Best Overhang Poems

The young men sat, planted under the overhang
like the pansies and geraniums that surrounded them in boxes,
as the rain pelted the terra-cotta terrace.

The mountain air...

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apples overhang the orchard wall,
sun-kissed drapes now about to fall.

hedgerows ablaze with succulent sweets
will-power melts in a crumble


inspired by Constance's contest...

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"What is our life but a succession of preludes to 
an unknown song whose first word is surrender."

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 limerick 

There was a spring chicken named Brewster.
He was the school’s number one booster,
      but this spring he forward-sprang
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AUTUMN MOMENTS
			
Over the stubble ,
carrion crows---
the gamekeeper heads 
home for tea ;
apples overhang
the orchard wall;
drapes,about to fall
bright bonfire-coloured 
leaves aglow
overnight, 
the first heavy frost;
dahlia petals...

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When I get tired of the concrete and tar
there’s a place I can go, and not travel far,
that hasn’t been touched by progress at all;
nature...

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King Cephissus lured Liriope
.  To bathe and frolic in his stream
   Entrapping her she lost all hope
   His favours now...

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As I enter the old-growth forest,
silent shadows hush whispering leaves.
And quiet descends like a curtain,
suppressing sound within its tight weaves. 

A transformation slowly takes place,
from...

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You arrived on a splendid December day, as I recall.
I relived when we came home; I let out a large sigh.
I put my elbows on...

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In the wilderness of the greenest hills
   Where tall black trees 
Overhang the surroundings
   One finds the atmosphere
Like a person
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abominate, abhor, abuse, admonish, adumbrate, afflict, advance,
agitate, agonize, alcohol, announce, approach, awaken, bait, bark,
bawl, bedamn, bedevil, berate, betoken, bluster, bode, bother, break,
brew, browbeat, bully, caution,...

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Water, air, earth and fire,
they are all elements of life.
Secrets, lies and jealousy,
they are all creations of human nature.
Myths, legends and the common rumour,
they are...

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A doe and her mate
tempt the fates          
wind driven snow
what a delight...
new white blossoms
on barren bushes
over...

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A fly lands on the roof.
     A crow perched on the lawn.
     Drops fall from the sky
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Up and wide awake at three AM
  some creature in the attic once again.
Running, tapping, chewing on the wood
  that can't be good.
I...

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