River Poems | Poems About Rivers

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	River-Driver Blues	Welch, David	Rhyme	history, loss, lyric, men, river, work,
	Arunansu	CRESSWELL, PATRICIA	Free verse	river,
	LET PEACE PREVAIL	Talbot, Mick	Haibun	confusion, earth, hope, political, river, words, world,
	A River Streams Straight Through Her	Marine, Aqua	Alliteration	change, imagery, poetess, poetry, river,
	Pantoum From Your Jingles	Gupta, Probir	Pantoum	desire, heart, poetry, river, smile,
	Cajun Pride	taylor, R. e.	Free verse	river,
	World Cruise	Gupta, Probir	Acrostic	emotions, horse, metaphor, river, rose, world,
	HOME CALLING	Das, Parimal Kumar	Free verse	river,
	Proven Deed	Raghava, Venkatesh	Free verse	happiness, imagery, mountains, nature, river,
	My vagabond drifting wood	Sinha-Roy, Subimal	Verse	river, tree,
	I've Got The River	Connell, Carol	Lyric	bible, jesus, joy, peace, river, spiritual,
	In the Mirror - for the contest Mirror Mirror	Gupta, Probir	Verse	child, girl, green, image, river, sun,
	The Mystic bridge 21ST Sept 2017 IMAGE ME A POEM	Hawkins, Craig	Rhyme	river,
	Rivers of Degrading Memory	Dillenbeck, Gerald	Political Verse	age, earth, environment, family, river,
	Foot upon Foot of Flesh on Flesh	Vacek, Michael	Personification	bullying, green, imagery, riddle, river, wine,
	Awakening from the illusions	dreams, river	I do not know?	river,
	The Silhouette	Gupta, Probir	Free verse	beauty, boat, creation, goodbye, river,
	Virginia	Jimenez, Julia	Quatrain	river, sorrow, suicide,
	Sky the Truth	Mukhopadhyay, Aju	Prose Poetry	river,
	At the river bank, Il Pleut, Sky the Truth, Environmentally Yours	Mukhopadhyay, Aju	Prose Poetry	river,
	Breakfast	Schumacker, Earl	Haiku	adventure, food, image, nature, river,
	Old River Trail	Rodeheaver , Julie Leigh	Free verse	beautiful, beauty, imagery, river, travel, writing,
	RIPPLES	Dutta, Anisha	Dodoitsu	river,
	Sunset Over the St Johns	Rodeheaver , Julie Leigh	Free verse	beautiful, beauty, imagery, river, sunset, travel,
	Shimmering River	Rodeheaver , Julie Leigh	Free verse	beautiful, beauty, imagery, river, water,
	Covert Opportunities	Neumann, Kai Michael	Free verse	river,
	Someone Passed Here Tonight	Foss, Dennis	Free verse	absence, bereavement, brother, death, river,
	Ship Shape	pachecho, connie	Monoku	river, romance,
	Spanning the River	Lane, Lin	Personification	river,
	FLUTTER BY, FLAGON DRY	Lawson, Julian	Free verse	river, sun, water,
	The Covered Bridge	Spencer, Jeffrey	Free verse	river, romance, solitude,
	Waterways Moved	James, Jamala	Bio	confusion, journey, leaving, meaningful, river, word play,
	Tangled As Roots	Schiavina, Frances	Tanka	river,
	A weeping Willow tree	De Beaulieu, Darlene	Free verse	river, storm, tree, water,
	Eight word challenge-Black Bears Hunt	pachecho, connie	Free verse	river,
	Waterway	Pett, Roy	Fibonacci	river,
	Serenity Stream	Warrior, Winged	Rhyme	river,
	The Boat At The Dock	Everett, Hannah	Couplet	boat, child, confusion, river,
	My Father Instilled	Behm, Kurt Philip	Rhyme	river, spiritual,
	delta queenie	tekai, taai	Monoku	river,
	Love is Actually a River	Sinha-Roy, Subimal	Rispetto	heartbreak, lost love, river,
	Mr, Sandman	De Beaulieu, Darlene	Free verse	dream, imagery, me, nature, river,
	Alone On The Bridge	Jennings, Rightly	Lyric	age, courage, growth, loneliness, river,
	Let Your River Flow	Michael, Arturo	Lyric	inspirational, life, motivation, river, wisdom,
	My Landscape Painting	Shaw, Kevin	Rhyme	river, summer, water, words,
	And Heaven Weeps	Hsi, Thomas	Free verse	encouraging, god, nature, river,
	A Peaceful Fountain	Gi-Sa, Bic	Light Poetry	appreciation, journey, peace, river, water,
	Umbrella Shadow Fog	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	appreciation, image, life, memory, river,
	The Lonely Fisherman	Martin-Byrne, Sean	Dramatic monologue	character, discrimination, garden, river,
	I JASMINE PLANT	Dutta, Anisha	Dramatic monologue	river, tree,
	The river and I	Sands, Heidi	Rhyme	river,
	On the River's Edge	Waters, Michelle	I do not know?	blessing, creation, destiny, growth, river, water, writing,
	Molecular Jesus	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	age, god, mountains, religion, river, science, snow,
	Drops like dew from sky	nair, sadashivan	Prose Poetry	beauty, rain, rainbow, river, romantic,
	Revolving Rivers	Dillenbeck, Gerald	Political Verse	earth, health, integrity, nature, river, science,
	A ZEN MOMENT IN THE MOUNTAINS	Evans, Greg	Free verse	nature, night, nostalgia, river, silence, solitude, wine,
	She Runs	Jordan, Ken	Rhyme	river,
	Underground Rivers	Dillenbeck, Gerald	Prose Poetry	earth, environment, health, integrity, river,
	Of all things Winter and a Poet	Nikolayev, Daniella Annalisa	Free verse	river, weather, winter,
	Romantic Waters	Marcum Wong, Connie	Free verse	river, romantic, water,
	LETTER TO ANKOBRA	MICHAEL, ASIEDU	Personification	africa, nature, pollution, river,
	Mountaintop Lake Lost	Anderson, John	Rhyme	beautiful, lost, mountains, river,
	In The Valley	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	absence, image, memory, rain, river,
	One Drop	Dew, Pin	Epigram	death, deep, life, philosophy, river, sea, spiritual,
	The spring rains were relentless	Krampe, Agnes	Free verse	river,
	Like a Mighty River	Butler, Betty	Rhyme	river,
	Free to Meander	Callus, Paul	Monorhyme	river,
	Snaky Meander Lilt	Anderson, John	Monorhyme	river,
	Can I Dig Deep	White, Darren	Blank verse	river, sleep, suicide,
	The Naked Truth	vaso, arthur	Free verse	art, crazy, fishing, funny, river,
	meyla	bajantri, jagdish	Ghazal	river,
	As Rivers Fall	Pasky, Forrest	Free verse	inspiration, introspection, motivation, nature, river, water,
	Knolls	Gupta, Probir	Verse	river,
	WHITHER	Strand, Brian	Cinqku	river,
	The River Runs Through	Rose, Mystic	Free verse	river,
	The wolf pt:2	Rose, Amber	Light Poetry	dark, desire, emotions, imagination, river,
	Gentle Ripples	May, Joseph	Verse	river,
	A Second Stream	Simmonds, Rita A.	Free verse	i miss you, loss, river, sad, water,
	River Line	Jennings, CayCay	Verse	river,
	Serpentine Waters	Pinet, Emile	Verse	beautiful, fishing, imagery, imagination, river,
	At Play on a Moonlit River	Devonshire, Carolyn	Free verse	river,
	Ever Mindful	Lamoureux, Richard	Verse	river,
	River Story	Thompson, Janis	Verse	river, sunset,
	On the river named the sky	Lyrewing, Serge	Lyric	dream, emotions, feelings, hope, river, sky, sun,
	the easy way	tekai, taai	Verse	river,
	His day on the river cutting board	pachecho, connie	Verse	river,
	WHAT THE EYE SEES THE HEART CANNOT FORGET	Roper, Eve	Free verse	river, romance,
	Mortar and Water	Ward, Julia	Verse	river,
	Hillside Stream in Early March	Alexander, Deborah	Free verse	march, mountains, nature, river, seasons, spring, water,
	Drifting	Dietrich, Andrea	Verse	river,
	Indian Ocean	Hirsch , Arianne	Free verse	river, youth,
	River Lines Hidden Within	Anderson, John	Free verse	river,
	The River Line	Jameson, Sam	Verse	river,
	RIVER LINE	Dutta, Anisha	Light Poetry	river,
	River Life and Beauty	Sanchez, Pandita	Verse	river,
	River Life and Beauty	Roper, Eve	Verse	river,
	The Far Side of the River	Vinson, Doug	Verse	river,
	Rivers	Smith, Charlie	Verse	imagery, nature, passion, river,
	Swarming Ravens	Dillenbeck, Gerald	Prose Poetry	river,
	Where life lives free	Ficklin, Lukas	Verse	beauty, earth day, imagery, river,