River Poems
#river
River poems, poetry about rivers, lakes, streams, canals and brooks. Poems about the waterways which lead to the sea, including the nature and wildlife found in and around rivers and lakes. Also, poems about small river boats, fishing and the beauty of the countryside and the waterfront.
BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
6th Jul 2020 6:07pm
6th Jul 2020 6:07pm
Acid Dreams
My dreams are eroding my sense of self
Who am I? Where do I go from here?
I dream of a life that was mine, but not mine
It was my soul, but definitely not my body
And there was your soul, but not your body
Swimming in colors, tie dye galaxies
Swirling and embracing me tightly
Your hands, no... Their hands?
Are souls what make us... Us?
If it isn't why am I dreaming of a life
Where we had different bodies, different paths then this one
Where we loved against all the odds
Lava lamp summer, wine made in tubs
Trees all around,...
Who am I? Where do I go from here?
I dream of a life that was mine, but not mine
It was my soul, but definitely not my body
And there was your soul, but not your body
Swimming in colors, tie dye galaxies
Swirling and embracing me tightly
Your hands, no... Their hands?
Are souls what make us... Us?
If it isn't why am I dreaming of a life
Where we had different bodies, different paths then this one
Where we loved against all the odds
Lava lamp summer, wine made in tubs
Trees all around,...
#ILoveYou
#river
#rebirth
#magic
#curse
53 reads
2 Comments
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
30th Jun 2020 1:24pm
30th Jun 2020 1:24pm
Rockhollow Series: Beyond the gate in June
Beyond the gate in June
Enchanted, I watch the rain and a Jay
pecking lifeblood from the weak. It calls
on open air, a croak -
shell collapses, cracking.
Litter under more rain.
We walk to waterside
and stare out
at mizzly tides,
bobbing boats
owned by men who'll plague them come warmer weather.
You lift rocks
where seaweed roots and I
collect a crab in my sand-tanned hands
so you can look at something sharper
and watch it slip away.
The swans swan in on lazy instream, ...
Enchanted, I watch the rain and a Jay
pecking lifeblood from the weak. It calls
on open air, a croak -
shell collapses, cracking.
Litter under more rain.
We walk to waterside
and stare out
at mizzly tides,
bobbing boats
owned by men who'll plague them come warmer weather.
You lift rocks
where seaweed roots and I
collect a crab in my sand-tanned hands
so you can look at something sharper
and watch it slip away.
The swans swan in on lazy instream, ...
#river
#nature
#freedom
69 reads
10 Comments
FATBOY300PLUS
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2020 5:40pm
2nd Jun 2020 5:40pm
Only When the Rain Falls on Your Head
To the ears of the unhearing
Screams go unheard
Unnoticed
Like a whisper in a whirlwind
Only when the tornado removes the roof of the pampered and privileged
And only as torrents fall upon and tarnish a closet full of Armani's finest
and rain ruins that $400 hairdo
Will those who look away
Finally look at what was happening all around them all along
As the water rises higher inside the walls of a now roofless bowl that was once an impenetrable fortress
We,
who have learned to swim the raging rivers,
shall see if that...
Screams go unheard
Unnoticed
Like a whisper in a whirlwind
Only when the tornado removes the roof of the pampered and privileged
And only as torrents fall upon and tarnish a closet full of Armani's finest
and rain ruins that $400 hairdo
Will those who look away
Finally look at what was happening all around them all along
As the water rises higher inside the walls of a now roofless bowl that was once an impenetrable fortress
We,
who have learned to swim the raging rivers,
shall see if that...
#river
#tragedy
57 reads
2 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
24th May 2020 8:53pm
24th May 2020 8:53pm
ALL RIVERS FLOW
Ocean is calling
Pulling itself out of me
Thru glazed, awestruck eyes
Pulling itself out of me
Thru glazed, awestruck eyes
#river
#sea
#senryu #emotional
#senryu #emotional
51 reads
8 Comments
jmm7
kill me now
kill me now
Poem Published
22nd May 2020 9:54pm
22nd May 2020 9:54pm
ledge of liquescence
tendrils of thought take
me down cataracts as I
rest in entropy
me down cataracts as I
rest in entropy
#river
#water
#nature #SelfReflection
#nature #SelfReflection
59 reads
4 Comments
Stoney223
Poem Published
20th May 2020 12:37pm
20th May 2020 12:37pm
A RECLUSIVE ESCAPE
Here within this moment of solitude far away from the rhythmic noises, from the depth of the world with its systematic theology system of control. I can relate to the very existences of my mind and heart, as my mind becomes relax from the tension and anxiety and madness desperately needing an escape. For even my heart has become an beating drum breathing life back into me, as I inhale and exhale this untouched atmosphere not touched by mankind, as the true beauty shines through the illumination through rays of the golden sun peeking through the trees. For it is here beyond those peeking eyes...
#trees
#river
#sun
#sky
#water
93 reads
8 Comments
Leobormish
Poem Published
16th May 2020 1:54pm
16th May 2020 1:54pm
Dangling Above the River Thames
#river
#StreamOfConsciousness
62 reads
3 Comments
Graham
Poem Published
10th May 2020 11:42pm
10th May 2020 11:42pm
Tigris and Euphrates
My mind falls upon the timeless Tigris.
From her mountain source she flows,
Along her path written in the sands of destiny.
Passing the forgotten cities of Babylon,
No heed is paid by her endless meander.
Vaguely she flows through time,
Sweeping with her the secrets of the City of Wisdom.
The ghosts of Umayyads and Abbassids drink from her still.
Her sapphire sister, the maiden Euphrates,
Keeps course along her own destined way.
The gem of Sumer,
Gilgamesh himself still bows his head to her fate.
From silks and gold,
She...
From her mountain source she flows,
Along her path written in the sands of destiny.
Passing the forgotten cities of Babylon,
No heed is paid by her endless meander.
Vaguely she flows through time,
Sweeping with her the secrets of the City of Wisdom.
The ghosts of Umayyads and Abbassids drink from her still.
Her sapphire sister, the maiden Euphrates,
Keeps course along her own destined way.
The gem of Sumer,
Gilgamesh himself still bows his head to her fate.
From silks and gold,
She...
#river
#fate
#historical
44 reads
1 Comment
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 00:14am
4th Apr 2020 00:14am
the city was never so quiet
the lapping of the river against the
embankment was all I
heard later this might carry on for a
while ..
embankment was all I
heard later this might carry on for a
while ..
#river
72 reads
12 Comments
PittinixDesigns
Poem Published
13th Mar 2020 2:26am
13th Mar 2020 2:26am
A Poem of Love
I wrote this poem of love for you late last night.
Please listen attentively while I recite from my heart:
The shade of your tempting lips is pink like flamingos.
No eyes are as beautiful as yours in the moonlight.
Your cheeks resemble the blossoms of an apple tree.
And your love blooms like the wild lilies of the fields.
Baby, I sincerely meant it when I told you I love you.
And this feeling inside me gets stronger every day.
We belong together like a gam of whales in the ocean.
I would be a king if you proudly wear my...
Please listen attentively while I recite from my heart:
The shade of your tempting lips is pink like flamingos.
No eyes are as beautiful as yours in the moonlight.
Your cheeks resemble the blossoms of an apple tree.
And your love blooms like the wild lilies of the fields.
Baby, I sincerely meant it when I told you I love you.
And this feeling inside me gets stronger every day.
We belong together like a gam of whales in the ocean.
I would be a king if you proudly wear my...
#love
#river
#flowers
#nature
#mountains
80 reads
0 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
5th Jan 2020 7:24pm
5th Jan 2020 7:24pm
BATTERING RAM
I am the wood
that floats down the stream
to entangle myself
and bump
bump
bump
against you
again
and
again
that floats down the stream
to entangle myself
and bump
bump
bump
against you
again
and
again
#river
#nature
#sensual
138 reads
0 Comments
Joshuaberry
Ancestor
Ancestor
Poem Published
5th Jan 2020 12:29pm
5th Jan 2020 12:29pm
Contract Into Catastrophe
yawning yucks vying
salient sin scrunching
felon feast fiddling
feigning fostered feeling
sorrow met laughter
twain callous criminals
curvy court clutched
sumptuous shriek sucked
lurching la-de-da lust
eerie end amputating
drooling desires dangling
met mystic melody
severed smithereens smirking
contract into catastrophe.
20:01:05:10:45
salient sin scrunching
felon feast fiddling
feigning fostered feeling
sorrow met laughter
twain callous criminals
curvy court clutched
sumptuous shriek sucked
lurching la-de-da lust
eerie end amputating
drooling desires dangling
met mystic melody
severed smithereens smirking
contract into catastrophe.
20:01:05:10:45
#river
#beach
86 reads
0 Comments
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