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Best Poems From
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
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Filler
Sometimes I feel like Im
Just filling space
Like a poem
In someones newspaper
Glanced over with
Morning coffee
And a piece of toast
Hoping and praying
That somehow I dont
Wind up, crumpled and stained
On the bottom of
Some cats litter box.
(Previously published in The Short North Gazette, Summer 2007)
Laurence Overmire
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Fingers (senryu)
Quiet like a dream
fingers sliding down my back
a soft breath exhales
(Previously published in Poems Md, Apr 2008)
Laurence Overmire
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Fireside Flicker
The warmth of the fire
Makes me think of home
A place I once belonged
A time when dreams were
Still hanging on the mantle
Every Christmas Eve.
We were happy then werent we?
Before we understood
What was happening to us
All.
How could we see
In the soft pillow and blind of youth
The future would turn against us?
Warm fires were made
For moms and dads
Brothers and sisters
Hot chocolate and marshmallows
Quilts that wrap around lovers
The orange glow reflecting and reminding
An artificial light
The crack of broken wood
Leaving a stir of ash to wait
In silence
Till morning.
(Previously published in Joey And The Black Boots, #38, June 2002)
Laurence Overmire
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First Snow (haiku)
First snow
gentle *drop* from heaven
hands raised, eyes closed
Laurence Overmire
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