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The River Collection
Rhyming Poetry and Haiku About Rivers
The Collection
“The River Collection” is a short anthology of poems I have written about rivers, which is one of the most popular ‘nature” subjects (along with trees) for poets and writers. In the first poem The River Knows and also The River’s Flow I attempted to imitate the style of famed Irish poet Seamus Heaney. This wasn’t that easy because his form, rhyme scheme (or not), and meter changes from poem to poem. So, I chose one of his works The Harvest Bow and used it for my inspiration.
“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”
- Emma Smith
The River Knows
Strolling by the river, risks are fraught,
Your demeanour indicated deeper thought.
I took your hand, but your response was slow
Just like the water’s rippling flow.
Words were tangled, bitter in my throat
And conversation started by you, nought.
Is it so long ago I saw you swoon?
We sat as lovers staring at the moon
Exchanging words of love, was it a dream?
Now tongue-tied both, the only sound the stream.
Our sad discomfort…
