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Best Poems From
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
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Illuminata
The lanterns are lit
Thousands circle, drums beating
Fire dancing on the river waves of darkness
We gather in colors of rainbow night
Our tears still welled within the eyes
Passing along, one hand to another
Our procession bridges
Bank upon bank of feeling
This hope for peace
We claim
Ourselves committed
The black and white yellow red of our
Collected conscience we
Make this place our
Blazoning torch
Freedom in the flame
Constantly burning.
(Previously published in Honor and Remembrance, Indelible Mark Publishing,2007. Note: Illuminata was the name given to a community event that took place in Portland, OR, shortly after 9/11.)
Laurence Overmire
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Imprisoned
Inside that prison are horrible, unfeeling men.
That there? That? Thats a prison?
The inmates all look the same and wear the same clothes. And they think the same, too.
You mean thisthis building here you mean?
How many lives have they ruined with their dirty deeds, just to satisfy their own petty desires of greed and lust. And, worst of all, they laugh and cackle as they watch their victims squirm in agony.
But that theres the IRS.
Exactly.
(Previously published in Superior Poetry News, Spring '99, vol 5, No.1)
Laurence Overmire
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In a Poet's Eye
is the reflection
the image of a ghost
haunted by life
love-lorn romantic
the heart cut open
exposed
the flesh peeled away
in layers
words fall
drifting silently
the sad and bitter tears
of a lost embrace
(Previously published in Bardo Burner, Jan 2000, no.12)
Laurence Overmire
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In a tiny room
the dust upon the floor
a cache of broken curios
tables cluttered clean
my life tumbled here about me
years have dripped across the walls
and pools of wasted seconds
stain the carpet and the tile
no sound can shatter silence
the dreams are buried here
do not disturb the dead
a tiny room
my tomb.
(Previously published in Rustlings of the Wind, Spring 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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