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River~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
river full of waves
flowing down the mountainside
the great fish highway...
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Categories:
fish, river,
Form: Haiku
Where The River CriesThe poet hears the river’s cry
In the flow of waters going by
Ebb and flow, calm and storm
The poet finds the river’s form
In verse – in words that soothe and lift
The river’s wound the water shifts...
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Categories:
metaphor, poetry, poets, river,
Form: Couplet
River's Magic
I learned to love the river
waves lapping ‘neath our boat
Glint of sun set the scene a-sparkle
as over the waters we’d float
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Categories:
river, father son, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
light, river, water,
Form: Haiku
Revelation
All morning
the river wore a thick fog
along its length, until
a great looming shape emerged,
tall, gliding almost soundlessly
towards me, becoming the bow
of a ship parting the fog,
escorted by two tug boats
churning the...
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Categories:
boat, morning, river,
Form: Free verse
Gander through timeLuminous miscellaneous adorn my crown,
Frills and strawberries,
Thorny circlet dusted with a light layer of twinkle,
As my eyes hysteric with confusion
muse on this loss.
I gather the lumps of loaf
crossing the border of...
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Categories:
river, 11th grade, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Wild RiceBeneath the Wolf’s breath,
rocks cradle my resting form.
Wild rice sways, whispers—
nature's soft secrets unfurl,
beauty bathed in dawn's light.
Note: Wild rice growing at mouth of Wolf River in Wisconsin on Menominee Indian Reservation....
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Categories:
native american, nature, river,
Form: Tanka
Two Streams that ConvergeTwo streams that converge
And flow inextricably
Are like two lovers
Meandering about who meet -
Not knowing anything of what
They were missing before
But now having full sight
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Categories:
analogy, love, river,
Form: Rhyme
Where Rivers FlowSee upper reaches
The rivers look more the same
Through course flows to sea....
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Categories:
death, retirement, river, sea,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
beauty, river, water,
Form: Senryu
SpringRiver gently flow
Soothing soul and calming heart
Serenity found
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Categories:
blessing, happy, river, uplifting,
Form: Senryu
After the FloodsAfter the floods have washed away life
hopes and dreams gone with each wave
sitting now by a once-small creek, rife
with catfish we never thought to save
which, though river, now also a grave
How can life itself be...
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Categories:
anxiety, future, river,
Form: Quintain (English)
Through a Break in the TreesThrough a break in the trees
Flows a tawny river
Sanding the rock endlessly
As a peerless carver.
The jungle is not seen
In the murky water's face.
The skies do not...
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Categories:
africa, peace, river,
Form: Rhyme
White Kissamazing white kiss
the sky and river meeting
a light turquoise shade...
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Categories:
adventure, kiss, river, sky,
Form: Haiku
Break on throughTake a battering ram to the other side
The recoil will do me harm
A knife and spoon will suffice
Break the gates violently with arms
It will seal itself again and entice
It will swallow my body with charms
It...
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Categories:
river, addiction, extended metaphor, god,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of River Poems
Definition | What is River in Poetry?
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