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Riverbanks Poems - Poems about Riverbanks

Riverbanks Poems - Examples of all types of poems about riverbanks to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for riverbanks.
Love Letter of Summer
...By Cherbo Geeplay Summer is yet to come and may never come. She's stirring in an August noon, sitting on the long plateaus of these fields so far from our grasp. The rice fields......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, appreciation, black african american,
Form: Elegy



Premium Member Appreciation
..."The deepest longing in the human heart is the desire for appreciation."--William James A halo of treetops rings the cyan river, as it trips and rolls down Gaia's branches; a gent......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, appreciation, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Home We Made
...Pike Place Market and Space Needle race tracks out at Indy stands Jefferson's Memorial Nashville's Grand Ole Opry Biking somewhere downtown Beijing (Bay-jing) Great Wall nearby Xia......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, allusion, analogy, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rivers dream
...fishing days with dad riverbanks tall grass we cast day-long fishing trip......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, fishing,
Form: Haiku
After the Fizz
...By the gray rivers flowing, the recently revived, bob along like Champaign corks in the swift current. The dead always pop too soon, even when you pull their corks with long lamentations. The ......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Coconuts
...On sandy beaches and along fertile riverbanks, In fecund soil and in lush green plantations, Coconut trees stand tall towering into the sky. They are benevolent palms at the service of......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, appreciation, identity, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Inscribed On Palms
...Every hand tells a story life's adventures inscribed on palms Lines of wisdom, hints of psalms Yet destiny wears out her rhymes on riverbanks of sorrow Dreams not lent nor borrow......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, destiny, dream, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mystic River
...Mystic River lazy mists dawdle in sinuous rivulets ~ fog surfs in deep dales river of white clouds threads through alleys of tall pines ~ fog garden slow dance curly silver mists ......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, river, sky,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Rage's Iron Grip
...Among the boulders that gaze on with proud regard When times are rigorous, having patience is hard Water gently brushes the riverbanks over time Blue river flowing slowly, crickets c......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, analogy, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Effervescence
...I am here now Presence my companion Rising I put my two feet On the ground I give thanks as I open my eyes To this new day A divine delicious smile Trickles upward animating my mouth How g......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, animal, appreciation, beautiful, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Early Morning Merriment
...The mist of the morning bathes the riverbanks, whetting my appetite for nature I sit here letting the early morning tease my ears with the sweetest harmony, as little angels flutter on wings, darti......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, beauty, inspiration, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ocean Dolphins-
..."Lo! the dolphin dotes laughs My passion is the maritime coast 'Ocean!' said I, 'thing of seawater.' Oceans dolphins In a kingdom full of coastlines Eagerly I looked for the seaway I c......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, adventure, analogy, animal, beautiful,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member The Dispatcher
...Foggy mists slither through the highlands As downdrafts force them to the riverbanks To the naked eye ethereal warm icicles Among tow’ring long-needle pines piercing sky From the other side n......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, nature, night, work,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Can You Hear the Cowslips
...Listen carefully: those are bells ringing. To whom are they calling? From where come the peals? Here in the wild countryside the pale-yellow cowslips dance a lonely jig to the tune of the waywa......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Spirit of the River
...It laughs with the coming of spring, on riverbanks wild grasses cling, flowers waft a scent through faint mist, on gentle winds leaves sway and twist It drifts and floats with its current, ......Read the rest...
Categories: riverbanks, joy, river,
Form: Rhyme

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