Best Overdone Poems
Midnight Raven: a Splendidly Overdone PoemThe midnight raven does not chatter.
He screeches and waits
upon the gallows for a hanged man’s eye
-a tasty morsel for a daemon.
For a raven is a fine gentleman
who feasts only on the foulest carrion.
This feathered fiend who lurks
pays no heed to the Holy.
He would sit upon...
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Categories:
overdone, dark, death, fear, horror,
Form:
Blank verse
OverdoneAre
you going
to the circus?
Is never a good line
to use when she
asks how her
make-up
looks...
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Categories:
overdone, funny,
Form:
Shape
OverdoneSurrender to be free
Shut your eyes to see
Saying yes to hear no
Finding love by letting go
Being fast for a slow burn
Satisfy to always yearn
Whisper low high scream
Waking into a daydream
Being first for last place
Losing to win the race
Asking why when you know
Falling up through a...
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Categories:
overdone, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
OverdoneI guess it’s good to look unique
Or have a special glow,
But when one’s face makes her a freak,
It’s something she should know.
Like Michael Jackson in his prime
Who couldn’t see the truth,
The “tanning mom” has wasted time
To get back to her youth.
Forget about her kid for...
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Categories:
overdone, people,
Form:
Rhyme