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Swimming Poems - Poems about Swimming

Swimming Poems - Examples of all types of poems about swimming to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for swimming.
Ostrich Learning To Swim
an ostrich learning to swim in the sea his neck like a stick floating vertically swirling and rounding and bobbing a wave an invisible hand stirs a big cup of tea ...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, bird, fun, funny, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Swimming
The brain works hard enough keeping the body alive the will to not give up plays havoc on the mind conscious thought and effort helps make the water break total concentration propels limbs till they ache succumb to second nature to keep the...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, anxiety, death, fear, sports,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Swimming In Poetry Soup
Poetry contests offer an inspiration frame, where the competing poems get fairly judged, get a place in the shared showcase. It’s not to earn any literary accolade or fame, for nobody is running a poetic race. The contest entry...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, muse, poets,
Form: Free verse

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Premium Member To The Other Side
Out of the blue on this summer day Richie asks me if I want to swim with him across the lake Sure what the hell and that is that I will match the older boy’s vim and whim Two...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, best friend, endurance, father
Form: Free verse
Swimming in the Darkness
For so long now I have swum in the darkness I'm an expert at it A steady breast stroke Bobbing up for air Those around me have better lives Than mine A string of broken dreams A series of square pegs...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, mental health, mental illness,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Swimming Lessons
My words ...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, anxiety, extended metaphor, fear,
Form: Free verse
Old Swimming Hole
Was a swimming hole down south where the bullheads chewed your feet, Though there's no need to worry if you didn't go too deep. There were no steps to...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, high school, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Rain of Self-Forgiveness
Under the storm clouds the rain starts to wash away Creating streams that carve through earth and broken stone. Sometimes everything has to be eroded and worn away so you can...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, growth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member We Are All Like Fish Swimming In A Shoal
We are all like fishes Swimming up and down Following each other Around and around Turning direction Once in a while Following fickle fashion in style Some of us are piranhas Others trout We can swim alone But often better in pairs Or groups...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, fish, fishing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member remembering her hopes and dreams
Cara used to be a swimmer, but she had given it up Her studies were taking every ounce of herself. on a particularly difficult day she visited a pool she dove in and swam, feeling like sunshine remembering her...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, water,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Synchronized Swimming
a large school of fish in unison each fish turns synchronized swimming ...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, art, beauty, dance, fish,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member swimming to the grasslands
We are now swimming up the Boteti River, we twenty-three To get to grasslands and savannah woodlands, you see swimming is fun, sang the zebras, and the eating is free...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, animal,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Finding Fun On A Budget part 1 - Swimming?
Swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim swim ...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, fun, funny, humor, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Swimming with sharks
In times where eyes are fixated at your sins, judgment trolls in deceptive double standards. When pointing fingers nobody really wins, there's no joy in being defamed and slandered. Swimming in an aquarium full of...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, judgement,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Men in Womens Sports
12/5/2023 ...Read the rest...
Categories: swimming, america, gender, sports,
Form: Couplet

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