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Best Poems From
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
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Spring Flower
She tended her garden faithfully
With delicate fingers
Ripped his unsuspecting heart
Out
Like a weed.
(Previously published in Deep Underground, Sept.1999; Undertow, July 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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Stage Kiss
The spot created a golden moon
On black-dropped canvas
Glittering tinfoil stars dispersed the light
The dashing hero in doublet and tights
His belly reigned in a corset
Knelt slowly on the satin-looking plastic bedsheets
Leaned his tobacco lips
Down
To the waiting embrace
Of his cleverly-stuffed virgin-matron bride
Their mouths clamping together
For the obligatory five-count
Moving rhythmically for full dramatic effect.
The audience watched in rapture
Tears cascading down their cheeks.
As the curtain fell, the leading lady
Smiled endearingly at her handsome co-star
And whispered to her handmaiden through the clenched
Corner of her teeth,
Remind me never to work with this
Pompous blowhard ever again.
(Previously published in Kookamonga Square, July 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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Step Inside A Poem
Step inside a poem
With
Me
And see the world through someone elses eyes
Trip along the syllables
And taste the sweetness of the rhyme
The dripping of the consonants
Creates a music all its own
Thundering vowels and whirling images
Transcend our sleeping thoughts
The drums of the heart beat anew
And carry us far
Far
Far
To another place
And another time
And another way
Of being.
(Previously published in Webstatic, May 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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Stick It
I love pins
Long pins
Short pins
Skinny pins
Fat pins
All kinds of pins
Like little needles of truth
Perfect for puncturing lies
Release the air
Stale and dry
That holds us.
(Previously published in The Short North Gazette, Apr 2002)
Laurence Overmire
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