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Overdoses Poems - Poems about Overdoses

Smile and nod
...Smile & nod Actin like my attention spans top notch Steady glancin at the clock Checkin my wrist with no watch Don't take offense This probably won't make sense Sht got me all jittery & ten......

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Categories: overdoses, creation, growing up, mental
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Photograph
...Pulling me into your universe Holding me hostage there Only surviving as caged bird Teal feathers float in despair Onyx smile still haunts now Grateful for future green days Raping my heart th......

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Categories: overdoses, abuse, addiction, angst, bird,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Fear Envy Denial FED
...Being fed when corrupt agents gather junk sick fentanyl addicts functioning only by giving false confusion in exchange for a cup of coffee at Denny’s bus tickets from Alabama to Nashville......

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Categories: overdoses, allah,
Form: Masnavi
Robert Lloyd Sherriff - Australian Poet - Flowers in their hair
...Robert Lloyd Sherriff - Australian Poet, Author, Actor, and Model: American Historian. Flowers in their hair In the vibrant city of San Francisco, where beauty and complexity intertwine, a tale......

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Categories: overdoses, age, beauty, bible, body,
Form: Bio
Premium Member A Hard Life
...A friend recently told me he could not imagine me having a hard life In many ways, I don’t my bills get paid I knew on our first date that my spouse was my forever my home is safe and warm ......

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Categories: overdoses, addiction, hope, mental health,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member And The Winner Is
...So many people go out of their way to help our fellow human beings The people who work at our food banks volunteer their time behind the scenes Our healthcare workers help to keep us alive The sci......

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Categories: overdoses, appreciation, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Anchors of Sin
...(This is all just my opinion, what I glean from the internet, Mainstream News, and my imagination – do your own research. If there is any truth in my observations, this write will definitely n......

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Categories: overdoses, integrity, political, power, society,
Form: Prose Poetry
Death You Hold a Scythe Over Me
...Death you hold a scythe over me i have waited for you there is no trepidation here i am a paucity of patience i welcome you the engine is long tired, hurting parts not available to replace i d......

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Categories: overdoses, anger, meaningful, sympathy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Better World
...I envision no romantic, grease-splattered engineer Overseeing the direction of my particular train. It just follows the course of the tracks laid down Within the fractal flow of nature’s symmetr......

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Categories: overdoses, allegory, life,
Form: Blank verse
A Cry From a Server
...A Cry From a Server We stand on our feet for 12 hours for you. We provide you with delicious sustenance. We support your industry and innovation at the cost of our physical health. We resc......

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Categories: overdoses, abuse, america, appreciation, class,
Form: Free verse
Still Counting
...And when it ends suddenly, unexpectedly, You start to count. First on the days, then the hours - then Just counting until 100 Then Beginning again. The dead find their faces The l......

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Categories: overdoses, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Midwest Twists
...We accept tornadoes here, expect them, tick them off as they pass by like demon dreidels. Usually they are not a big deal unless they are. Spring culls its little lambs in all sorts of ways. ......

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Categories: overdoses, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rough Side of Town
...Law abiding citizens nurturing our safe community we live in a universe of rules written by pencil pushers Seeming offensive to some and boring to others gives birth to an underground parallel w......

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Categories: overdoses, conflict, corruption, dark, society,
Form: Free verse
My Life and Our Lives
...My head spinning My mind twisted, Im caught up in a propeller While my body is being catapulted, My life's a spin, so its your turn Jumping jacks and back packs My life a journey and my past......

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Categories: overdoses, deep, earth, identity, life,
Form: Verse
Premium Member What Else Is New
...the fiber optic cables are swollen with grief blood clots the airwaves faces beyond despair stare from half a world away newsprint is smudged with the tears it’s reporting the world’s absurdity......

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Categories: overdoses, faith, humanity, sad, senses,
Form: Free verse

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