River Poems | Examples of River Poetry

There’s a sadness in the river That well the river knows Which sounds beneath the surface And goes where rivers go Murmuring in mute assent Its current status quo – It’s the silent hush of...Read the rest...

The water so clear Nice to bathe in the river While doing laundry....Read the rest...

not a magic lamp of gold ~ but a wine river beneath shifting sand...Read the rest...

Too soft to describe with words Letters have sharp edges And speech can’t define If peace were a river I would be a leaf Falling in my deadness The freshness of green gone Helpless as I am Swirling in the wind Destined for the...Read the rest...

Its early morning and my baby she done put me out. (She done put me out now, ya hear?) Its early morning and my baby hung me out. (Hung me out to dry, last summer sun.) Its early morning...Read the rest...

When I asked the fifth grade students to guess What two rivers are the longest in the world I was not surprised with Missouri and Mississippi. Many are not global thinkers. Most had not heard of the Nile or...Read the rest...

Sparkling clear And singing low Free as a migrant As you go A ripple here A current there An ebb and flow With an idle air A twist and turn And you carry on Water-borne And pure as dawn...Read the rest...

Riverboat on the Mississippi Folks dining on scrimp, grits, and cornbread Drinking booze and gambling like crazy Going to Bourbon Street just ahead Down in that Cajun Queen, New Orleans The big paddle wheel keeps on rolling Down to the Cajun...Read the rest...

Along the river's edge Among the forest pines And deep within my heart Where the river ever winds Along the river's edge Before the light of day My thoughts are running deep As the river runs away Along the river's...Read the rest...

Red wine and our favorite song as drift the River Blue Dawn Like a leaf so fragile and free we drift for ever it seems Of...Read the rest...

Phosphoric pillars crimson against oily black gently flickering ...Read the rest...

echoing thoughts shatter a silent reckoning of the raging river's fortitude tumbling in a hurried rhymic rolling quest to reach the thirsty vale a new path forged of least resistance following the canyon trail each mile flourish water's tumbling a story...Read the rest...

Rains falling : Small droplets forming ripples on...Read the rest...

Glass -- clear & frosted alternating in sequence leading me away ...Read the rest...

Flowing water is Like memories that catches Your regard sometimes....Read the rest...