Up The River Poems - Poems about Up The River

The hollow remains unphotographed. Memory, not landscape, frames it— a road cleaving winter in two, children laughing while gravity negotiated its own terms. Neighbors spoke without flourish. Their kindness was practical, never advertised, always assumed. You could leave your grief on the porch overnight; someone would tuck it in and leave bread beside it by morning. Coal knew every surname but never asked for praise. It shaped the valley, not into...

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in every river the current shows the best way love is my current ...

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Smooth flows rivers perform as nature intended. Even when storms send it to churn, its God bequeathed responses are right on. Not so, emotions in my heart, ripping me from faith's base. I long for cued smooth flows. ...

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Current glides in wild slope along the dense forest, rattling and burbling over rocks. As my paddling arms sway with wind’s tempo, canoe pulses with the wild flow. Waves roll to smack the edge… Vines tickle strong current. ...

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Rhythm of a River ...

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river, flow by my feet~ as waters of my mind do overtake and wet the page and droplets step-dance to create, backstage. for manufactured, processed verse could never pulse with life, the rhythm of a river. Rolling with the Rs: Sponsor Nette Onclaud 05/08/25 [On AI]...

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Written: August 5, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud *********** River, rippling refrain, rushing, rolling, revived, ribbons of rain rearranging rocks, roots, reflections — reckless, radiant. Rivulets ripple, ringing rhythms resound, reaching, reeling rousing rare range — River....

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May my heart remain silent, like a stone in a river, No longer beating in rhythm with your memory, no longer feeling Neither longing, nor love, nor time passing over The shadows that stretch, long and cold, over The past that secretly envelops me, like a veil Of mist under which the soul gets lost, deepening In the melancholy of an...

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River ...

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river flows in slow strides, kissing the rocky shores, to unknown lands, in great wonder. fetters that bind are broken asunder. its heart is deluged with a song waves lap merry along. songs fill the air. river ...

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Rivers ...

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Nette Onclaud, Rolling with the R’s, 8/4/2025 Rhythm of a River rambling funny waters, downward rapidity of laughter on white water raft. unintended coxswain gets rogue-wave kissed. guides directing, this way and that, ...

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Rolling with the "R's" Sponsor: Nette Onclaud 8-4-25 Title Chosen: Rhythm of the River ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rhythm of...

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RHYTHM OF A RIVER Poem written for “Rolling with the R’s” poetry contest, August 4, 2025, Nette Onclaud, sponsor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ river in shadows deep time stands perfectly still. water mourns, regret and anguish~ the weight of time a wearisome sighing. in solitude it carries on river weaving sorrow. heartache flows deep. river ...

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Rhythm ...

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