Thunderous silence in fresh mountain air
Dragonflies land on a mirrored flat lake. 
A trout breaks the surface with but a swirl
Hushed morning stopping to rolling vast cheer.
Eight boats of rowers united in curl
Sixty-four faces combined in their ache
Coxswains urging each stroke with due care.

Rugged peaks...

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Rowing through
Life's waters..
Treading against
The tide..

Not stopping
For a moment
Because of
Being tired..

Looking towards
The future..
Energized
And persevered..

Expectations
Along the horizon..
Rowing through..
Into the clear..

07/12/15
D.C....

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Pink planet, you saw me dreaming alone,
Without a dream in my heart, 
Without a diamond ring of my own.

Pink planet, you knew just what I was there for,
You heard me saying a prayer for, 
A diamond ring I really could care for.

And then suddenly appeared...

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When I finish the row and
yonder my soul is invited-
for my casket will they lay beneath-
I'll take with me desire.

On the top unseen
where we rule the fate of men,
I'll despise my present state;
O that I could perch and mount.

What a wonder yon!
'Thout tales old and...

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Fundamentalist Christians row over piecemeal things, 
Over whether baptism is required for heavenly sings, 
Over whether baptism is needed for heaven’s welcome, 
Over whether baptism is demanded by god to overcome. 

I don’t know how many times I was asked about baptism, 
Whether I wanted...

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The rotting wood below my feet is stroked by the shadow of a chain
Which keeps my hands still, but busy; an agony in unison, afloat.
My mind has learned to drift and wander, many miles away
But the pain always finds a way to intrude, to pierce,...

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The bus driver and a rowing boat


I remember a song “A slow boat to China”
There was a man a bus driver who took his wife on holiday to Spain
where his wife ran away with a shepherd 
The bus driver went home alone but had the...

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Roald Dahl 'The Rowing Song'





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While On Boat Rowing

While being on boat, we were rowing;
Wherever we went had been knowing,
Shore is near,
And did appear;
Right beside us are sure God is going.

Jim Horn...

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     Rowing downstream is one of life’s grandest pleasures
        while upstream’s difficulty is quite hard to measure

     You’ve got to dip those oars in right tight to the boat
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Stormy seas have hit our bay,
tight fit for words edgeway,
where's the carefree fun and play?
watching every word I say.

This argument, I forget who started,
compassion seems far departed,
to our corners off we darted,
like Red seas that mose's parted.

It pains me to see you act like this,
your...

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I remember that we rowed.
You were afraid.
And so, I gave the oars to you,
I thought, you see – control
Would help you feel
It was your boat that moved
Beneath your unsure feet.
And then, I saw your leg, and I liked you!
You laughed, hysterical!  You always laughed
When...

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