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Best Overseen Poems

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


Asian Epicurean Quest
Asian Epicurean Quest

At the heart of China Town, Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia) is Petaling Street.
  
Domain of hustlers, hucksters, cheap-jacks and diblers; purveyors...

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Categories: overseen, food,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member A Quiet Evening
a quiet evening
overseen by brilliant moon
listen to your heart

beautiful silence 
where fireflies light your way
your soul relaxes...

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Categories: overseen, night,
Form: Free verse
To the Lost Love
History runs deep, and it’s too late to rewrite
We were gasoline soul mates — friction ignites. 
With persistent anger that destroys my virtue
Sharpened tongue, time-thickened...

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Categories: overseen, break up, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Sonnet
Terminal Cancer
Cancer it breaks cancer it takes
It erodes and corrodes body and soul
Lingers and takes hold  cant be stopped or controlled
Terminal is with an apparent...

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Categories: overseen, cancer,
Form: Rhyme
Words
That an oral tradition has had such a lasting impact on humanity is astonishing.
Since they first came out of the mouths of people, 
they have...

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Categories: overseen, america, bible, discrimination, religious,
Form: Free verse



What Have You Done To Me
Oh what have you done to me,
A city built in the name of Christ.

When an earthquake struck,
Destroying all my pretty clothing
And shaking  the flesh...

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Categories: overseen, abuse, betrayal, bullying, business,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 37
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 36

All day long we kill to keep the home clean
Insecticides aerosols rat poison
The killer instinct makes us bold...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overseen, metaphor, patriotic, political, violence,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member A Sailor Lost
Oh Sleepless night oh Glory be
The stealth of nature burdens thee
As winter washes o'er the stones
Your cold caress doth sear my bones
An unfurled sail on...

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Categories: overseen, death, god, loneliness, natural
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A First Date
‘Twas a mellow evening overseen by a crescent moon
A ludic breeze playfully lurking above miles of glittery sand
A zillion stars out in full bloom commemorating...

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Categories: overseen, cute love, relationship, remember,
Form: Sonnet
Carla, the Orphan Heiress--From the Secret of Ravelston, a Novel
This brief discourse may seem by all means fantastic, 
but it was true.  
This young woman, once, 
at the tender age of twelve, 
was...

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Categories: overseen, satire,
Form: Free verse
Cementerio
I've heard it said that if all the people 
who ever lived and died, were buried together, 
it would fill the size of Spain.

No gazpacho,...

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© Goode Guy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overseen, death, introspection, life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Under Starry Skies
Luscious night overseen by crescent moon
Playful ludic breeze toys with miles of sand
A zillion stars out in full bloom this June
T'was yesteryear nervous you took...

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Categories: overseen, destiny, june, love, night,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Singing Memories My Annual Birthday Poem
*** SINGING MEMORIES ***

“Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Hard times, come again no more.” **

A memory came flying through to me this...

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Categories: overseen, friendship, guitar, imagery, memory,
Form: Prose Poetry
Venus In Libra
Make the scales balance
Venus in Libra
The realm of crashing waves of cardinal qualities
Rising elements of Vim and Vigor
A zest of love and life filling individuals
The...

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Categories: overseen, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sunday Funnies I
Monoku Series: General Hospital

i had a brain mri last month
    as expected, they found nothing

i asked could i do my own anesthetic
...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overseen, health, humor,
Form: Monoku

Book: Shattered Sighs