Short Riverbank Poems

trees in blossom
lined up one by one 
along the riverbank
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Rocky riverbank...
the lap of a dog
out a bowl...

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Washed on riverbank,

pallid wrinkled waterlogged.

Mud cloaks where you sank....

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graying clouds advance
poles arms outstretch soundness perch~
pups on riverbank

12/4/2023
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Cascade water flow
Riverbank, vision in green	
Ensnared by beauty
Daydreamer, thoughts float away
Perfect happiness....

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A riverbank of memories
saturates cultured minds
such succulent visuals
of precipitation
so moist, so pleasant
spines shiver in longing
howls ascend
veneration...

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Orphaned Christmas conifers heap'd
Side by side Assiniboine bank
Native green and vertical felled
Blackened aboriginal limbs
White Man gasoline chainsaw teeth....

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White puffy clouds, billowing pillows

   Light lavender skies o'er water-fed willows

Reed-grasses to breeze's breath sway

   Life's fantasy, a riverbank in May...

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Many rose petals floating downstream on a gleaming river
They move so slowly, almost getting lost in the sun's white glare
The monks on the riverbank seem lost in idle reverie...

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Lie low, as the noise whizzes by
overhead, side to side, undertow
Echoes reverberate ‘cross the canyon
plunge into the bone-dry riverbank

~ Lie low, as the noise whizzes by...

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grey heron stalks prey
a silent assassin poised ...
sun breaks through dark clouds

Writing Challenge 3, May 2019, Nature Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Dear Hear

5/24/19...

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a carnelian 
crystal flow reflects sunset
blanket of white peace

woody specters dot
painted skies on horizon
icy riverbank

crayola color
blending in duplicity 
harmonic nature

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The Nile was serene
    its riverbank green
  Cleopatra the Queen
    supervised poverty obscene

  Ancient Egypt's glory?
    'twas short, brutish and mean
  for builders of pyramids
    worn out at eighteen...

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As the roses
Recall  their perfume
The road the end
The sea the wave
The river the riverbank
The spring the pine
The rain the lily
And the willow the garden 
....
My waist who taught him how to ripple
Recall your fingers....

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Near a silent riverbank
where lilies scent the air
under a blackened willow tree
sweet Josephine rests there
kept in eternal slumber
her rotting bones left bare
I'm left longing to hold her close
my heart in disrepair

(June 15, 2013)...

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It is finally May
And I think today
Ill go out and find some flowers
To inspire my writing
To stop and smell them
Just to look at
Because life goes so
Fast that I can never do that
But a riverbank and garden
Might be my next stop...

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Daily God I Did Thank

Blossoms and blooms were beside riverbank;
Into a dream my mind, soul and body sank;
Birds singing;
Love clinging;
God, for all that He gave, Him I did thank.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Master of My Limericks, MML...

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Emerald paints hills
Tall cottonwoods dance
Soft clusters drift
Riverbank winds laugh
Leaves endorsing orange
Skeletal branches weep
Soft clusters melt
White wonderland bows
Emerald paints hills


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A bee sipping nectar from a flower
A sparrow sipping dew from a leaf
A butterfly on his way to somewhere
Pays us a visit but it was only brief

A duck quacks out on the water
And we hear a Kingfisher splash
An elegant swan glides effortlessly by
And the dragonfly makes a dash...

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A rose resting by the riverbank,
Tickling my toes in the evening sun,
As I muse in the breezes and wander,
Wander and dwell on my twilight run.

I must take care not to crush your nighttime petals,
Nor spoil the yellow rose of Texas,
That I may remember my girlhood skips,
In the sunshine of nostalgia....

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Rowing down the riverbank;
The water is a danger,
No this is not how I begin-
Am in a four wheel ranger.
Driving on the barren road
Past can eat my dust,
Suddenly a bike appears
I must, I must, I must….
Peddling along with speed
Faster than the car,
Jumping off and now I’m gone
On a shooting star !...

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the sky is crystal blue
Lake Michigan the same
down the Eagle flew
to catch his game

he dropped his fish dinner 
upon the riverbank
sea gulls flocked near the winner
for any scrap he did not take

as we gort a closer look
he was spooked and flew away
he perched upon the knotty Jackpine 
and watched us play
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A 
Yorkshire
scene of old
on river's bank…
This detailed painting tempts my yearning soul.

It takes me on a sweet nostalgic trip
when time lingered
near water’s
lazy 
flow.

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Picture 2
A Double Tetractys 8 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper
       Placed 1st
© 31st August 2021...

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I smiled at the world 
The sun surrounded with blue
Wildflowers and tall grasses 
Releasing the morning dew 

I could sense the day so new
Walking the riverbank 
Feeling love from nature
What a beautiful adventure 

As the day passed by
The sun rose high 
The flight of butterflies and bees
I dropped to me knees 

Thank you Amen...

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He saw the failed rescue attempt

Her whole body was white
As white as the dress she had discarded on the riverbank

He studied her still-beautiful still form
Thrilled and repelled
And cried for his bride

Kissing her fish cold lips
He crumpled the note she’d left

And watched them take her away with his dreams

For Anthony’s Whiteness contest...

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