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Best Overload Poems

Below are the all-time best Overload poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of overload poems written by PoetrySoup members


Olfactory Overload
It was a sultry summer eve
When what did my nostrils breathe?
Methane with a touch of green grass
Permeating across the room
Look to the right and look...

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Categories: overload, funny, pets
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Slow Hand - An Erotic Romance
Walking past each other and just by chance
My heart skips a beat and my knees turn weak
Your eyes lock with mine in a fleeting glance
In...

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Categories: overload, lost love, lust, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Peach Tree
They would ripen all at once
under a hot sun and hang
in a sugary glut only for a day 
or two before starting to spoil. 
I...

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Categories: overload, child, god, nostalgia, sin,
Form: Free verse
A Day In School, Thru Autistic Eyes
alarm goes off*
I sit straight up startled and scared
Just my alarm, I hit the button
Get up and go to the bathroom
I brush my teeth with...

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Categories: overload, child, childhood, emotions, feelings,
Form: Narrative
This Is My Anxiety
Falling asleep to illogical thoughts.
Seeing red or nothing but spots.
Heart racing toward the finish line.
Can't seem to catch that breath of mine.
A whooshing roar inside...

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Categories: overload, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Chocolate Blues
Ive got the chocolate blues tonight
It is completely driving me mad
I hear chocolate shouting my name
l want it soooo bad

I can smell it , l...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overload, chocolate, fun, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Unarmed
Why am I here
Sending words out into the universe
Disregarding or abiding by poetic rules
Being judged or discarded
What would I lose if I disappeared
I have a...

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Categories: overload, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Urban Jungle
The Urban Jungle
Where trees once stood, oh so proud
Now a tower, hosts a crowd
In a place, where water flowed
Now a lawn freshly mowed
Once a cry...

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© Roger Page  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overload,
Form: Rhyme
Aspie
1—Milieu

Unique construction of body and mind
My niche in human pack not quickly found 
Raw young heart of a curious design
The empty mirrors for my soul...

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Categories: overload, emotions, growing up, introspection,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member The Fairy Ring and Dragon
Dragon found a Fairy Ring and quickly jumped inside! Heaven Forbid!
Dancing round and round, he suddenly disappeared. Yes! He surely did!
As he disappeared I knew...

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Categories: overload, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Halo
The music video is more or less a continuation to the poem. So please play it when cued in the poem text and continue enjoying...

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Categories: overload, depression, drink, inspirational, love,
Form: Rhyme
A Soul Awakened
Eyes locked on each other, in dreamlike state
Deciding to meet again, we did not hesitate
Time could not erase, even though we were apart
The promise to...

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Categories: overload, hope, love,
Form: Rhyme
Too Tired
Blurry thoughts, hurried thoughts, they need to settle down. 
Too tired to move, to worn out to groove, I'm frustrated all around. 
Crazy voice, I...

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© Ct Duet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overload, how i feel, sleep,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Christmas Eve At Santa's Workshop
The North Pole looks so pretty like a winter fairy land
It is Christmas Eve and everyone must lend a hand

Frosty the snowman is busy having...

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Categories: overload, christmas, children, fun, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Our Last Night
For Timothy Lee, the Best of Me



Since our first night, I have dreaded the last,
thus my passion tightly fashioned clasp.

You are my one safe harbor,...

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Categories: overload, desire, heartbreak, i love
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs