Metaphor Swimming Poems
These Metaphor Swimming poems are examples of Swimming poems about Metaphor. These are the best examples of Swimming Metaphor poems written by international poets.
Tagore Translation: the Seashore GatheringThe Seashore Gathering
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
On the seashores of endless worlds, earth's children converge.
The infinite sky is motionless, the restless waters...
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Categories:
swimming, boat, children, dance, earth,
Walking, Talking and SwimmingUphill and down dale
We walk, we talk, we both frown...
But why do you look so pale
And as grey as a white whale
One that is all...
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Categories:
swimming, metaphor,
Swimming UpstreamMy soul has left the serene ocean of the eternal
And like a salmon swims upstream
The river's turbulent waters of the temporal,
Determent to overcome any obstacles...
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Categories:
swimming, destiny, god, metaphor,
Swimming In the Deep EndEvery stroke takes you farther away,
panic sets in,
your body, starts to tremble,
with fear,
every stroke takes you farther away,
to the deep end, away from safety,
the shallow...
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Categories:
swimming, courage, faith, fear, imagery,
Swimming LessonsA test of the water,
A dip of my toe.
Undeniably chilly,
But bearably so.
Before I can swim,
I must get undressed.
I’ll start with my shirt,
And then all the...
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Categories:
swimming, fun, metaphor, poetry, poets,
Swimming Learning to swim, is a scary challenge.
Diving into a cold liquid-filled box
Just isn’t something enticing.
Stroke, kick and breathe…
stroke, kick and breathe…
you glide through the...
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swimming, metaphor, poems, poetry,