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Hugh, Ron, EeryWhen Hugh and Ron got drunk together
and pissed a lake of mighty size,
their eery neighbor also spilled it
and let his eery waters rise.
By far superior was another
with depths of thirteen hundred feet.
His superiority was awesome
which...
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Categories:
funny, humorous, water,
Form: Rhyme
Wading
And here I am,
jeans rolled up to the knees,
barefoot, wading the shallows
with arguments tugging
at my feet, pulling me out
as if answers were waiting
beyond where the water
lifts into breaking waves,
the calm on the end
of a...
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Categories:
song, sunset, water,
Form: Free verse
Icicles
Drip drip go the icicles,
Hanging from the frozen gutter,
Plinking off the bicycles,
Falling with a splutter.
Blip blip go the icicles,
Dripping from their glassy towers,
Twinkling in their endless cycles,
Melting in icy showers.
Crik crik go the icicles,
Freezing in...
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Categories:
nature, snow, water, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Lets Rhyme
Soon it will be a cold winter's day,
hot chocolate is great for any holiday.
I want to go out and play,
let's go riding in a sleigh.
Now to stop at the big buffet,...
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Categories:
water, bird, body, day, food,
Form: Monorhyme
Love
The sun starts it's day peeking over the blue horizon,
bright lights will shine on the blue sea.
What a way to welcome another a new day,
cool air surrounding you like a warm blanket....
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Categories:
water, beach, bird, blue, kiss,
Form: Free verse
Fullness in an empty mugDoes an empty jar weep? 6
Crying wine or water 6
My hollow bowl thirsty 6
You scream for wet matter 6
Yet you lie like a dry monk 7
Patiently waiting for me 7
Your mouth opened to be...
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Categories:
water, addiction, drink, hyperbole, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Along the Water's EdgeThe pond is the finest of mirrors, never showing exactly what is above, but converting it to a image so beautifully smudged and broken. The weeping willow, the soft clouds above, all become a Monet...
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Categories:
silence, water, winter,
Form: Haibun
WanamentWater is essential to everyone
All species need H2O to survive
No one can live without this weapon
A dehydrated lion will die in
Minutes without any type of liquid
Eternal God, I thank and glorify you
Nights and days for...
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Categories:
water, conflict, courage, independence day,
Form: Free verse
I'm not done with you yetTo be the ones to see that storm
Rage across the jungle
And witness the light arcing in flames
From sky to horizon
To feel the imminent thunder rumble
To the pads of your toes.
How close will it come?
At...
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Categories:
water, adventure, environment, light, rainforest,
Form: Free verse
Let's RhymeBeneath the sky, a mirror serene, the lake,
Rippling reflections, a dance for beauty's sake.
In dawn's embrace, the lake awakes,
A masterpiece, where serenity takes.
Sunset hues in a palette ablaze,
Painting the waters in a...
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Categories:
love, water,
Form: Monorhyme
Corner of the Bayou in New OrleansOld timers say there’s a corner of the bayou in New Orleans
Where booby footed pelicans and pink lovebirds are seen
in a totem made along with turtle who has a needle nose
and wildly colored chameleon who...
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Categories:
water,
Form: Rhyme
Ripples of the Deep in TimeI see how the Water walks with me
It, so much better flowing then I
Yet I, the better, more luckier...
For I can rise to the upper banks
That Water has not seen since the Spring-rains
They, gleefully raising...
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Categories:
water, dance, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
DrowningSuffocating
By my own hands.
Falling apart,
I’m my own demise.
When last did I breathe?
Why can’t I now?
Falling off
The edge of the cliff,
Failure to grasp
Onto something;
anything.
Beneath the water
I plunge,
Sinking down.
Should have learned
How to swim
When I had the...
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Categories:
water, dark, deep, emotions, fear,
Form: Free verse
ReplenishedAs I walk through the woods, I see darkness within.
Down by my feet is a discarded Dragon skin.
A Dragon whose body has grown to larger frame,
But the forest grows smaller and stays not the same.
The...
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Categories:
environment, fantasy, myth, water,
Form: Rhyme
Shine on
lighthouses... beacons
framed by murky water's depths...
truth's radiation...
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Categories:
light, truth, water,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Water Poems
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