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Farewell River Poems

These Farewell River poems are examples of River poems about Farewell. These are the best examples of River Farewell poems written by international poets.


Lorca Translations Iii
Lorca Translations III

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright and theater director. He was assassinated by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the...

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Categories: river, bird, dark, death, light,



Premium Member Be the River of My Rainless Desert
Be the river of my rainless desert...
where the coldest and the wildest wind swept;
ah, it took away the harmony of my tunes:
once the only comforter...

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Categories: river, absence, anxiety, desire, hope,

Sunset On the Spey
Watching the ripples of the clear water of the Spey
Setting sun lighting field and trees of the strath
Salmon jumping clear to catch a fly
A sob...

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Categories: river, angst, change, cry, farewell,

Premium Member Chilly and Dark
A faultless tributary lowered in frigid water.
There is no exact development profound inside.
The chaotic life above is evaporating blunter.
Inside, the eternal silence is deafening, sighed.

The...

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Categories: river, analogy, character, confusion, magic,

Premium Member The Autobiography of a Brook
You've visited me after a long time: Remember; once, I was brimming with might? Named babbling brook, revered as a singing deity, how blissful was...

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Categories: river, care, caregiving, change, childhood,



Premium Member Cool Clear Waters
A mountain stream
Laughing, longing, lasting
Through moments, wishes
Gentle vibrations
Craving the breathless
Praise flowing over
Smooth stones, racing free
Toward the sea of
Whispering grace
Breathing melodies
Beneath the shadows
Of humility and prayer
A...

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Categories: peace, river, silence, water,

Chinese Translations Ii
Chinese Poets: English Translations II

These are modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poets Tzu Yeh, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Huang E. These...

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Categories: river, body, desire, love, lust,

Premium Member At Remic Rapids
this was the spot
where we’d come
i’d shoot photos of
the golden glitter
as waves ran down
the river bank

this was the spot
where we’d come
we’d just sit and
watch the...

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Categories: river, death, farewell, grief, life,

Premium Member Grossing the River of Oblivion
"I am very sick " 
a dearest friend of mine told me the other day
"And I think my time has come" She continued with
a bitter...

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Categories: river, death, farewell, life,

No Mark
No Mark
by Michael R. Burch

A wave implodes, 
impaled upon
impassive rocks...

this evening
the thunder of the sea
is a wild music filling my ear...

you are leaving
and the ungrieving
winds...

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Categories: river, break up, change, divorce,

River and Sea
The river sweetens the sea,
  and the sea likes it ...
  The river creates marine currents
   in the sea and the...

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Categories: river, allusion, farewell, friendship, metaphor,

The Bend In the River
Bend in the River 

My friend the squirrel sits on a tree branch, peers
though my window in late afternoon to be certain
I’m still alive. I’m...

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Categories: river, death, farewell, mother, parents,

Premium Member River Deep Mountain High
With this tear   halfway to heaven   I love you, goodbye     
Hear me calling you   falling...

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Categories: river, death, deep, dream, faith,

The Black River Damnation
At the place, been the ruins imperial,
In the ominous midnight we`re lost-
Not belongings, but some immaterial.
Been so long, broken straight — it`s a trust.

Searing beams...

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Categories: river, conflict, farewell, hate, hurt,

The Swelling River
The sound of water gushes down the big dirty river
beating on the backs of stubborn rocks whose root
is buried beneath the pregnant ground
penetrating the deep...

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Categories: river, adventure, business, community, environment,


Book: Shattered Sighs