Short Undertow Poems

undertow pulled hard
swirling water beneath him
efforts were futile...

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Hollow log resonates
ancient cultural undertow
termites work incessantly....

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A soak-of-hands linked together - the brave hope of tether saves a life

7/15/2019...

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Heavy undertow
Body surfing can be so fun
Rolling waves in the surf


By Robb A. Kopp...

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WATER! BALL! CHASE!
salt, waves, undertow
I don't know what's going
on here. But I'm HAPPY!...

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Rip tides undertow
Moonlit swells breathe on surface 
Glitter on dark sea 


By Robb A. Kopp...

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The Strange
Shadows
Lurking
Within
Gasps come from early morning dawn's mist
Blue board disappears in undertow

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white tip waves crash on  shore

undertow can pull you out

seabirds dive down for fish




                P.R.Deremer...

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Boat yard lights disguise,
Twisting sinews of the tide.
Surging waters rush.
Moon-pulled flow, fierce undertow,
Stole my love to depths below....

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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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We're all captives of this affliction that traps us in its undertow.


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Date written and posted: 04/04/2016...

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over six feet deep and rising
this water doesn't flow
as the rain continues to fall
I get caught in the undertow
I am in way over my head
the pump works way too slow
once more I slip down
extinguishing the afterglow...

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BENEATH A BLANKET
OF SADNESS
SHE WAITS
FOR THE TIME TO STILL
FOR THE WARM WIND
TO CARESS THE TIDE
AND CARRY HER OUT
IN WAVES OF BLISS
IN THE UNDERTOW 
LOVE
THAT POWERFUL ELIXIR
THE POISON
AND THE CURE.


2000...

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G- Give me a reason to be full of glee
R- Radiant in your wilderness of green in the foresty undertow 
E- Elegantly frolicking to and fro, I see
E- Emerged with crumbled leaves of evergreen below
N- Never once seen with an eye of envy...

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Ocean in your eyes 
captured my restless dreams;
Every bottled message read
allowing me to be me;
Never came up from your depths,
slowly pulled by your tide;
Open air, open sea 
understanding undertow 
lifted by the waves of your soul....

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With heart strings taut,
I am hanging on the edge of instinct,
precariously dangling far above,
the rocky sea of rejection,
whose undertow is strong and deep,
and the wind blows swiftly,
heart strings,
stretching, stretching stretching heart stings,
snap....

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Soft glimmer like an undertow;
Glimpse the multifaceted glow
painting nature's art studio:
Rainbow shadow, rainbow shadow;

Chill don't change that radio dial:
Fall hard into something gentle,
take a break for a little while;
Nap weather style, nap weather style....

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As the sand undulates from the shore
So do your emotions.

With each powerful wave
A little more washes away.

My heart is caught in the undertow.
It sinks deeper and deeper into despair.

I look up at the gull
Flying high and free,
And realize it has your face…....

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On the surface the water is nice,
To step in and swim would cost you no price
But when you step in, you feel a sharp pull
It comes from the water that seemed gentle and cool
The rippling liquid pulls you down under,
Is everything how is appears?
Its this that I wonder........

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I am one
When I am broken by love
And close the door
Against life.

I am many
When I behold the oppressed
And deny the hope
For change.

I am few
When I swim against the current
And fight the undertow
Of censure.

I am all
When I am broken by love
And open my heart
To God....

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I hitchhiked up to Limbo
  to await that final toll

But lost my way when Siren’s called
  which led me to the shoals

My thumb went back inside my palm,
  their voices soft and low

No closer to those pearly gates
 —this darkened undertow

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)...

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I see the reflection
of love's waters 
in her soft blue eyes.

I smile.

I stare ever deeper 
and find my gaze afloat
on glistening pools 
of passion.

My mind swims.

I fight against 
the rushing
currents of her
raging soul.
Relinquishing
myself to its
undertow.

And I drown....

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Emptiness, fatigue, a preconception of suicidal indentations.
While an incredulousness lack of faith dragged me under.
The undertow pulling me down, pulling me in towards a downward spiral.
Pulling me into the fire.
No humorous satire to ease the pain.
No more, “I love you(s) all now refrained....

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When life is like a strong undertow
Taking you where you don’t want to go
Stay still, just wait for a while
Think about the glory days and smile
And when the riptide subsides
And you are walking away from harm
Remember when the water is no longer calm
Do not dismay, it changes back with the tides...

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with each word I say to you
I feel myself being taken 
down by the undertow
below the boggy mire
as I struggled to say 
just the right thing
I find myself sinking
trapped knowing inevitably 
I'm helpless as each word
provides more of a struggle
into the quicksand 
of our broken love

©SamHarty...

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