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Best Overburdened Poems

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Premium Member The Earth As It Is
These are the times
I sit and ponder at the beauty of it all,
amazed at the bounty of my blessings
Overburdened with foolish reminiscing
For the time has...

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Categories: overburdened, animal, appreciation, beauty, blessing,
Form: Free verse



Fatherless Child
There once was a day I would watch every airplane.
Praying you was on it to come take me away.
As a child I wanted you around...

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Categories: overburdened, childhood, daughter, depression, faith,
Form: Light Verse
Eleventh, March
A sigh escapes still, immune to overt silence, unabashed...justified
Another teardrop enters the infinite pool of resilience, uplifting...reinforcing
   Another hand empathizes--
   ...

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Categories: overburdened, dedication, hope, tribute, universe,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Woman's Place Is In the Home
Gee, how we blame our culture for starting this!
Oh, how ignorant can we be!
We blame men as evil and macho?
Yet we drooled when younger over...

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Categories: overburdened, america, family, home, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Sad Thought Came To Brain
Sad Thought Came To Brain

Found this sad thought on my brain;
Effort to find good priest was in vein;
We pulled off shelf;
Loves hearing self;
Listening to his...

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Categories: overburdened, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Scribe Under Fire
Scribe Under Fire

The wall had been there for an eternity
	
	closing gaps of time and sacred places

		field stones memories and gentle caress


Hans could not write any...

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Categories: overburdened, courage,
Form: Free verse
May God Guide My Faith
I desire to live a pain free life,
I'm ever expectant for a brighter day,
So I put my hope in goodness alone. 
I concentrate so much...

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Categories: overburdened, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It wasn't all that long ago, The State of the Union
It wasn't all that long ago when covid
choked the world with it's grasp.
People became anxious, some belligerent, when
asked to merely mask.
While others stock piled toilet...

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Categories: overburdened, america, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Cascade Adventures - Part 1
It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. Been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals, having to...

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Categories: overburdened, adventure, friend, mountains, nature,
Form: Haibun
A Tribute To Police Officer
Each day is a new day for the Police 
Looking around protecting and serving the public
 With a smile and politeness
They guard us from deadly...

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Categories: overburdened, patriotic, drug, integrity,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Premium Member Cascade Adventures --- Pt 1
It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. I've been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals and...

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Categories: overburdened, adventure, beauty, childhood, confidence,
Form: Haibun
Do You Like Me
Sometimes I sit and wonder
What you see in me.
I’m not always the nicest guy around: 
Do you just choose not to see?

I don’t always say...

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Categories: overburdened, anxiety, feelings, introspection, relationship,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Couldest Thou Not Tarry
Couldest Thou Not Tarry

As I think of the night that Jesus suffered
and the disciples He chose to pray by His side….
but they lay sleeping while...

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Categories: overburdened, absence, devotion, relationship,
Form: Free verse
How Selfish
All for one
None for all
A house of cards that will
Bring about a great fall

Only a select few
Can spellbound the masses
Becoming Kings and Queens
With illegitimate claims...

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Categories: overburdened, social, society,
Form: Free verse
Eight Men Who Are Doing Quite Well
A notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to...

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Categories: overburdened, money,
Form: Prose

Book: Reflection on the Important Things