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Undertow Poems - Poems about Undertow

Undertow Poems - Examples of all types of poems about undertow 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 undertow.
Premium Member Still Waters Turn with the Tide
...Beneath the tranquil surface, secrets hide, Water still like a mirror, calm and wide. Yet deep below, a tempest starts to form, A storm is brewing, nature's wild alarm. Waves undula......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, abuse,
Form: Couplet



The Waitress
... In the dim-lit corner of a forsaken cafe, I dwell alone, as time slips away. He strides in with an air of indifference, Yet his gaze betrays no hint of penitence. Briefly, our eyes entwine in s......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, abuse, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member YOU CANt ESCAPE THE WEATHER
... With accompaniment of rain, the tweets pour into my ear. Saturation of sound, mottled bark and sodden moss. Must be the downfall of civilization, heavens tears. In God’s house, psalm’s blessin......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, imagery, senses, sin, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hummocks of Glimmering Sand
...The sun was newly risen above the Earth His golden smile warmed amber desert sands The grand landscape resembled barren lands as sepia grains were slathered in rippling waves That's what ......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Ocean is a Wild Beast
...The ocean is a wild beast that I approach cautiously. I submit to its undertow. It makes me laugh expansively. I dive in, never turn my back, never quite relaxing. It wants to rush at me, my ir......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, sea,
Form: Other



Premium Member Aboard the Deck of Dopamine
...Sea surreal in darkest nets Nocturnal-ness in jaws and tentacled breasts still the thrill, breathless at my thoughts the sea - a catch The sea a catch, oh my stars that settle like flickering ......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, adventure, sea,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Moon Struck - Collaboration
...I am the traveller with stones in my coat Made opaque by staying nameless Though dark I am not darkness Swallowing the edges of days, overtaking I rinse my dirty fingers in a painted lake Runn......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unseen Lines
...How shall we begin? I'll do my best to fit in, transcending silhouette, minimalistic. Expressive curves, pause for a second, what is it that you've seen? Move in, embrace. Balance erased, ......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, anxiety, art, conflict, endurance,
Form: Free verse
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...2/23/24 It's not in all the books we read Souls put to sea Continual butchery They carry on crookedly Trying to coat the truth with something sugary Some know and don't care others never coul......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Drink me in
...You are my ocean Catch me in your undertow Take me to places I Would normally never go. Your currents have a hold on me, of that I can't deny. Pull me in, watch me dissolve. Use me, mol......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, desire, lust,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member France II
...Let hope rely upon your Maginot for swift retort has choked your Gallic might. It crushed your will beneath its undertow as diligence receded in the fight. Your flailing forces teeter on defeat ......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Quicksand
... 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 ......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, heartbreak, love,
Form: Free verse
The Tangled Inheritance: A Family's Strife
...In the aftermath of the bachelor's silent closure, A plot with a building, wearied and older, The nephew-in-law seeks to resolve the tangle, Amidst power struggles, an intricate wrangle. Uncert......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, conflict, death, emotions,
Form: Bio
Premium Member In Need of Something More
... Often, I find myself reaching for something tangible to hold. Something to cling to that will not let me go. I don't want the same fate of a maple leaf, lying torn and tattered beneath someone's......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, how i feel, identity,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member She Rises
... "She Rises" Inside the wound opens outwards the music inside a heart explodes obliterates the depths she rises crashing into you like a wave overtaking ......Read the rest...
Categories: undertow, light, love, muse,
Form: Narrative

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