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Best Running Water Poems

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Premium Member An Insignificant Life - Collaboration With the Seeker
That godless sound
His head explodes at 6:01am
Same as every day
He falls out of bed
Steps on the cat
Slides into his slippers
Shuffles to the kitchen
Puts the coffee...

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Categories: running water, absence, break up, divorce,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Inhuman Malice

A father of six he was in his early forties,
struck by cancer
toiling to provide for his children
with
no property
no land
no animals, but a loyal old donkey
that...

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Categories: running water, evil, world,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Childhood Inequality In School
Some children come into the school building dancing, singing, hopping, bursting with uninhibited glee.
They exchange giddy, happy stories about their day at the mall, dropping...

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Categories: running water, child, child abuse, children,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Graceful
“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death...

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Categories: running water, analogy, community, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What I Have Is the Best Gift
What is the best gift you ever have?
Who gave it to you?
When did you last receive a gift?
What have you done after receiving that gift?

Did...

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Categories: running water, character, christian, feelings, inspiration,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Another Man's Clothes
The idea behind this poem came from reading a poem of the same title, written by Richard “Canadian Man-god” Lamoureux. Now, his poem went in...

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Categories: running water, games, life, lust,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Morning Coffee Catastrophe
The morning seemed quiet when I got up from my bed,
The air was still, as I shook the cobwebs from my head.

I walked slowly into...

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Categories: running water, morning,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Dark Side of Canada
I do not have to go far away
 but just look within canada     to see
there is starvation    ...

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Categories: running water, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Old Grist Mill
Hiking a dry creek bed, at the mountain's base
I happened on an old grist mill, a prisoner
of time, serving life in isolation.

A few rotten boards...

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Categories: running water, angst, change,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Prickly Pears
Clustered cactus trees sprawling, reclining in the summer heat
where agile pollinators dart among gorgeous silky blooms.
Day by day the prickly pear fruit swell and mature.
Already...

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Categories: running water, desire, fruit,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member It's An Amazon Out There
The travel agent said adventure was calling,
In a lush paradise of beauties enthralling!

No harm would befall us, with a capable guide;
This Amazon tour would be...

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Categories: running water, adventure, bird, fantasy, green,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Under Quarantine
Under quarantine, I am asked, along with many other people,
to stay inside my house -
except if I should go out for necessity’s sake.
I have no...

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Categories: running water, home, house,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Through Silent Woods
I wandered lone as I did seek
Through silent woods and rustling leaves
Down the hill to the flowing creek 
Away from life's stress causing heaves
There I...

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Categories: running water, life, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Green
Spring green reflected
On running water sparkles
Restores my soul now...

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Categories: running water, inspirational, nature
Form: Haiku
Memory Heart of the Vision
Different corridors different thoughts,
Passageways of the mind,
Journeys into the unknown,
Step inside what surreal bizarre,
Captivating stories it tells,
A lifetime of arcane mysterious secrets, 
Concealed forever within...

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Categories: running water, poems,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things