Water Poems | Examples of Water Poetry

a r~a~g~i~n~g beast that r~o~a~r~e~d loud through dry grasslands e~m~b~l~a~z~o~n~e~d just like sunlight rays in forested ~s~e~a~s~ a glowing friend who radiates love's embrace a relentless enemy that rides on a wild horse a beacon of hope that beams brilliant stories ...

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stepping I skid to my lips I sip on my boat I skip from my arms I drip I dive through I zip my hands grasp I slip bucket with leak won't fill my story doesn't hold water truth that's weak leaks out. water like time, slips, slides away, can't be held makes its way through cracks. with drips and drops it wears away a stone. wily water has a will of its own its goes where...

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Old river-thought murmurs —I slip— not away, but into the hush between what holds and what lets go— a spine of light bending softly from mist to depth. I remember stillness: cupped hands at morning prayer, a silence shaped like longing ...

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I had a dream last night. When I looked into the mirror, I was wearing a denim mid-skirt with boots, and a dramatic yellow top with feathers—things I would never wear, least of all on a steaming summer day. I looked around and found myself on the dock, where my grandparents live in Keelung, Taiwan....

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A pale ray bleeds across the swamp. Slick ivy coils tangled tight, choking voices into damp grass hissing...love? —drowned before heard— They say Mother Nature provides but she doesn’t shield— we live for ourselves, as the swamp feasts on our marrow. She taught us: you either hide from or become the man-eating ripples. You have to get your shoes dirty to not be swallowed. “The water,” my mother warned, “takes...

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amidst midnight zone bioluminescence lights indigo black seas...

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for : Choose a line 2 Sponsor : Joseph May prompt: “The darkened sky stole my tears” submission date : 27/5/25 Placed : 4th : multiple RETURN MY TEARS The darkened sky stole my tears soprano crystalline they quickly disappeared Lucy my name still neat to tweet, though inner ocean could no longer drip sighs sweet desert dry...

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A Summers Idyl warm summer’s day at the lake inviting my wife and I to sit and enjoy the water is a cool aqua blue rich color of relaxation slight breeze touches the surface barely a ripple disturbs the scene the green rowboat rocks at anchor hoping we will avail ourselves of a ride my wife dressed in her white chiffon dress idly sits...

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I meander along drifting like a ribbon, curling in the breeze, bending like a river ...

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times carve on calm lakes thoughts that no one understands ~ warm waters weave whims ...

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They are more afraid than you think, even if they wear a smile, as if nothing has changed. That’s why you must see through the water. You are more afraid than you think, even if you smile to avoid the feelings you don’t want to feel. That’s why, when the water is murky, nothing becomes clear. Your unconscious guides them with fear more than...

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Here we are again, on paths of time where thoughts flow like water under the sky of longing, it's absurd, I know, but I carry within me a joy that grows like a flower in a field, it's not an explosion, but a warmth like a hearth that heats the frosty night, I have no faith to light...

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Talakaveri springs from Brahmagiri hills Kodagu mist blessing Karnataka's cupped hands delta farmers wait in Thanjavur heat Supreme Court verdicts cannot fill empty wells monsoon politics flow through Mettur dam Tamil voices rising with Bangalore's thirst Cauvery flows past Srirangapatna temples through Mysuru palaces carrying prayers downstream Trichy grandmother watches...

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Early morning is the perfect time to walk the beach, the cool water licks at my feet. The soft sand is like walking on a pillow, pretty seashells yell-pick me up. My day started off with a bit of heaven on earth....

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I'll adore you while we are floating afar from the shore. I'll hold my own harbour gate open for that love of yours. I'll shower you with all approaches of affection once we soar....

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