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Tread Water Poems - Poems about Tread Water

Tread Water Poems - Examples of all types of poems about tread water 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 tread water.
Blue Eyes
...I didn’t even try To drown in the sea of your blue eyes If only I could be promised a loving sight In those bright blue eyes But I fell hard and now I’m paying the price My weak heart stabbed b......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, blue, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme



The Crucifixion
...Passion of Christ laid bare for all to see while he treads fire, we tread water in this land of the free dark clouds gather to witness the falling of a King while we on shaky knees follow close......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, appreciation, christian,
Form: Free verse
Chasing Rainbows
...Dangerous, violent, aggressive the storm; Stuck out in the cold, seeking out somewhere warm. I've drug my two feet through the rock and the mud; Thought it couldn't get worse, then it started to f......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, betrayal, confusion, dark, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Discomforted Summer
...Spring passed here is Summer at last, not her last lasting grief, summer’s relief cool waters flow seasons surpass dictates of time as we tread water especially her spouse he finds sli......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Awash
...some souls can’t be reached from here. It isn’t planned that way, it just becomes. doors are opened, doors are closed we seldom see a fish swim backwards more than several feet. perhaps they......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, abuse, break up, bullying,
Form: Free verse



Vesuvius
...It’s going to blow. The saxophone sexuality of a volcanic slumber has become a thundering in our hearts. We feel it in the thigh of being and in the strung valleys of elbows and knees. Oli......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, poetry,
Form: Free verse
No Matter Existence Mine Lamely Mostly, and Nearly Spent
...No matter existence (mine) lamely, mostly, and nearly spent... I barely experienced getting clothed (think fashion wise as metaphorically swiftly tailored harried styled mortal) approaching na......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, 12th grade, creation, husband,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Go Bang
... “Go BANG!” "Is that a gun in your pocket?" She said "Careful, I recommend you need to be undercover, and soon, call it Espionage M You’re......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, fantasy, humorous, word play,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pulmonary
... "Pulmonary" Revelations burn pulmonary when all the bees no longer roar life drowns in blue-green Clairvoyants dance in time with prophets......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, animal, bird, fish, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Intermission Break: the Flow
... "The Flow" I walked into the Ocean today the Wind was wild whipping up the waves like lemonade white horses riding into shore I tread water,......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, freedom, home, love,
Form: Free verse
Push Me Aside
...Maybe I'm a talker Mostly just let words leak from me Doesn't mean I don't watch I know what other people see It's easy for me to settle my will I'm used to caving in I let you blow heat Th......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, absence, heartbreak, judgement, lost,
Form: Couplet
Fable
...Mr. Ant who was feeling very dehydrated, walked to get some relief he anticipated, quenching his thirst he drank from the river, falling in was swept away cold and shivering, Lovely dove on ove......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, bird, friendship, insect,
Form: Light Verse
A Dream of Night and Snow
...Grab me by the hand And let me show you a world Of earth and sky blanketed In a dream of night and snow The snowflakes were thick and heavy And caressed in the gentle glow of the streetlight ......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, remember,
Form: Free verse
Childhood Beach Outing
...Dug deep down inside and pulled out the memory file about being a child with my family for a rare outing at Jones Beach, we were all there with my Moms picnic basket, just in case we got hungr......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, beach, childhood,
Form: Light Verse
Two Spirits Watching the Ocean of Turmoil
...Life is like being a passenger on a luxury ocean liner That is sails across a Sea of Turmoil. Passengers feel safe by putting their faith in the sturdy construction of the ship’s steel hull. T......Read the rest...
Categories: tread water, boat, corruption, life, recovery
Form: Free verse

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