Best Overzealous Poems

Falling from cloud 10 (a self rejection collaboration) 

King Mandalay!

Poet Destroyer, I want to tell you this 
My heart is not ready to sing
I will always seal my love to you with a final kiss
So you can always feel you were once my everything 
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Ride of the Scarecrow Clan

(To: Mittens) 

She was born in the corn on a cold misty morn,
the most beautiful cat on the farm.
(I must keep her from coming to harm!)
The most beautiful kitty inspired this ditty
with whiskers that whisper her charm,
wild white whiskers that whisper...

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Belligerent and irritated by almost any little thing
Insaneness all around me; craziness is what I bring
Psychosis is not the problem; the problem lies within
Overzealous personality; much absorption sinking in 
Liar, cheat and manipulator; trust you should not give
Ambition at its lowest; no longer wanting to...

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"Cocoon"

They say...
a New World 
traces over the old,
leaving the unaware,
erased, far behind 

the old unaware, 
left far behind,
crawls the walls
in its web of lies
spinning suspect 
strings of silk 
in the air

glistening diamond nets
slick and sticky with the sense 
of capturing a life 
drowning in teardrops
that...

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what ever is going on
in that joyful
little brain of yours

only six years old
and you’re brimming
with imagination
a vivacious fantasy world
in those big bright eyes
and words spewing out
like an overzealous fountain

a bottomless sense
of giddy humor
a full-blown half-pint comedian



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on November 11, 2018 for STANDARD...

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Our inception  was  a   mystery
"A big bang theory"   Some suggested
" A Super being" above the clouds" Some lamented
we watched the creatures debate over our existence

Born in a family  of ten and raised from a distance
Watched over by our...

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Deception In Soup Creek

There once was a town called Soup Creek amiable and quaint
Filled with all these characters, a perfect picture they'd paint
It was founded to protect the innocent
Where one was welcome to come visit
A bold western saga exquisite
A Mayor, a Sheriff, a saloon proprietor...

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"Strange Vampires"

all those years 
ago, when conspiracies
flourished around 
did we or didn’t we go 
to the moon, when we
were once human,
proved to be lies,
whichever way 
the dark shadows 
conveyed it.

the truth 
came out much later, 
that the moon 
wasn’t made of cheese
but uncannily like a...

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A CONDUIT

This is the time when war should cease.
This is the time when those that seek inner peace should be appeased.
This is the time for metaphors to take life.
This is the times that integration is the religious defiance.

Time is the contrivance that drives the overzealous...

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Whirlwind courtship.
One morning she woke up
married to someone she’d not met -
an overzealous mother-in-law.
For twenty years now, she’s been 
excluded from his family clan. 
What a blessing in disguise!...

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I am perhaps a bit overzealous at times

But that's just the way I am and have always been

My love genes far outnumber all other combined

I'm certainly not complaining, my friends

But it can sometimes lead to a misunderstanding

That's the challenge that life can sometimes throw at...

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Walking along, the edge of the cliff,
What is that prevents the slip?

The horizon beckons you to take a step,
Into the glory, of the dusky sunset;

You look, down, see waves, lapping rocks,
A thousand feet below the outcrop;

Seagull, feasting on overzealous fish,
Divine beauty and the beast;

Vertigo seems...

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On a hot summer day in the hills
I went underground searching for thrills
Fifty Eight degrees year around
In the darkness, enlightenment was found
Down here is where it all began
Unearthed bones of earlier man
A small stream is what's left of the ocean
Hands of time, run in slow...

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“le livre bleu” 

Terabytes.
lonely poets, writers, 
musicians and artists play here,
they wear masks that cover
vermillion dripping smiles
over sharp little wolverine teeth,
they drown their sorrows in their muses -
contemporary little monsters – Still Life, 
they call it “art”,

smiles;

gothic invested, they adore 
the overzealous use of the...

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otherworldly beauty;
 outstanding view of beach
        on tropical island.
 observing waves crashing
  on jagged rocks, explode.
    overzealous starlings,
      optical treat in sky!


Submitted for...
Pleiades O Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kim Merryman...

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