Best Windward Poems
Below are the all-time best Windward poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of windward poems written by PoetrySoup members
Gazing Windward On a Summer's EveningGazing Windward
on a summer’s evening
Loch David Crane
1981
Whose waves these are, I think I know:
his home is in the sea below.
He will...
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Categories:
windward, adventure, boat, depression, heartbroken,
Form:
Ballad
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
windward, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
windward, appreciation, flower, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Does Anyone CareI know you're out there
I can hear you ... typing, rat-a-tat-tat
I echo it, but place...
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Categories:
windward, appreciation, introspection, poetry, society,
Form:
Free verse
A SailorWhen you're topside in the gallants
and you're lookin' up at waves,
the wind's ascreemin' madness
intent on many graves.
The mate has said: "Lay aloft!",
and Third was on...
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Categories:
windward, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
Flight of the EagleAt the first sign of light, I can hear incantation
slowly ascending, from the depths of the canyons
Windward it's calling to get my attention
while...
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Categories:
windward, beautiful, beauty, bird, flying,
Form:
Free verse
A Care To SpareI know you're out there ...
I can hear you ... typing, rat-a-tat-tat
I echo it, but...
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Categories:
windward, analogy, care, metaphor, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
This Old HouseI - this vacant building, dilapidated by years and cold inadvertence.
Obscurities dance in my eaves, ravenous belfry bats, scouring dusk -
...
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Categories:
windward, analogy, growth, introspection, love,
Form:
Free verse
The DarkThe Dark
If I were a color, I think I would be pink.
It is soft and sweet, the smell, the kindest treat.
Perhaps not…
If I...
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Categories:
windward, anger, cry, humanity, innocence,
Form:
Free verse
SeasickA young man shipped out on the sea;
No care if ‘twas windward or lee.
But storms came along,
His stomach not strong,
Now sees ships only on TV!
Date:...
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Categories:
windward, boat, fun, funny, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Upon the WindIt was a still October night when I was cold and all alone
as through the forest of my mind in thought I wandered on my...
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Categories:
windward, imaginationme, song, night, flying,
Form:
Narrative
In the Blink of An Eye 'in the blink of an eye"
the camera lense inside my eye decided to take flight
upon an adventurous love affair intending to...
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Categories:
windward, adventure, boat, , romantic
Form:
Rhyme
A Glimpse of HawaiiA tunnel of branches with leafy green shade
Arc over the winding quiet road
On our windward island’s side
Heading toward the north shore
Where giant waves treat surfers
To...
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Categories:
windward, nature, placessea, green, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
windward, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
Grand Canyon Suite^ ^
From an abyss of the darkness, I hear incantation
It slowly ascends, sun awakening canyons,
Windward it heralds those sleeping, to wonder....
with a visual score,...
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Categories:
windward, beautiful, beauty, music, nature,
Form:
Free verse