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Rideau Poems - Poems about Rideau


Premium Member My Birthplace As a Poem
... I was was born in Ottawa, Canada and have lived here all my life and have never wanted to leave. It is a beautiful city rich in historic architecture. It is located where two rivers meet, t......

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Categories: rideau, city, home,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member The Rideau Canal
...The Rideau Canal is not recommended For dunking, it may be less than intended Your body will reek It'll reek for a week Doggie and you will stink to high Heaven......

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Categories: rideau, paradise,
Form: Limerick



Canada, Before I Know Her
...You came home from Quebec, you were never alone; your shadow chased you around town like a dog in love or out of love. They told me you have been to......

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Categories: rideau, angst, autumn, lonely, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Legend of Ottawa
...Ottawa is derived from the Algonquin word adware, meaning "to trade" when the indigeous people; used the rivers in the area to fish, hunt and camp, they portaged rivers known now as the Ottawa and......

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Categories: rideau, history,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Bask In Historic Beauty
... Ottawa the beautiful- in the province of Ontario . . . in Canada at night it is a magical fantasy land and even during the day . . . I grew up in this town and I l......

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Categories: rideau, city, home,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Oh, the Beautiful Rideau Canal
... On summer, fall, winter and spring days, I roar over jagged rocks, how people love to come and watch my crashing journey! The story of my life began in 1831, that is when I was created, hu......

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Categories: rideau, beautiful, bird, places,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member The Birthday Party
... It was my seventh birthday party, mother had everything planned, Decorations were in the dining room, invitations sent out, balloons; And on February first, I was going to have......

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Categories: rideau, birthday,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Apres Moi Le Deluge
...-- Just a bit of silliness -- "Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouee..." ---- Daumier 39 & 1/2 days had passed; the rain had lessened. Noah, grungy and grumpy, p......

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Categories: rideau, bible, boat, dream, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Calabogie Lake
...Calabogie Lake Frank Halliwell So you reckon you've seen black bass? ...There was one gave me the shakes At a lake just south of Renfrew, And just north of Rideau L......

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Categories: rideau, world,
Form: Rhyme
Azay Le Azay
...Azay le Azay Le Rideau le Rideau The elegance of the water gleaming at me Grants me the vision of a place so unlike the earth that lies before me Such an ecstasy that leads me into a realm of exi......

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Categories: rideau, love, romance, visionary, longing,
Form: Prose Poetry
My Hometown
...I come from a small town, Nine thousand in all. There’s nothing really fancy here. Just a couple of strip malls. We like our Tim Hortons coffee, Hockey’s the sport of choice where we get loud. ......

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Categories: rideau, life, people, placesheart, heart,
Form: Verse
The Rideau
...I rinsed my paintbrushes in the Rideau River Watching a kaleidoscope of colours Dance with such an intensity It was the first time I Saw Acrylics come to life Among the minnows I am Vincent Va......

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Categories: rideau, happiness, nature, peacesun,
Form: Free verse

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