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Another chapter in my life over much too soon when there's so much more to live it's just not opportune but is Anonymous the author or would it be myself possibly writing this tale so true could it be an autobiography and yet I won't be put on hold my one and only guarantee tho' late won't be overdue when it's check out time for me for...

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Categories: overdue, appreciation, books, death, how
Form: Rhyme
World War, Overdue
No prophesy, epiphany or convoluted scheme Forecast it’s not. For sure, no joke. And isn’t a pipe dream But something tells me, instinct chimes, we are so overdue For global war, as tensions build, for there are many clue With Pakistan and India, it’s not a soccer match Red China has a grabby hand, conducts another snatch U.S. of A. is...

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Categories: overdue, war, world, world war
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member This Poem's Overdue
Heavens make dew Poor folks make do Scooby’s name is -doo Winnie's is Poo ...

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Categories: overdue, dog, humor, senses, word
Form: Monorhyme
Words Overdue
Tho’ albeit late, Night already turned to morn’, Tears, as the sun rise; One thing I wish to return, To say “I love you, as well”....

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Categories: overdue, sad love,
Form: Tanka
The year of the Problem Solvers is overdue
The time is now for solving problems we have let accrue, The time is now for something old but new, The time is now for an end to making us stew, The time is now for something out of the blue, The time is now for solving a problem or two, The time is now for showing what we can...

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Categories: overdue, analogy, anger, anxiety, autumn,
Form: Burlesque



Long Overdue Number 2
Haunting me, daunting me, & f--king taunting me Saying that you & I will never, ever again be I'm just supposedly wasting my time on you - so cut the f--king strings Those strings held you & I like a kevlar-lined, kryptonite-chained, indestructible trampoline These voices - they keep stalking me - bouncing off these walls Ricocheting & reverberating through...

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Categories: overdue, boyfriend, computer,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sadly Some Overdue
Not another sun not another sea cannot poetry be larger than its words not another blossom not another scent best when fresh but the fonder written beyond time like aged lovers love more toward the end with youth back round that literary bend our roses remain red our violets remain blue poetry is never old sadly some overdue...

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Categories: overdue, language, love, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Overdue Escape
Sunshine take the wheel, lead me down a long highway; Overdue escape....

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Categories: overdue, emotions, nature, sun,
Form: Haiku
Overdue
Our mistakes are paid in generations of denial Old footsteps defaulting, new judgments on file The future in debt to invoices past tomorrow debentured —arrears mounting fast (Dreamsleep: April, 2022)...

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Categories: overdue, future, time,
Form: Rhyme
Long Overdue
I’ve waited far too long to give And get back in return The kind of hug for which long-distance Causes you to yearn. But yesterday, at last, I did Experience that treat And got to spend some precious time To make my joy complete. When friendship’s deep and close and strong, The phone keeps the connection, Though there is nothing like a hug To share...

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Categories: overdue, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
You Are Long Overdue
All around the world. You look for me. Do not leave, A stone unturned. In brothels and bars, From near and far. Around a corner or an alley, Between, Gingers’ valley. ...

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Categories: overdue, confusion, desire, heart, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Highly Overdue
Retirement coming Crescent looming on the back Wrapped old trees in cloth. Written: August 26, 2021...

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Categories: overdue, analogy, old, retirement,
Form: Haiku
Lovelorn, of Love's Search Overdue
Faint-hearted lass, are you where Your dreams have placed you? Not as yet? Not even close In that otherwise camatose Wakefulness, Day goads? Then to this fine sleeper's creed Are not living true: "Fear not, nightly wise, as far What unto The Morning Star. * New day, new life bodes. * Venus. Planet of Love...

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Categories: overdue, anxiety, lonely, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Overdue
You were overdue. Never had one quite like you. You're my dream come true. inspired by another member's poem ...

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Categories: overdue, love,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member A Change Long Overdue - Title By Steve Miller
I come to you at the lowest point in my life, Because I know that my new one must start here. I’m the only one that has caused myself pain and strife. I must begin change with the one I see in the mirror. As I look at myself and see that I’m going nowhere, I come here in the...

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Categories: overdue, writing,
Form: Rhyme

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