Short Lakes Poems

Short Lakes Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Lakes by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Lakes by length and keyword.


Premium Member Lake - a Haiku

Lake - A Haiku

cheerful break of day
a largest, happy lake sings
in spite of the bird


3/5/19
by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019
Form: Haiku


Eye Lakes' Love Resort

crystal radiance 
                                    shimmering image filled in
                                        eye lakes' love resort
Form: Haiku

Frozen Lakes

cloaked in winter white silence reigns on frozen lakes ~ swans await spring's thaw December 6, 2022 Winter Nature Themed Haiku Contest Sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Form: Haiku

Premium Member America's Lakes and Rivers and Streams


      America’s beauty, Ted pondered
      as he roamed and he wandered
         past lakes, past rivers and streams

      The more Ted would see 
      the more he would think
         ~  Pity I can’t take a drink
Form: Rhyme

lakes are great

lakes are great, 
the peaceful sounds. 
to drift me away, 
off the edge of the ground. 

i want the lake, 
to sink me down, 
off and away, 
round and round. 

i want the lake. 
to take the hurt,
and hide it deep inside the dirt.
© Rat Rat  Create an image from this poem.


Santee Lakes

Birds chirp within the vast assortment of trees
The lake shivers with each cool breeze
Butterflies are fluttering past
Fishing poles are decorating the Kelly Green grass
The fishermen dance with gleam 
As they fling Blue Gill Catfish and Bass from the sea
Form: Rhyme

Mirrors and Lakes

Looking into the mirror, I discover another me,
In an ungraspable world of illusions.
When the mirror breaks, you break too,
And so do I.

Upon the lake, I discover my reflection,
Along with the shadow of someone else.
When the waters ripple and sway,
We dance together as one.

Aquifers and the Great Lakes

Aquifers and the Great Lakes

As aquifers in 
the vast USA become
depleted and can’t, 
by natures rains, be
replenished as quickly as
US needs require,

will their desires grow 
stronger for the five great lakes…
to take by their force?
W.C.Hull © 2020-12-6-H1451-2561-I52-
K52-29-L59-1
© W.C. Hull  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member I Posted a Short Story: Boating

I've posted a piece that's longer than the poetry section allows.

called: boating

In the "Short Story" section. 

I know I could take things out - to make the piece shorter and force it to fit in the poems section - but that length seems arbitrary  *shrug*

Here's the URL:

https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/boating_10592

If you bother, I hope you like it!

Dark Lakes

A man from north sails in his prime
to get to Accra port on time,
Pirates appear on his way,
He has no treasure today,
Needs to turn around or sublime,

He came to a swamp full of snakes,
As the snakes were scared of bean cakes,
The pirates were so amaze,
They couldn't land at the place,
As it's surrounded by dark lakes .

7-27-2019
Contest: Two sea themed Limericks sponsored by Tania Kitchin .
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Day On the Lakes

It’s a day in April
having a sail on Lake Windermere
lovely views all around
feeling at peace and no fear

The trees and the hills
Look so very green
Reminding me it is spring
With all it’s splendour so clean

Leaving now in the afternoon
to sail back to Ambleside
the sun is out, thankfully
feeling it’s warmth like a newly wed bride

Such a relaxing day
such a joy to behold
such a pleasurable time
a moment forever told

poetgord
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Mammoth Lakes Prehistory

The Paiute tribes, before they fell*,
were known to use, masterfully well,
copious pumice and obsidian,
found on the alpine meridian,
where the Long Valley Caldera blew to hell.

* "fell" might not be the right word.  A little Internet research tells me that one of the Paiute tribes, the "Bishop Paiute Tribe" has a reservation near Bishop California, near the Mammoth Lakes area, where I collected pumice and obsidian as a child.
Form: Rhyme

Huffle Winks

The tiny dragons dance aloft
whilst dragonflies soar amuck
They dance over the lake, over the lake they waft

The huffle-winks peer from the muck
At the bright flittering troupe 
Dancing over the water, dancing by the brush

Those dancing dragons, how they swoop!
The water ripples under
They spin, twirl and dive, such an acrobatic group

Huffle-winks leap to the flutter
Dancing over the dark lake
Prancing glad with the rest, 'til, alas, it's over
Form: Rhyme

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