Short Riptides Poems
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riptides
sneaky undertows
drags black sand back into waves ~
sea hawks sound alarms
4/3/23
Contest: A New Nature Themed Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Categories:
riptides, bird, ocean, water,
Form:
Haiku
riptides
sneaky undertows
drags black sand back into waves ~
sea hawks sound alarms
4/3/23
Contest: A New Nature Themed Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Categories:
riptides, bird, ocean, water,
Form:
Haiku
“she mused
while fondly touching his chair
his scent lingers”
death
riptides
my love gone
why was he first
love
ills
senile
my promise
sent home to wait
love
Sep 2011 Charles Henderson
for Nettes Lantern contest
Categories:
riptides, love,
Form:
Lanterne
Waves crash on the shore
Seashells dot the sand galore
Loud sounds of a seagulls gull
Riptides that pull and pull
Sand Castles Big and High
A beatifull sunset ignites the sky
Sounds of all the jumping fish
Little girls who make a wish
Categories:
riptides, nature, people,
Form:
Rhyme
Candle wax drips calcified tears,
riptides of dreams burst boundaries;
Drops become circles never squares;
Out of the box locked in a freeze
with rough edges it aims to please;
There’s no hiding their benefit,
claws can rip apart arteries;
That’s the magick of a misfit.
Categories:
riptides, confidence, courage, emotions, feelings,
Form:
Other
Red flags flying o'er the beach,
Warning of danger beneath gulf waves;
A seagull glides by with a screech.
Red flags flying o'er the beach,
Riptides pull you out of reach,
And lifeguards cannot always save.
Red flags flying o'er the beach,
Warning of danger beneath gulf waves.
8/14/19
Categories:
riptides, beach, ocean,
Form:
Triolet
Somedays, the tide only laughs
at the sandbags we put up.
When the ocean of emotion
breaks with waves above our hearts,
we swim or drown.
The swell of current overrides
and riptides pull us down.
Move parallel to shore against the tide
till firmer ground is found.
Swim.
4/6/14
Categories:
riptides, emotions, strength, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
I’m drowning in the waves...
The grave riptides that are my past relationships are scattered...
The sunken graveyard of broken,
beaten,
blackened,
and battered ships with dark smoke stacks
that billow the past, used-up souls up up and away discharge the bodies under
as they cannot pass through to ethereality.
Categories:
riptides, lonely, loss, lost, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
‘Life is a beach and sometimes you fry’
Sun-crested waves meander towards castles in sand from our high hopes of flow
teasing our scorched driftwood channelling waters caressing high tides and low
sun burn riptides and undertow rally trust in the life guards’ experience of sinking
request a hatful of hope and emotion a sunscreen of love and reorganised thinking
4th September 2016
Categories:
riptides, life, love,
Form:
Verse
Floating on the abyss
Or am I engulfed, drowning, dying in deep waters?
I gasp for air attached to your lips
Fluid fills my lungs as I struggle to breathe
The wind lifts my soul to heavenly happiness
Or am I drowning in poisonous seas?
Whistles and harps of sweet, gentle tales
Pounding pressure as I try gasp
Songs of angels as our souls swirl
Or is it wails of riptides dragging me down to hell?
Categories:
riptides, death, kiss, perspective, romance, sea, solitude, water,
Form:
Free verse
dolphin sweeps ocean
surfs tidal animation -
holds every moment
travels crested tides
dives in swirling riptides -
guides aspirations
she holds breathless dreams
lungs fill with hopeful rescue -
for me when I drown
exhales communion
captures essence and feeling -
joins reason and faith
jumps high in the air
leads by flying example -
lifts drowning spirits
28 th May 2020
Categories:
riptides, best friend,
Form:
Haiku
While no colors
Tinge over my skin
Your sepia eyes
Ink tattooed
Upon my spirit
Under sleeve…
A beauty so steadfast
Breathless
Innocence awash
Across heavy riptides
Dancing within
Truculent waves
Bartering dawn for dusk
Warmth for solitude
Aching to hold that gaze
Only momentarily
Touching a delicate taste
Of fiery gossamer
No ink stains
Illustrating you and I
Only beauty of yesterday
Ever imprinted
On who I once was
Tattooed…
Categories:
riptides, introspection, life, love, time, visionary, beauty, beauty,
Form:
Romanticism
Storms Acrostic
Strong winds surprise.
Treacherous riptides stir.
O ff ramps spree.
R are rainstorms trigger.
Major rainstorms cause.
S evere hardships marvel.
S trong winds stir.
T reacherous riptides sleet.
Off ramps sphere.
R are rainstorms result.
M ajor rainstorms occur.
S evere hardships sweep.
7/26/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
Categories:
riptides, analogy, depression, environment, storm,
Form:
Acrostic
I dwell on this sandbar.
Between the shallows and the deep.
So free and yet so oppressed.
But during the rarest of moments
I truly know that I am blessed.
Do I make for the mainland.
Facing riptides of salt and teeth.
Or wade through sharpened coral hearts.
onto that cay of stagnant familiarity.
I tend to teeter toward the shallow.
but there are pools so blue -so deep.
So why do I ride this burning sandbar?
It's out of fear I tend to think.
Categories:
riptides, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Life is like river
with a constant flow
death dealer and life giver
in its murky waters we grow
not much of a forgiver
cold riptides can drag you below
but be strong and don't shiver
the current is worth fighting
more then you know...
love and hate both in its quiver
life can take a turn as it bows
not much of a forgiver
learn to roll with its blows
no one knows whats downriver
and only time shows
Just remember...
life is like a river
it constantly flows
Categories:
riptides, life,
Form:
Carpe Diem
In an instant the tide has changed
The warm ocean breeze has turned frigid
The ocean... believing I could walk upon it
I now can barely keep my head above it
I am waiting while I'm wading
For my feet to be set firmly on shore
In the meantime, I accept my fingers will wrinkle
I'm prepared for the riptides to challenge me
But I will not drown...
Not today...
Not tomorrow...
I am waiting while I'm wading
For the day when my feet are set firmly on shore
Categories:
riptides, anxiety, bullying, father son, feelings, hope, how
Form:
Lyric