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Rough Water Poems - Poems about Rough Water

Killick

...As I sail through this life, adrift, unmoored,
I wonder where the current will take me. 
I know I'll have to traverse rough water, 
smooth water, calm, even rapids on this journey.
I hope to find...
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Categories: rough water, life,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRaptors At Night

...hunting and circling for prey
the moonlight reflects ~
wispy winged moving shadows

loud screeches echo
winds howl as tree leaves rustle ~
rough water dances in tune

an eagle soars in circle...
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Categories: rough water, bird, night, river,
Form: Haiku



Premium MemberA Song For You

...The wind chime is singing to me
From the breeze I feel and can’t see
My mind drifts with the melody
To a peaceful place, I must be
To calm my soul, rough water days
With rhythm of chime that pla...
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Categories: rough water, beautiful, peace, song,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFinal Harvest

...Hard, cold, rain
Attacking
Bayman's resolve 
Bushels to fill
Long day ahead
Rough water
Fewer clams
Lower prices
Longer hours
Throbbing muscles
Ice forming
Season ending
Boat for sale...
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Categories: rough water, endurance,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWho Is He

...Who is He coming out of the water,
The day God spoke from above,
Saying this is my beloved Son.

Who is He making good wine from water,
In Cana of Galilee,
Showing God’s miraculous power.

Wh...
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Categories: rough water, christian, faith, jesus, miracle,
Form: Lyric



To Bring Our Family Closer

...To bring our family closer together we went
For a walk in the myriad shades of green 
Forest on a long light brown rough hew log
Pathway that goes through the woods 
With a rope going along the t...
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Categories: rough water, adventure, bereavement, change, color,
Form: Villanelle

Quiet and Had Been Hushing and More

...Quiet and Had Been Hushing

For a while were quite and had been hushing,
Then into our lives Holy Spirit came rushing;
Prayed while kneeling,
When we felt a feeling;
Faces became red and much w...
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Categories: rough water, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick

Life Is Like a Sea

...L-ife is like a sea, 
Y-ou can sense the silence; 
N-ever can you hear the sound, because of the gentle winds.

M-an's life is like a sea, 
A-n ocean of rough water; 
R-ugged rain from above
I...
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Categories: rough water, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Step By Step

...Step by step……………………..
I am moving closer to what I am supposed to
Suppose to do what I don’t know
I don’t know what I am supposed to do
Step by step………………....
I am moving forward towards to a n...
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Categories: rough water, sad,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberOne Night This Darkness - Collaboration With Chris Green

...One night this darkness will end life
with clouds in damp fog without stars
and a moon dressed in tatters screaming
at feet scratched on pebbles in low-tide
rough water to sway one and stumble

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Categories: rough water, analogy, art, night, ocean,
Form: Free verse

Lifesurfer

...It seems that life is a series of waves
And I a surfer untried
Some waves are huge, some are small
Some I take in stride

Then one knocks me down and a pattern emerges
Too many times, I’ve been...
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Categories: rough water, endurance, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme

One Night This Darkness - a Collaboration With Darren White

...One night this darkness – A Collaboration with Darren White  


One night this darkness will end life
with clouds in damp fog without stars
and a moon dressed in tatters screaming
at feet scrat...
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Categories: rough water, dark, loneliness, perspective,
Form: Free verse

Have the Courage

...Have the courage
To put your heart into everything
Make great usage of opportunity
As you embark on your journey
You may face rough water
But, just keep pushing yourself
When necessary, adjust ...
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Categories: rough water, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Mirror

...Placid surface
looking glass
still water
 
Silence but for the cries of ducks
silverfish
minuscule reflections
of an almighty orb
casting its omnipresent being
onto rippling water
 
Undula...
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Categories: rough water, life, nature,
Form: Free verse

Untitled

...What a title as you can see 
to pen the words that sets man free. 
What do I grasp that could be 
the setting of those for me? 

To loose the bundle for words to flow  
and get tangled in the c...
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Categories: rough water, words,
Form: Verse

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