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Water Poems | Examples of Water Poetry

Water Poems - Examples of all types of water poetry to share and read. This list of water poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of water poetry. This list of works about water is an excellent resource for examples on how to write water poems.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls The natural paradise Very impressive...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, river, water,
Form: Senryu



Love-Like-Water
A love like water. so soft, so fragile, as it flows and bends, leaving gentle kisses, a giver of life. A love like water. a love so strong, so powerful, as it destroys obstacles, breaking walls, to shape a path, a future. A...Read the rest...
Categories: water, 12th grade, beautiful, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rapids Ahead
There once was a man from Mozambique Who went canoeing most every week In a white water battle Lost safety vest and paddle Now he's really up the freakin' creek...Read the rest...
Categories: boat, water,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Life Living Travels
Through the many days Up and down marking each their hours So do minds sail their curious course. With each weighed anchor leaving swirling trails Showing the world what the bottom had, then to follow While highest birds fly singing...Read the rest...
Categories: water, adventure, dream, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No 1304 Contest-Still Waters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still waters, deep, surface like glass reflecting green above; and below are trees, sky, shadows, leaves, sunlight, moving and motionless. Here silent images shimmer now, and - air breathing suddenly - break. Unbidden feelings confuse reality and fantasy. Which is which? Fantasy and reality confuse; feelings...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, water,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member On An Evening in April
The water, the distant buildings, the small boats nestled in their own reflections, all seem captive to a still that has settled the evening, paused in a lull between breaths. There is no wind to crease the surface...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, boat, eve, water,
Form: Free verse
After
Is this it, Is this what becomes of All our hard work, All our efforts, All our dedication. We have nothing left, Except our lives And a very distant hope That things will turn out just fine ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, heartbreak, sad, water,
Form: Free verse
After the Floods
Water! Water! The entire landscape submerged Grave silence! Except the torrents swift and huge Intimidating sights, plains and valleys merged Rushing above the tops of roofs with a surge Clergymen discoursed it the Almighty's curse The end of epoch, predictors...Read the rest...
Categories: storm, water,
Form: Rhyme
Scythes Fate
Sunlight glints off polished silver A river reflects in its face Water tinted a reddish hue Sweeps along the scythes base But iron and silver do not meet Until the blade swings toward a rock The wooden handle now rots there With...Read the rest...
Categories: death, water,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That Really Bites
His jet ski jumped over the wake But then he made one big mistake He shouted so pleased Then suddenly sneezed And blew his false teeth in the lake...Read the rest...
Categories: water,
Form: Limerick
Water
She quenches our thirst, cleanses our bodies and soothes our soul. She nurtures our crops so that we may sleep with full bellies. Ever accommodating, she gracefully manoeuvres herself to fill all empty spaces. ...Read the rest...
Categories: water, appreciation, beauty, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member After the Flood
After the flood, There will be a lot of mud. The mud can be oozy and thick, And will swallow you up quick. Some people may be dead, But don't let that go to your head. Some may not survive, But most...Read the rest...
Categories: storm, sunshine, water,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Waste
I like water, Except when it's green and lumpy a lot! Then I imagine all sorts of things. Leaf monsters growing, And having a fling. Slimy worms crawling, On the bottom of everything! Planning a party, On great slimy plates! They invited me to...Read the rest...
Categories: water, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Rippling
A tiny stream next to a tree, Reflecting light while it is rippling. ...Read the rest...
Categories: light, nature, tree, water,
Form: Crystalline
Oranges
Oranges, oranges, oranges galore! Rinse, and quarter, then stack some more! :D...Read the rest...
Categories: water, appreciation, food, fruit, jobs,
Form: Couplet

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