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Best Poems From
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
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Word to the Latecomer
Lifes too short
Not to start
On time
If your coming
Is not worthy of keeping
To the minute
Then do us a favor
Stay where you are and
Let the rest of us
Proceed
Before the date
Too late, expires.
(Previously published in The Short North Gazette, July 2001)
Laurence Overmire
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546.
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Words
Words have no meaning in the language of the heart
No sound
No syllable
No lettered thought
Can express the something
That dwells within the mirrored maze
Of human feeling
Only a touch
A look
A silent tear
Tells all
That can be told.
(Previously published by Stroll of Poets Society, July 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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Zen and the Art of Doodling
If I take the time
To sit and write
Something comes out
Surprisingly, of value
Perhaps too
If I take the time
To sit and live
Something will come out
Inevitably, of value.
(Previously published in The Short North Gazette, Spring 2002)
Laurence Overmire
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548.
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Zip-Locked
Denial
is the plastic I wrap around my heart
to protect it from freezer-burn.
(Previously published in Thorny Locust, Vol.7, No.3/4)
Laurence Overmire
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