Best Overrun Poems

I walk along the old familiar path in the wood of my childhood -
the place that I willingly abandoned  
for the lure of new...

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All this hyped up glam and glitz
  giggly girls break down in fits
    these mascara clad boys devoid of wits
The shallower...

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America, trillions in debt
gives to many nations!
Alas, what for, we are seen
as a selfish nation?

Homeless populate the streets 
of LA.(thanks to governor Newsom)!
Yet don't you...

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why i write

I sit here now and think about today,
Tomorrow and yesterday.
The choices I have made both good and bad,
The one that made me happy...

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I roll along a dark ledge
Teetering between yesterday and oblivion
Contemplating one final sin
My ultimate act of inner hate
Do I have a choice or is it...

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Tobruk  Siege

Rommel of the Blitzkrieg 
had Europe overcome
With the Stukas and dive bombing
And the Tanks that overrun

North Africka would see his tanks
il Duce’s troops...

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"Sing to me, Muse, of the wrath of Achilles." - Iliad, Line 1

Western dreams were born in wrath,
Overmastering all the noble aims of reason.
The bloom...

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The line of people out the door.
The queue that snaked around the floor.
The building's sleek art deco style.
The carpets' faded plush red pile.

The "Coming Soon"...

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A grand display the way she plays 
      the game of love to hearts’ dismay;
   with shrewd foreplay...

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Love Revisited

He welcomed the somber silence,
and cursed the torpid time that had passed
since his last visit.
Invasive weeds had overrun the place:
Colorful weeds ‘tis true
strange purples,...

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Abaft the beam the aberration spun
Below the turbid surface like a pearl
Commanding all attentions, overrun

Dissolving as colloidal midst the swirl
Encircled tons of matter as dissolved
Fierce...

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The sun is alive and all creatures are awake
Even the green leaves seem to be breathing
And the air is crisp and cool and pure 
Little...

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Where the antelope used to play is now shopping malls and plats.
Man in his insatiable greed has encroached upon its ancient habitats.
Not so very long...

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Overrun with covid
Overpowered with stress,
Obligation their aim
Otherwise our health spent,
Oxbridge to the rescue
Outlook fashions a smile
On the front line of hell.

 © Harry J Horsman...

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The Parting

Exodus 14

We stand sweating and thirsty by the shore
At the setting of Ra
A setting we’ve always anticipated
Bringing a glimpse of beauty to each day...

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