Valley’s Echo Singular Song"In the echo of silence, the whispers of the Divine are heard." By Rumi
I entered the winding path into the captivating vale
Surrounded by ice-capped mountains and ancient trees
Firs, larches, redwoods, spruce, and ash, all grand
I shouted in glee: “I’m here!” All around some Echo replied.
A repetitive Echo, always vibrating and mesmerising.
What a singular sound...
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Categories:
bird, mountains, river,
Form: Imagism
Wild and Free
O, to grow up wild and free
to roam the meadows and fields
Down by the river what sights to see
O, to grow up wild and free
...
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Categories:
freedom, nature, river,
Form: Rhyme
As This River Gives, Rock a Bye, Lyrics
As this river gives, not giving a damn
Emptying out the lake of hate, I am
This ecosystem dies, but was it alive?
Just surviving on dreams that I kept inside
Confusion fills me, deep as this hole
The sinkhole depths mirror my soul
No reflections to see, nothing left to find
Just hollowing cries, and thoughts unkind
Saturated tears, muddled in fears
A...
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Categories:
river, birth, break up, divorce,
Form: Lyric
To Insanity and Back AgainInsanity and back again
Somethings got to give
Whatever you do
Please don't shout my name
It calls up the demon
In me
We partied when we were young
Had to stop the world from turning
We ran as fast as we could and then faster
You lived for the minute and never thought it all would be gone
Crushing killing
Creative aptitude
Not even thinking of...
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Categories:
creation, earth, giving, river,
Form: Free verse
hiku--drought
severe summer drought
river* water level low
treasure trove revealed
*Mississippi
...
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Categories:
river,
Form: Haiku
Deep Within
Is it not simple
These words I portray
Leaving one in thought
To pass the day away
I watch the raging river
Sunlight glisten
Upon the leaves
Reminiscing
A day so long ago
Of a child young
And free
Of all the stones gathered
Piled high to conceive
A fortress of golden light
To Fulfill a yearning need
Of lemon yellow blossoms
Lavender frills
And a beautiful
Song
The lofty hills consider
Twinning...
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Categories:
river, beauty, color, life, nature,
Form: Free verse
TANABATA by the Milky Wayblessed maiden by the stream
weaving raiments from the stars
apple of her father's eye
full of charm and grace
there lived one across the bank
across where the princess weaved
steering oxen through the grass
able, strong and brave
the weaver and the cowherd
crossed paths by the Milky Way
a glance, a nod, and a wink
love then swept their feet
lost within each other's...
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Categories:
river, fantasy, longing, lost love,
Form: Dodoitsu
The River RemnantsI hope I don’t fall short
I fall oh so tall and I’m in appall
As I long for your comfort
Through it all, through it all…
Pieces of me has fallen
Into the deep end again
Pieces of me has fallen
Into the deep end again
Don’t fence me in
With your love again
Press your heart against my own
If you could,...
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Categories:
river, angst, hope, how i
Form: Lyric
Meet Me at the FreshetMeet me at the freshet
Where there is a gathering -
A swath of pilgrims wait
For to find eternity -
Where there flows an old hope
And God's love is evergreen -
Where His deeds are retold
Of which move our hearts to sing.
Bind His words to your mind;
...
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Categories:
gospel, jesus, river,
Form: Rhyme
Moony Riverm o o n y river, eyes that e b b and f l o w.
h o p s c o t c h stones, leaping u n d e r t o w s.
moonbow s t r e t c h e d o u...
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Categories:
river, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
THE PERSIMMON LADYTHE PERSIMMON LADY
just beyond the sagging gate
Mrs. Bodine’s old house stands, empty.
in the back yard weathered persimmon trees
stand guard over the garden’s remnants.
leaves rust-red in October, ochre and bronze
scatter down from the persimmon’s hard slender limbs.
copper leaves slowly...
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Categories:
river, 12th grade, childhood, friendship,
Form: Free verse
LifelineA confluence formed by the little creeks
Like serpentine, it takes myriad twirls
Leaping down as cascade from the high peaks
Reaches the barren plains as rolling pearls
Flows with mesmerizing voices of lilt
Phosphorous lather as floating white clouds
Settles at the foot of hills with fine silt
Becomes a lifeline and the gift of crowds
Reflective brow of the crystalline lake
Shoots...
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Categories:
life, river,
Form: Rhyme
Cry Me a river and Allow Me to Bathe in it
Categories:
river, 8th grade, butterfly, cry,
Form: Free verse
Shattered CoralBlood of gems
crosses the tides
a fractured tremor
of a weary river
fog of marrow
diluted by tremors
spines chained
to the edges of a coral
sinking deep
stones upon a shore
that quivers
and the body hears
only
a wave
mute
that carves....
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Categories:
river, angst, child abuse, deep,
Form: Free verse
On the RiverMorning, the river belongs to the geese
Who congregate on the bank
Poke about in the grass
Run, take flight, and land on the water
Heave their wings to skim the surface
Noisy and honking, splashing
As they inhabit their domain
Afternoon, the river belongs to the people
Who gather as families and friends
Lying on the grass
Swing out on a rope and land...
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Categories:
river, humanity, nature,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of River Poems
Definition | What is River in Poetry?
Poems Related to River
tributary, estuary, stream, run, creek, brook, rivulet, course, watercourse, branch, rill, beck, runnel,