Best Undertow Poems
Below are the all-time best Undertow poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of undertow poems written by PoetrySoup members
UndertowIt's like a powerful undertow that pulls you down below,
till darkness swirls around you and there's no place you can go.
It fills your...
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Categories:
undertow, depression, health, mental illness,
Form:
Rhyme
Your OceanI stand on the edge of your ocean, ready to dive in
Wanting to discover the depths of you
I have looked at the surface of you
Beautiful...
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Categories:
undertow, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
TadhanaI may never know what exactly happened,
but I think I know the why of it
Tadhana…Fate…Destiny…Kismet…
Put it in so many words,
but it all boils down to...
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Categories:
undertow, inspirational, life, loveday,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
undertow, bird, nature, ocean, sea,
Form:
Rubaiyat
Upon a Desert SeaThe full moon was half risen above the Earth
shining her nightlight across cooling desert sands.
She smiled, deep in thought and a sense of mirth,
"This could...
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Categories:
undertow, moon, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Double J - Just JetsamMarred and minced remnants pile high in a storm’s swarm
Yesterdays, hardened-soft, surface where sea’s warm…
Flotsam found, lays tales around, in frayed traces
Another shattered shell whimpers...
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Categories:
undertow, allusion,
Form:
Masnavi
Under the CanopyUnder the canopy of the pine trees we lay -
from the poem 'Under the canopy of pine trees...
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Categories:
undertow, beauty, love, nature, senses,
Form:
Couplet
Beyond the BreakersIn shallow waters, I look out to sea.
Small waves are lapping, giving me a sting
upon my legs with their frigidity.
My body, with my thoughts,...
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Categories:
undertow, dream,
Form:
Sonnet
Tell Me Why You Haunt Me SoTell me why you haunt me so.
I must admit that I don’t know.
But thoughts of you fill up my mind
And won’t be left behind.
You’ve entered...
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Categories:
undertow, love,
Form:
Rhyme
YOU CANt ESCAPE THE WEATHER
With accompaniment of rain, the tweets pour into my ear.
Saturation of sound, mottled bark and sodden moss.
Must be the downfall of civilization, heavens tears.
In God’s...
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Categories:
undertow, imagery, senses, sin, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
Randomlings 1-34Randomling 1: Matthew Macfadyen
I believe I'm in love with Matthew Macfadyen
He inspires in me a terribly bad yen
But as poetry goes
His name 'spires woes
Cause...
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Categories:
undertow, cat, deep, depression, dog,
Form:
Verse
Out of the WaterHooves of aquatic thunder these white steeds
Of wonder, slamming against the coral reef
As hail storms rage, set us free their voices
Softly speak through the seashells...
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Categories:
undertow, adventure, america, beauty, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
The Sea Storms LullabyIn the rocking, rolling surf I picked up a random seashell,
And just listened to the sea storms lullaby, the curling of
Spray urged a hushed soft...
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Categories:
undertow, adventure, beauty, imagery, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Merchant ShipA swallow swoops for flitting flies
While Johnny rubs exhausted eyes
(As morning clasps the rising sun)
Confirming Captain’s day’s begun:
Slow streams emerge from melting snows -
The Merchant...
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Categories:
undertow, allegory, morning,
Form:
Ballad
Paper Roses of LoveImage if one will, a field where paper roses grow,
Each color an emotion, it's variations symbolic to
Feeling felt, and yet expressed.
Compositions of love letters,...
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Categories:
undertow, beauty, emotions, friendship, imagination,
Form:
Free verse