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Best Waterway Poems

Below are the all-time best Waterway poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of waterway poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Waterway
Riddles twisting through the scalps,
Trace the paths that wind about
Pouring out through the watery spout
Like waterfalls, inside and out
Possessed by a madness,
Sadness reaps my every...

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Categories: waterway, allegory, depression, love, passionprayer,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~

i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard 
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...

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Categories: waterway, angel, beauty, love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member My Addingham
(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)

After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of grey stone,...

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Categories: waterway, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Desperate Hope
Written: December 19, 2023 

"His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. Edmund Wilson"

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waterway, analogy, angst, character, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nature Fulcrum Sight
Light and shade are vital to life's beauty, charm, and richness. By Poet.


sun 
sunshine 
dawn to dusk 
nature supplies 
vivacious hues clash 
cumulonimbus cloud
sprouts expanse...

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Categories: waterway, analogy, appreciation, beauty, creation,
Form: Etheree



Premium Member The Fountain of Truth
It's a spring eternal,
    In the mind of man.
With a perpetual flow,
    As if God's master plan.

At times, the...

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Categories: waterway, truth,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Horrendous Sanctum
Sipping from the well of sorrow
withstands an unusual life cast.
Sad rivers and sifting sand remain
tuck away this tragic river
apart from the entire world.
Tears stream down...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waterway, analogy, appreciation, death, lost
Form: Free verse
My Valley
My Valley

Tucked away in the north-central part of the state, about ten miles or so from where the clear and slow-moving water of the Grand...

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Categories: waterway, poetry,
Form: Haibun
The Canal
The working navvy did dig deep 
He followed Brindly’s new laid plan
A transport system to complete
A salvation for the labouring man 

As the furrow cut...

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Categories: waterway, beauty,
Form: Quatrain
Akula
AKULA

Mark and I caught the last plane from Ft. Lauderdale to New Orleans to escape Hurricane Andrew, leaving Akula ,our boat, tied up at Rolly...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waterway, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 2
The rivers are racing with a glee of free morning stampede today
carrying the currency of silted centuries and the cool silk of the wind's summer...

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Categories: waterway, courage,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Yesterday
Yesterday

Yesterday: I saw a glimpse of yesterday
All  the flood plain was a waterway
My  eyes took in bare half sunken trees
Troubles stirred the wispy...

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Categories: waterway, time,
Form: Acrostic
The Great Lakes - Part One
Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth 
Straddle Canadian–United...

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Categories: waterway, creation, environment, joy, sea,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 27
My God, there is no end to the hulking body of these mountains, 
I've asked everyone to just leave me alone for awhile as I...

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Categories: waterway, adventure, courage, leadership,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Can a Cowboy Be Deranged
In a public washroom, can Kings ever be DEthroned?
When a cowboy moves to the city, is he DEranged?
Do photographers wishes sometimes DEvelop?
Are former famous models...

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Categories: waterway, humorous, boy,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Shattered Sighs