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Terns Poems - Poems about Terns

Terns Poems - Examples of all types of poems about terns 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 terns.
Premium Member Llareggub
...I live in Arrubluc by the sea much like the fabled Llareggub made famous by Dylan Thomas in the radio play 'Under Milk Wood'. The land meets the sea here as well, but it's a beachside town, besi......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, beach, poetry, poets, sound,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Birdwatching
...Each morn at dawn, I take my perch Awaiting apt brightness to start my search. A flash of wings, catches my eye, As tiny flocks of birds flutter on by. It's a busy time as hungry birds feed, ......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, bird, morning, nature,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member 8400 Miles Nonstop
...The bar-tailed godwit caught birddom by surprise When word got out just how far this bird flies A juvenile Limosa lapponica, satellite tag 2-3-4-6-8-4 flew nonstop from Alaska to the Tasmani......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, bird, flying, world,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Poems I Never Wrote
...Between the lily pads and soft sandbars Lay the saturated words of idle time Among bloated carp and feisty sunfish They linger in a sunny dampened rhyme. Fleet Dragonflies of thought dodge dart......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, poetry, writing,
Form: Sonnet
I Wander These Winter Beaches
...i wander these winter beaches where autumn's storms have removed the footfalls of summer believing in spring here i am alone listening to the waves mellifluously remind yet never recalling ......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, solitude, winter,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Observing the Tide
...I am captivated by the ever-rushing tide Small, distant tsunamis raping the beach, Granting the tiny sand crabs a free ride From way beyond the frothing surf’s reach Causing the terns......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, beach, ocean, perspective,
Form: Quintain (English)
Winter Scene
...rainbows prohibited Colors x ray screened let in --- Halloween splendor snow terns oxen bear perplexed frightened new-born fawns ~ hungry angry yaks fish in frozen lakes frogs imprisoned......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, winter,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Wind Vane Terns
...a flock of terns face headlong into the wind -- compliant wind vanes......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, bird, wind,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Serenade of Whispering Wings
...Lakeside at dawn, all is calm, quiet, but expectant. Then, peeping from the silence, barely discernible is the sound of whispering wings stuttering a plaintive beat, intermittent. It is the fl......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, bird, flying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Summer Slips Slowly
...Summer slips slowly, sullenly southward Together the terns try taking their turns Under unusually ubiquitous umber umbrellas Versatile velocity verified via villagers While winter welcomed......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, bird, change, seasons, summer,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Wind Vane Flock
...black capped terns in flock line-up all pointing seaward twenty-one wind vanes......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, nature,
Form: Haiku
A May Morning
...May Morning A strange morning, clouds look like they were trying to put up wallpaper, but the work was too much, and they left the project. Drips like glue fell into the sea and became flakes of......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, 10th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Panama City Beach Impressions
...breeze wafting ashore surf invades beach's white sand angry terns squawking Written May 6, 2021 in Panama City Beach, Florida......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, beach, nature,
Form: Haiku
Well At Last I See God's Light
...Well at long last I see God's light! Shinning down upon me from a distance And I can freely behold the Son of Man Walking towards me with me holding a A purest golden candlestick On His Solid go......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Covid Walk
...thermometer reads zero, a chilly breeze blows apple cores thrown, the blackbirds feed my multi-layered partner dons her wooly hat impatiently, she waits for me securing covid masks amidst......Read the rest...
Categories: terns, anxiety, feelings, humanity, journey,
Form: Verse

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