Overarching Poems | Examples

Knew too much

Alberto Nisman didn't know the danger he would enter
when he looked into the bombing of a Jewish center
He said president Christina was hiding the truth
he had the goods, would soon show the proof.

He was supposed to appear in Congress, but hours before
Somehow hitmen got by his door
He knew too much, so bad guys moved fast
If you let on what you know, next moment might be last.

Veronica Guerin reported on the Dublin crime scene
They had to kill her before the big clean.

She stopped at a traffic light, two bikers drew nigh
She knew she'd be shot, she knew she would die
She asked them not to shoot her in the face
So they shot her in some other place.

Jack knew secrets, but the mob didn't want death yet
So they punished him whenever he seemed a threat
He walked among you, but you could not see
The overarching underworld reality.

So beware the secrets that you've found,
Even heroes may not leave the battleground.
For truth’s a boomerang—when it comes back around,
Your message may die with you, six feet underground.

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ABSTRACT
bewitched
  astonishment
beyond
belief 
  unassailable
    impenetrable
intense

  visionary
elaborate
iconography
  explicated

   icily
    smooth

SETTINGS

   spiralling
           in situ
eliciting
   sensation
dazzling
overarching
    narrative
of
aesthetic
   ornamentation
        
     suspended

in
reflective
                auras
of
tender
    gaze

FEELINGS

emotional
     intensity
emphasised
attributes
 in
    passionate
response
of
explicit
   immediacy

enduring
sans
  explanation

Hello

Hello, a word so sweet, so divine,
Igniting smiles, making hearts align.

Heartfelt, Harmonious, Heavenly greetings abound,
Embracing, Enduring, Everlasting connections found.
Laughter, Love, and Lively interactions we share,
Lasting, Luminous, Loyal affections we bear.
Overflowing, Optimistic, Overarching welcomes we extend.

A simple "Hello" where friendships never end.
Hello, a phrase that warms the soul,
A bridge that helps us reach our goal.
It opens doors, it builds a bond,
A connection that cannot be conned.

My Little Eden

My little Eden -- 
before the fall

a screened porch
in the shade of
an ancient
overarching
fig tree

small wonder
Adam and Eve
needed only one each
to hide their new
nakedness -- 

chicks in their spring nests
chirping away, feeling nurtured
and protected

oblivious to the serpent
apples not his only ripe
fooled by his appealing strutting
fruited limbs and tasty appearance,

Lucifer, the cat, a black joke of
mine, stirs in my lap only slightly -- 
he is asleep for full – while I, a rival
fig picker, finish my second cup of
coffee…

my Eden has a thousand garden poems
and their seasons, come and gone,
one would think both heaven and hell
satiated by now

the many morbid failures and bright
triumphs~ despite the thick foliage
I try to write of dappling sunlight, dabbing 
word-glistens, here and there, on my crinkly old 
face

unkempt growth bleached but yet hopeful

Under All The Green Becoming's

This wooded throng of ancient trees,
this green palisade of arboreal memories
bid me dream with them,
as I pass among there overarching spreads.

If a mindful muse, were imagined,
under a green canopy such as these,
from my thoughts, all manner
of myths and legends would flourish,

and none would seem unreal,
but just the natural outgrowth of a wisdom
that these green and forested giants
impart to the roots of being.

Melancholy Mood

An overarching sadness 
permeates my soul
it presses me down like a mighty wave
and sentences me to melancholy pergatory. 

My morose mood 
traps me in its entangled web
all is darkness, self pity and doubt
the light of day is ever elusive. 

The hours turn like listless pages
in a worn out book of woes
colorless trees droop under a dreary sky
a mourning dove coos mercilessly.

The day drones on in monotone
weary thoughts drown in insignificance 
the road to hope is lost in a mirky mire 
until the weighty fog finally lifts
and the sun shines through once more. 









5/7/2023

Into the Sunset

I dream I am standing on the deck of a vessel
Nearing the western horizon, into the sunset
Into vivid glowing reds and oranges, I nestle,
I dream I am standing on the deck of a vessel
The ocean beneath like an overarching trestle,
Floating over life’s experiences I’ll ne’er forget
I dream I am standing on the deck of a vessel
Nearing the western horizon, into the sunset.

Floating over life’s experiences I’ll ne’er forget
Nearing the western horizon, into the sunset,
I dream I am standing on the deck of a vessel
The ocean beneath like an overarching trestle
Into vivid glowing reds and oranges, I nestle,
Knowing soon I’ll ne'er again say a sad farewell. 

Written May 24, 2022
[a Trionet, a form I developed uniting
the triolet and the sonnet. See "New
Poetic Forms.]

Near Death Experience

I felt like I was running against the clock
Hurtling through a tunnel bathed in light,
Experiencing a sudden, shattering shock.

And still the peaceful overarching sight
That all would be well for me over there
Hurtling through a tunnel bathed in light.

Then I felt my soul in astral everywhere
A sense of resolution brought peace anon,
That all would be well for me over there.

Suddenly light at tunnel’s end was dawn,
A whisper said the time had not yet come
Filmy curtains of separation were drawn,

I awakened in recovery completely numb. 

NINTH PLACE WINNER
Written May 1, 2022
for "Near Death Experience" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke

Covenant Maker

As marriages are made in heaven
God is our Matchmaker
Yet, they are worked out on earth!
Our families get their names from Him
As He is the stronger party
In this love triangle!
His covenant with us becomes
The overarching Covenant
That supersedes every
Other covenant in our lives!
He has promised to be the
Miracle Worker, the Way Maker
Who turns water into wine!
Something beautiful out of the ordinary
Where we become a sign and marvel
As families give thanks to God
Because of our life together!
Where God is the Head of our home
Where we become one and
A threefold cord is not easily broken!
Although our follies and fallacies 
Can interfere, strain and stain!
Yet, God in His mercy stands ready
To renew and revive our covenant
With Him, our spouses, kith and kin!
Covenants are sealed forever with His Blood
And with His eternal plans and purposes
To bring happiness and gladness
On earth and in heaven!

Intellect Begets Despair

As a mind of oversized ears
keenly listening for connection
struck by the looming fears,
and the consistent results
before my eyes, manifested into presentation

The overarching realization
of said bodily disproportion
worthy of being a skit
to drown in a laughing fit

Oh woe, it's spread too far
tall enough to reach a star
imbalanced enough to eventually fall

Stretched beyond repair
just myself, without a pair

The Rainbow

God makes the rainbow
always a reminder of
overarching grace

written August 2, 2021

SECOND PLACE WINNER
entered "Haiku" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Regina McIntosh

HONORABLE MENTION
"What Does a Rainbow Whisper to You" Poetry Contest
All Poetry, August 10, 2021

RANKED #15 on Poetry Soup's
100 BEST NEW POEMS for August, 2021

Meadow

Meadow

High mountain meadow 
overarching cerulean blue vault. 
The stream wanders through it.

Not joyous, rushing or wild,
But instead, inner soft melody,
He listens to the stream song.

May 25, 2021
Contest: Bite Size Poem 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier

David Holmes

Poets and Religion

Religion and a poet
When I was nine years of age I came to see religion
as a fairy tale and as we know the bible is written
by many scribes during a time, some of them were wise.
I like the Old Testament because it is full
of blood and thunder, the New Testament is a construction 
a clean-up of the real thing making palatable for the squeamish.
I think the creator of our world as an overarching intelligence 
that when the job was done left its way. 
The creator is neither good nor bad for it has no interest in 
the world besides creating it, so it is entirely up to us 
to make the world a liveable place, alas, so far we have failed.
Mankind have dreamt of extending life long after
its natural cycle even if unseen by the pulsing living world,
that is how some transcribers constructed Paradise so 
we can exist into the indefinite and beyond.
To be and not to make no sense other than easing
the fearful heart and comfort the transition into death,
at this point my thoughts were interrupted, my wife
came and told me to do the dishes

Rapa Nui Warriors

Rapa Nui Warriors stand bright and tall and stark
Monolithic dynasties enshrined in all our hearts
But what if I told you, til death doth do us part
Santa's elves could fill the shelves, 
Yet you'd still leave your mark

Rapa Nui Warriors croon and beg and steal
Overarching humanity, like we're their final meal
A menacing divinity, one revolutionary zeal
Here is pen and paper, please sign our Satanic deal

But what of a winter, a bubbling brook
The heaviest of moai, all misshapen and shook
Where in the Kabbalah, the Qu'ran, the Lord's Good Book
Are we braced from E4 to E10,
Like the Man's unholy rook

In fraudulent suspense, here we sit idling
An educated mass, a society found sidling
Disgruntled, divine, cultured and crass
Insufficiently aerated, just like Mama Cass

Rapa Nui Warriors slouch meek and proud and mild
Seemingly inconspicuous, like the wild in a child
Innate maliciousness, see the expulsion of the Yids
For all will seem serene, until you're the final bid

Photo Story Number 1

Precious, earth-bound angels;
Dreaming together; wings overarching
Youthful angels;
Innocence embodied, ignititing pure love sparkling.
Fiercely protective angels;
Joyous laughter, mirthful smiles shine bright.
Gentle, tender, angels;
Softly touching hands and hearts 
Each the sum of its parts.
Guardian angels;
Perfect love, their radiance lights the night. 
Heaven-sent angels;
Pure, holding the light of love.
Sister-angels;
Precious gifts sent from above.

11/15/17

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