Short Outboard Poems
Short Outboard Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Outboard by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Outboard by length and keyword.
When the Motor Cut
The outboard chugged along
toward the end of the lake
where the tall peaks were.
When the motor cut, all was still.
Then snowcapped mountains
began to rise-up from the lake;
eagles flew under our hull.
Imagine staring at your float,
humped like a heron over the bow
while a panoramic sky
moved under your boots.
Imagine Rainbow trout
sailing around the sun.
No way to catch that....
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Categories:
outboard, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
A Smoke
A cigarette
Dawn and the mist, what else expect
On Lake Martin early spring?
Swamp cypress dripping with Spanish moss.
I have stopped rowing, water swirling around
Oar blades.
The silence is absolute; I dare not inhale
A bird shrieks, the lake shudders
An evil thought has entered Paradise.
I hear the faint noise of outboard motors
The moment of ethereal stillness was gone,
I lit a cigarette smoke inhale, blow
Rings of delight in the morning air....
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Categories:
outboard, autumn, beautiful, blessing,
Form:
Sonnet