Lily Water Poems
These Lily Water poems are examples of Water poems about Lily. These are the best examples of Water Lily poems written by international poets.
Bride of Living WaterBe the bride that loves him
In living water we learn to swim
Bouquet of lily of the valley
A bridegroom’s gift has he
The ones with hurts in...
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Categories:
water, hope, jesus, prayer,
Pablo Neruda: English translation of 'Machu Picchu'The Heights of Machu Picchu, Canto VIII
by Pablo Neruda
translation by Michael R. Burch
Ascend with me, my American love!
Let’s kiss these mysterious stones together!
The Urubamba’s torrential...
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Categories:
water, america, earth, kiss, life,
Still-life:Water Lilies
On placid waters of the reflecting pool,
petals fully open as in a gesture of silent
imploring, surrounded by a world
of shimmering reflections.
Small red...
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Categories:
water, imagery,
Child born from water and fireI witnessed a body lying
On the dead earth while formless and dismal
A mire swollen and dying
From this body arose a child so...
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Categories:
water, birth, change, child, death,
Dark Waters
Emotional Burdens Set Sail on Dark Waters Lagoon
Adrift, Under the Soft Light of the Waxing Crescent Moon
Subtle the Reflection, the Tapered Lunar
Gently Glistened Dark and...
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Categories:
emotions, water,
When music shall ensueThe step-well water gets when clean
And lilies then blossom therein,
In drones when bees come to lilies,
Ah, music shall madden the bees,
(And me by their maddening...
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Categories:
music, water,
The Maiden Lay in the Wilds: TranslationThese are modern English translations of ancient Middle English poems.
The Maiden Lay in the Wilds
circa the 14th century
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The maiden...
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Categories:
water, drink, heart, night, passion,
lily padthe calm silent pond
with floating lily pads
awaits frogs next jump...
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Categories:
water,
Sitting Alone - ponderingSitting alone on a lily pad
Awaiting my next breakfast insect
I ponder my purpose
Two hundred and seventeen mosquitoes
Sixteen horse flies…one spider
And a scolding from a swan
I...
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Categories:
life, water,
OpheliaPOEMS ABOUT OPHELIA
Ophélie (“Ophelia”)
by Arthur Rimbaud
translation by Michael R. Burch
On pitiless black waves unsinking stars abide
while pale Ophelia, a lethargic lily, drifts by.
Here, tangled in...
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Categories:
water, betrayal, death, lost love,
Rock and WaterInterview With a Rock
I was conceived in the warm haven of a mother’s womb. Developing, growing, morphing through the epochs of...
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Categories:
water, 12th grade,
Lily padThere’s life here still
somewhere below the surface.
I dip under lily pads,
delve hands into reeds.
Down in the sludge, shimmering sunlight
illuminates what once thought lost....
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Categories:
water, analogy,
Water LilyWeeping willow creeping there
Amber light from melodic moon
Take a fuchsia flower for hair
Emerald embrace as love bloom
Romantic rose petals on blanket
Laid so beautifully
Indigo kiss...
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Categories:
water, appreciation, art, love,
Water Lily FairyFloating magical fairy upon a water lily,
Blessing all of the living beings deep within a pond,
Casting spells of rejuvenation with flickerings of her wand....
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Categories:
water, fairy, fantasy, flower, imagery,
Haiku-Tanka-Senryu
Silent pond water,
A frog springs off a lily,
The ripples recede.
The passing of time,
A drifting piece of plastic,
They gather many.
The dirty ditch of water,
Ignored by...
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Categories:
water, 7th grade, environment, nature,