Best Overland Poems
Below are the all-time best Overland poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of overland poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Last Train To AuschwitzIn nineteen forty four on the third of September
Is a date in my mind that I'll always remember
It was the date of the last train...
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Categories:
overland, abuse, death, evil, jewish,
Form:
Narrative
Westward Ho'In the 1600's, Europeans lived on the eastern shore
Their numbers grew, they wanted more.
Iroquios, Sauk, Ottawa, and Mohawk were tribes they met
Too many and more,...
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Categories:
overland, adventure, cowboy-western, history, native
Form:
Rhyme
G Grandfather Joe WhiteJOE WHITE
Back in 1880 you will find, Joe White he was about.
The Brumby runner master mind. Of this I'll leave no doubt.
He took from Mugan...
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Categories:
overland, adventurehome, day, green, home,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
overland, storm,
Form:
Sonnet
TransplanT
Aided by the wind,
entities take flight like prismatic colors-
talismanning chanced direction
"of...
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Categories:
overland, angel,
Form:
Rhyme
Tower of LondonConquering Normans in siege they lay
waste to all England
to pillage and slay.
William the Conqueror rode overland
with nobles and ladies
of high ranking band.
Surveying all territories with...
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Categories:
overland, england,
Form:
Rhyme
Lost/ Verschollen/ Desaparecido (Sentanka)A drought ridden land
And miles and miles yet to go
Into uncertainty
A dream lost in desert sands
All tracks of existance wiped out
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Ein ausgedörrtes Land
Und noch Meile...
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Categories:
overland, historylost, tree, lost, tree,
Form:
Tanka
A FugitiveA Fugitive
Bus Stop Overland Park, Kansas 7:35 PM
A furrowed brow and furtive eyes
that refuse to engage another,
striding quickly through the crowd
and putting people...
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Categories:
overland, destiny, identity, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Joe WhiteBack in 1880 you will find, Joe White he was about.
The brumby runner master mind. Of this I'll leave no doubt.
He took from Mugan station,...
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Categories:
overland, adventure, home, day, home,
Form:
Ballad
There Is Only the Sound of the Steam EscapingCity spreads out with a turned cold shoulder
so cold you begin to break apart
so empty, heat cannot keep warm
the silence so loaded.
you go back to...
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Categories:
overland, adventure, allegory, imagination, inspirational,
Form:
I do not know?
An Unwelcome Visitor In Soup CreekIn the saloon Tom, Jenna and Tania were talking about Christmas week
They wanted to spread some cheer for the good folks of Soup Creek...
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Categories:
overland, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
A Spicy LoveRosemary Thyme fell in love with
a spicy character who was Sweet Basil.
Her parents didn't Extractly like him,
because he Peppered them with Salty
words. So...
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Categories:
overland, fun,
Form:
Free verse
Greek George Allen 1828-1913Greek George Allen
1828-1913
Seegh no mee.
Ah, I see we have not been introduced.
Please, if you will, call me George, George Allen.
In life, I was a greek...
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Categories:
overland, history, , western,
Form:
Epitaph
Cornish SonnetJourney's end evades, ever evading
Pleasures trampled upon, beached, down wind
Though hopeful, lone strangers keep rescinding
Flights of wanton fancy bedazzle me
Hard facts in consequences I have...
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Categories:
overland, angst, how i feel,
Form:
Sonnet
The PearlShells wash up, on the shore,
Of textures and patterns - galore,
Embedded, in the sands of time,
As waves lap up, of a fresh...
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Categories:
overland, beach, creation,
Form:
Rhyme