Best Susquehanna Poems
Below are the all-time best Susquehanna poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of susquehanna poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Voice of the SusquehannaThe word of the Lord spoke,
And from the depths, the mountains awoke.
Water burst forth, and the ground was torn.
It was then that I was born.
I...
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Categories:
susquehanna, men, nature,
Form:
Personification
Three Mile Island
This was the first of its kind in history.
However, nobody was killed here, thankfully.
We were just able to avoid a great catastrophe.
A nuclear power plant...
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Categories:
susquehanna, history, technology,
Form:
Rhyme
Can I Ever ReturnReborn, a Christian fallacy
dreams that have haunted me
left handed, what a shame
someone has to bear the blame
a teddy bear that never speaks
guards the child from...
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Categories:
susquehanna, childhood, imagination, life,
Form:
Free verse
I'Ve Cut Off My Ear, Againan unexpected and unwanted child
who should have had his own basket
to float down the Susquehanna
hopefully into loving arms
rather than to drown in tears of sorrow
yet...
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Categories:
susquehanna, angst, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
susquehanna, child, home,
Form:
Haiku
Gentle CreekA gentle stream flows out of Glenburne pond,
north bound waters feed the Susquehanna.
Meandering highway six eleven,
through Dalton, Factoruville to Tunkhannock.
Timely announcements keep informing us,
"Beware! ...
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Categories:
susquehanna, natural disasterswater, water,
Form:
Verse
The Erie LackawannaThe Erie Lackawanna.
Was a friendly mamma!
The friendly service route.
Ran across the Southern Tier of New York.
Then across the Susquehanna.
Choo Choo went the train.
Down along...
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Categories:
susquehanna, america, places, satire,
Form:
ABC
Singing Memories My Annual Birthday Poem*** SINGING MEMORIES ***
“Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Hard times, come again no more.” **
A memory came flying through to me this...
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Categories:
susquehanna, friendship, guitar, imagery, memory,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Rattlesnake HillRATTLESNAKE HILL
Meshoppen Township, Pennsylvania
Every high summer has a magical day
when the forests and fields are impossibly
green, bathed sun-up to sundown in a
yellow-gold light made...
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Categories:
susquehanna, love, marriage, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Train - 1958TRAIN – 1958
On a warm summer evening
at North Philadelphia Station
the 6:19 on track three, the "Spirit
of Saint Louis-Limited" from Penn Station
New York, Newark and Trenton...
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Categories:
susquehanna, childhood, dream,
Form:
Free verse
The Hellbender
Nobody should be afraid of a creature called a "hellbender".
It's a big amphibian related to the salamander.
If you see one in a river, there's no...
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Categories:
susquehanna, animal, river,
Form:
Rhyme
DaydreamI close my eyes,
And you and I
Are walking in the Winter rain,
And there beside the Susquehanna,
My arms are holding you again
As I walk on,
My body...
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Categories:
susquehanna, dream, love, memory,
Form:
Rhyme