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Categories:
beauty, river, water,
Form: Senryu
SpringRiver gently flow
Soothing soul and calming heart
Serenity found
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Categories:
blessing, happy, river, uplifting,
Form: Senryu
After the FloodsAfter the floods have washed away life
hopes and dreams gone with each wave
sitting now by a once-small creek, rife
with catfish we never thought to save
which, though river, now also a grave
How can life itself be...
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Categories:
anxiety, future, river,
Form: Quintain (English)
Through a Break in the TreesThrough a break in the trees
Flows a tawny river
Sanding the rock endlessly
As a peerless carver.
The jungle is not seen
In the murky water's face.
The skies do not...
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Categories:
africa, peace, river,
Form: Rhyme
White Kissamazing white kiss
the sky and river meeting
a light turquoise shade...
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Categories:
adventure, kiss, river, sky,
Form: Haiku
Break on throughTake a battering ram to the other side
The recoil will do me harm
A knife and spoon will suffice
Break the gates violently with arms
It will seal itself again and entice
It will swallow my body with charms
It...
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Categories:
river, addiction, extended metaphor, god,
Form: Rhyme
What an AdventureWe’d go exploring along the river and through the woods,
We’d run, and we’d whoop, then go silently to try and see a rabbit if we could.
We’d push through all the briar and the bramble,
Then chase...
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Categories:
river, adventure, childhood, fun, growing
Form: Rhyme
The Swan
Categories:
nature, river,
Form: Haiku
The quiet calmThe quiet calm levied my mind after
several sorted attempts to quiet my
thoughts quiet the traumatic events
I sprung into action complete medication
management while continuing to journal
losing time hours I supposed turned...
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Categories:
river, africa, america, analogy, life,
Form: Free verse
WhisperAvon runs swiftly through Shakespeare's town
Stratford-upon-Avon such delightful place
Walk river bank a place renowned
In my mind's eye the Bard I do embrace.
Sitting beneath Weeping Willow tree
Medieval whisper I hear quite clear
Things lost to time, things...
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Categories:
allusion, imagination, poetry, river,
Form: Rhyme
Dipping In The Jordan RiverThey came by the thousands before the dusk hour
to dip their quivering bodies in the Jordan River
and take on the resemblance of Christ or alike;
they were driven by faith other than curiosity:
the limping who could...
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Categories:
river, bible, faith, jealousy, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Chug-Chug-ChuggingA little Coast Guard boat just now
Went chug-chug-chugging by.
It left behind a wake, above which
Seagulls like to fly.
Aside from that, the river’s calm
With not a tug in sight,
Although a ferry might come soon,
Their schedule kept...
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Categories:
appreciation, river, today,
Form: Rhyme
Journeyfrom
trickles
in mountains
its journey starts,
meandering through
rocks and valleys,
making its
way to
sea...
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Categories:
river,
Form: Ninette
Stepping Out One Evening
A warped board on a bench seat
causing discomfort
to an old bum, an aching foot,
a touch of pity all came to keep me
self-sealed inside a bag of skin.
I took no note of the river
almost...
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Categories:
eve, river, self,
Form: Free verse
Riverriver's gentle flow
nature's rhythm ebb and flow
harmony aglow
its surface serene
melody of peaceful theme
a symphony scheme
under moonlit's gleam
it sails in a tranquil dream
stars cast shining beam
branches and stones stand
hindering its silent path
yet it...
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Categories:
river,
Form: Senryu
Specific Types of River Poems
Definition | What is River in Poetry?
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