Short Freshwater Poems

Intelligent freshwater sprinters...

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cascading falls rush to the beats
clear freshwater urges salmon leaps...

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freshwater river
spawning salmon swim upstream ~
fishermen await...

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Mizzling wintertime.
A freshwater, strange fish flies
Because of the fly....

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Freshwater slumbers,
From the calm whisper of reeds:
The tranquil lough sleeps....

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ghosts drifting away... 

   freshwater lake ... before dawn

      ... greetings ... morning sun...

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some species of shark
can swim in freshwater like
some inland rivers


2019 September 10...

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grebes run on the lake
love has its playful moments -
pleasure with winged feet


* grebes - freshwater birds...

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solunar evening
	serene azure beckoning ~
		 stirrers of the deep

(August Full Moon – Great Lakes and Lake Champlain)...

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silently gliding
across the freshwater marsh
the trumpeter swan




Date written: 01/03/2020...

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BIRD Fish - A Haiku


Meandering thoughts
A freshwater, right fish chirps
at the perfect bird


3/11/19
Written words & arranged music by James Edward Lee Sr 2019©...

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freshwater streams from new well~
amidst their delighted smiles jasmine fell. 

Date: 17 July 2022
Contest: Thankfulness Crystalline Poetry contest
Sponsor: Beata Agustine...

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    Remove the joy from life
      replace it with drudge

    Fill a freshwater pond
      with pitch-black sludge

    Fish eyes bulge, gills choke
      ~ underwater's stroke
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“If you've never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.”
- Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Even sweetest freshwater river
seeks refuge in salts of vast ocean...

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Alligators bellowing chorous dance.
Eerie freshwater gator holes.
Intense jaws, killer lizard-like.
Marshes nest offspring, population quickly rebounds.
Southeastern territorial. 
Underwater vegitation. Wetlands xylem.
young zoologist....

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   Snapshots of a gentler time
     rainbows filled my mind
   Freshwater streams, nature unsullied
     Faces helpful, eager, kind  

   Page after page, endearing smiles
     teeth all perfectly aligned 
   No hint of what's to come
     ~ navigating blind
     

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I have spent
days, weeks, months
and even years
at a time
feeding your gut
with freshwater
from my narrow banks
filled with my infatuation
and affection for you
but after all this time
you are still unable
to absorb your infatuation
for me into the depths
of your saltwater soul...

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Sunshiny Mountain-Rock - A Haiku

sunshiny mountain
~a black, freshwater rock runs
despite the eagle

eagle flies in wind
sailing above mountains hills
despite the humans

fly away eagle
roam high above mountain tops
sit freshwater rocks


8/13/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2019...

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That day, rain brought death.
Raging torrent swept away
Lives, homes, happiness.

TV images,
Bring impotent sympathy
For loss, shock and tears.

On a nearby shore —
Little blue boat, torn in half,
A chair up-ended.

Two porcupine fish —
Victims of freshwater flood
Mourned by a small child....

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Over striding downs with grassy scrub
and into the trees with clumps of shrub

Beechwood,downlands and common heath
in earthy limeston inches beneath

The basil spreading six feet tall
by a freshwater spring ,trickling small

Along shaded lanes with gates and stiles
and wayside pubs,to rest awhile...

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Whither O willow weeping so free, do whisper to me
the comings and goings of this flowing river we see;
Hither O willow weeping so free,  do whisper to me
of hidden eddys and pools where freshwater life runs free,
speak of your memories ,o beautiful and bless-ed tree.

For Rick P's River line form contest  (5 lines of 14 syllables)...

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My name means the lizard
Fossil records list me
Colors change youth~adult
Freshwater is my home
On land~water swimming
I eat fish~turtles~you
We mate in late spring time 
 

Date Written:3/28/2022...

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Nothing 
  Like, lollygagging by a waterfall
    Watching the clouds deliver 
      A daytime, honey drizzler
        Falling in wet, misty, aerosol

Rain 
  Invigorates 
    Me 
      Yea

Enamored
  As the heavens open wider
    The afternoon sky takes a gander
      Showcasing, a freshwater
        Sun shower, water whisper...

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She lives among the vibrant water lilies,
She lives in the clear, freshwater pond,
She loves to tend her flower bed of peace,
As sunbursts tend the gardens of beyond!

She revels in warm, rife saffron sunshine,
Relishing the finest of two exotic worlds,
Like canaries plunge, upon grapes to dine,
In gold summer shine or moonlight pearled!...

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Nature welcomed Man into her mansion and he started evicting the old tenants!* 






© Demetrios Trifiatis
   05 December 2016



*The total number of species facing extinction according to IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species is 15 589. These include 1 in three amphibians, half of freshwater turtles, 1 in 8 birds and 1 in 4 mammals....

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