Vacation Poems - Examples of all types of vacation poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Hiatus
This year I took a hiatus from life, ...
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Categories:
vacation, day, easter, love, night,
Form: Free verse
Yellow DayGolden blooms lined each side of the highway,
For the exotic places had long been calling.
At last the day came to put those cares away!
You must seize the moment as time is crawling.
For the exotic places...
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Categories:
vacation, beautiful, color, day, happiness,
Form: Pantoum
A Welcome Respite
How invigorating...
to be finally free...
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Categories:
vacation, appreciation, encouraging, life, time,
Form: Tristich
Health care providers need hiatus
Handling hoards of patient everyday
Each depressed ,fearing death
Asking same questions
Colleagues dying, patients dying
Death lurking in the corner
Not sure of own fate
A hectic schedule since more than a year
Physically tired, mentally exhausted
It is not easy still...
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Categories:
vacation,
Form: Free verse
Home Sweet Home
Oh, big brother's home for the holidays-
mom, dad, siblings
with big smiles
race to
him
this
soldier
long time gone
from his loved ones-
and sweetheart waiting around the corner.
February 6, 2021
Contest: Double Tetractys 7
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Photo 3
Syllables: 10, 4, 3, 2, 1,...
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Categories:
happy, home, soldier, vacation,
Form: Tetractys
Waimea Bay
On the northern shore of Oahu is Waimea Bay.
Anyone can get there via the Kamehameha Highway.
The surf there is what only the bravest surfers will try.
Waves are known to crest as much as thirty feet...
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Categories:
america, travel, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Respectable Breakrespectable break
relaxed and refreshed
readily rejuvenated
responsible respite
reluctantly retiring
rapidly unwinding
relieved of day to day duties
reducing stagnation
ready for a well-earned hiatus
recall joy found during the last one
Written 2-3-2021
Hiatus Poetry Contest
Sponsor Chantelle Anne Cooke
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Categories:
vacation,
Form: Alliteration
rest stoproad side picnic snack stop
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low on melons
but
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me honey dew
mellow...on
a meal...on
me lawn
stan sand
...
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Categories:
food, vacation,
Form: Free verse
Sun And Sand Minichu
The sun and sand invites
Come and rest, bring your poetry notebook, find your calm place
See the sights
Write poetry fine
Stay, clear your thoughts in this whist space
Align
Bird calls
Waves, their paces
Drawl
The sun and sand invites
Stay, clear your...
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Categories:
vacation, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Sun And Sand's Healing
Upon my body~sun's
Warmth penetrating my soul, releasing hormones
Rest begun
Relaxation
Being in this moment; unknown
Station
Just live
Watch birds that've flown
Soul will thrive
Upon my body sun
Being in this moment~ unknown
Soul will thrive
That've~I looked it up and the...
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Categories:
vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Long Weekend in the KeysThe bleak dreary days of a cold December
Were anticipated already in early September
So, I talked to my boss, begged on my knees
And added days to a long weekend in the Keys.
...
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Categories:
adventure, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Sun and Sand MinichuMidwinter get-away
Leisurely drive to sunny Key West, Florida
Fun each day.
White sandy coast
Searching for conch shells and good times
Beach roast
Sunburn
Unfortunate
Learn
Beware the pesky fleas
Return home highly...
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Categories:
sun, vacation, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Florida HighwayEndless vacation,
so many places to sea,
Florida Highway....
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Categories:
fun, ocean, vacation,
Form: Haiku
Santa's Vacation
What does Santa do
with half the year off
He likes to play golf
his 'par-tner' ~ Rudolph...
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Categories:
giggle, golf, vacation,
Form: Light Verse
The Proverbial Small TownAfter winning a sweepstakes, I determined to go on a lengthy trip;
And I wanted to tour the mainland, after I had disembarked the ship.
The countryside was quite beautiful, and had myriad charming towns,
Some with the...
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Categories:
vacation, animal, fantasy, imagery, magic,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Vacation Poems
Definition | What is Vacation in Poetry?
Poems Related to Vacation
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