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Watering Hole Poems - Poems about Watering Hole


Premium Member African Watering Hole
African watering hole is a spiritually sacred spot there is an understood truce when the animals appear ancestral ancient spirits keep watch and peace over cranes, zebras, tigers, gulls and giraffes tigers, tigers, cobras and mosquitoes are welcome none would dare tear apart an animal here or give them malaria father lion is watching as is mother ape and brother python African...

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Categories: watering hole, animal,
Form: Free verse
Watering Hole
Apart from the worn stone-step where drunks still topple all has changed. Now a neon glow backlights a plasticized fascia. In the in the parking lot two blonds face-off. one has extra-large ear bangles, and she rattles like a Zulu warrior, fingers stabbing through cuss-words. Youths shout over the clomping-thump of their car radios. I used to come here often I explain to my incredulous wife. “Good...

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Categories: watering hole, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Nineteenth Hole
golf's nineteenth hole is damn fascinat'in a watering hole so calibrat'in recounting of the ground strokes fun handling balls behind oaks extra strokes make for success of dat'in 1.9.2020 Syllable count: 10,10,7,7,10 on PS counter...

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Categories: watering hole, betrayal, golf,
Form: Limerick
Giraffe At the Watering Hole
Giraffe at the watering hole She splays her forelegs one at a time levering, leaving dignity behind, easing down to a half sideways split; then bends to drink, hoping no lion arrives blood-blushing head rush up...

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Categories: watering hole, africa, animal,
Form: Nonet
The Watering Hole
How long must I travel down this dusty road Till I find my own watering hole It feels like its been a long, long time Since I got a chance to rest my weary soul I've carried this load for a long, long time So I feel like I can't go on I really need to see that watering hole Just to...

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Categories: watering hole, life, peace, time,
Form: Free verse




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