Best Water Poems
Below are the all-time best Water poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of water poems written by PoetrySoup members
She Touched the WaterShe Touched The Water
My muse
touched the waters
of a spring fed river
She had a special gift to deliver
Releasing the inspiration
from deep within her
She said “...
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Categories:
water, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Lonely Leaf In the Water
I watched it fall
In spiralling flight
This browned yellow leaf
A saddened sight
For not long ago
It was alive and so green
In a canopy of cover
Above the stream
I...
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Categories:
nature, sea, water,
Form:
Rhyme
The Shape of WaterSo much to know, so little time to learn
To think of all the unsolved mysteries
Still trying to understand all that we know
How sad, most go...
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Categories:
water, environment, life, perspective, planet,
Form:
Free verse
Ocean WhispersOcean Whispers
I sit on shore by windswept seas
and feel the vibrant ocean breeze
As waves cascade upon the sand
...
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Categories:
moon, ocean, sea, water,
Form:
Couplet
Crying RiverCrying River (The Untold Ballad)
Undercover waters of rain dash
Cold children, no smiling splash
Tragic sobs, epic force of the mountain rain
Beautiful as it may seem...
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Categories:
water, beautiful, cry, deep, freedom,
Form:
Ballad
Frozen NooseAnxiety (The Worst Noose In Town)
-- like flooding waters, creeping in
I count 30, seconds, holding my breath again
Drowning in agitation, overwhelmed by...
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Categories:
water, angst, anxiety, conflict, crazy,
Form:
Epic
African Anthologywalking gracefully
with a pendulum movement ~
a herd of giraffes
the mass migration
crocodiles at the river~
food for the taking
gazelles are running ...
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Categories:
africa, animal, nature, water,
Form:
Haiku
The Narwhal Song~The Narwhal Beckons Before Dawn~
If I could sing a song,
It wouldn't be just any song.
I would...
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Categories:
water, abuse, character, dance, deep,
Form:
Alliteration
Love Becomes An OceanBarefoot we spend our time in spring,
Just giggling kids - how sweet the dream
When we, in love are blossoming.
We splash inside a cool fresh stream.
Our...
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Categories:
love, water,
Form:
Lyric
Waves - PotwEtheree 10- 12-23
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Waves ~
Waves
Glide in
On white wings,
Fleecy whitecaps
Flutter in rhythmic
Rhapsodies of seafoam
Swell across the naked sands
Hypnotic serpentines slow dance
Surges of rising tides bear spindrift
To sparkle...
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Categories:
ocean, water,
Form:
Etheree
Pass the Light House~ CALYPSO ~
Odyssey of the open ocean
Eclipsing the performance of Heaven's delight
A beautiful name whispered along the night
Calypso enhanced with enchanted lullabies...
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Categories:
water, adventure, beauty, desire, journey,
Form:
Alliteration
Gone ForeverHere I sit amongst the long grasses and the reed,
in a solitary place, where my breath is freed,
on an Indian Summer's evening on the lake...
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Categories:
water, autumn, nature, sky, summer,
Form:
Rhyme
Waterfallcascading
sheets of silver water
spill incessantly into the lake
thundering
beauty before our eyes
beckons us to bathe in radiance
lost in froth
we find ourselves engulfed
by nature’s pulse, shimmering...
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Categories:
romance, water,
Form:
Verse
Can You Spare a TeardropI cried for so long, so many nights,
and now no more tears can drop,
I'm all out, do you have some to spare,
cause you know once...
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Categories:
water, cry, emotions, feelings, how
Form:
Quatrain
Silver Waves Upon the ShorePushed there for a thousand years
and will be for a thousand more,
pushed there by the gentle winds
the silver waves upon the shore.
Ancient trees who watched...
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Categories:
water, death, life, nature, sunset,
Form:
Quatrain