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Best Poems From
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
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Undone
That which he does best
He has no opportunity to do
Prospects barred in politics
Privileges of power
Beyond his control
Settling instead for
That which he CAN do
A secondary virtue
Not without merit
But fraught with the pain of
Knowing
Potentials never will be
Fulfilled
Expectations forever unmet
Disappointment always
In the unjust pursuit
Of happiness.
(Previously published in Red River Review, Nov 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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Unfinished Symphony
We were told somehow
Creation happened a
Long, long, time ago
But look around you
Each day brings
Things not seen or heard before
With each revolution of moon and star
The Creator is constantly
Sculpting new life out of the dust
New heavens to behold
Our world is a dream
Spinning on the potters wheel
Ever wondrous, sometimes frightening
But always, in process
Of becoming
More.
(Previously published in Smile Magazine, Fall 1999, no.25)
Laurence Overmire
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Unplugged
To be disconnected
Pulled from the wall of
Family relationship
Unable to fire electrons
Up and down thin
Conductors, no grounding
For a live wire
Spinning out of control
Lethal shock
Without warning
Unclaimed bodies
To litter a house
Built on unreasonable
Expectation.
(Previously published in Zinos.com, July 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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Urchin
Saxicoline creature in a house of
Stone, seaweed climbing up the walls of
Solitude, crabs moving sideways
In and out of crated rooms
The pits of sand growing deeper
By the hour
Waves crashing without remorse
For damage, though natural
Is quite unwonted in brine of
Festering wounds.
(Previously published in m.e.stubbs poetry journal, Vol.2, Issue 2, November 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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