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Overripe Poems - Poems about Overripe

WOOLLY MAMMOTH SAGED
...[ For Contest : Ghost of Frankenstein Sponsor : Tom Woody submitted: 9/5/25 ] Many starry nights I lay in my wooden cabin next to your sanctuary waiting for whisperings fr......

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Categories: overripe, africa, age, betrayal, change,
Form: Narrative
How to make love to a didgeridoo VI
...Antiquated pipeline geysers ravage starry nebulae, blast ash. The hurricane bankrupts reed origami masts. It splits overripe pomegranates. Wild animal guitar buzzes, echoing through shattered valleys......

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Categories: overripe, humanity, ireland, lost love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Disquieting Domicile of the Storms
...Behold the abominable annals of the Storm domicile, A living, groaning edifice of lumber and bureaucratic despair— Where Allen Storm, the paternal prodigal of procedural pedantry, Treads upon its ......

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Categories: overripe, family,
Form: Vogon Poetry
Fresh Catch-In Memoriam
...Dust shrouds the peeling varnish on the old church pew as Noah (first of his namesake, last of his namesake) thumbs an overripe orange in his patchwork coat pocket. The preacher, made an obelisk ......

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Categories: overripe, america, bible, christian, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member discord
...arecas, palm trees, and genus cocos compete ~ overripe fruits fall ......

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Categories: overripe, conflict,
Form: Haiku



Drawing Sad
... I went to the man at school today He chats a bit and watches me play Asking questions about my feeling Feelings that have got me thinking How I am, and what I enjoy to do Where I go, what ti......

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Categories: overripe, art, children, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member An Original Idea
...An Original Idea Self Reference Is Dumb. Or DONE! "Yeah, say it like that." Oh, shut up, You're just trying to Be WeIrD... And it's Not Even That, It's Passe, Or Pompous, Or Over......

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Categories: overripe, animal, life, repetition,
Form: Free verse
Drinking a Banana
...Unzipping an overripe banana, fingers squished into redolent shush, black skin dripping off the soft stem. I might have to eat this with a spoon, a banana is a berry, I think of this as I wip......

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Categories: overripe, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Beware of Most Food
...Carrots are not good for you nor is Ovaltine Beets can make your urine stink Purple onions make you mean Grapefruit's too acidic raw eggs can make you loose Give a kid an ov......

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Categories: overripe, abuse, food, giggle,
Form: Rhyme
Second - Degree
...There once was a young man, called Jack Leach, Who fell asleep, on a nudist beach. But the sun and fresh air, Soon scorched his derrière. Now it looks like, an overripe peach. ......

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Categories: overripe, beach, sleep, sunshine, wisdom,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Ultimatum
...This occasion I will be quick use all my every wit and trick fast as a shooting star I will follow, like a mammoth comet I will cut through and not wallow in the dark, lighting the sky, a r......

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Categories: overripe, extended metaphor, humorous, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Morning News
...I woke up to the sound of the woodpecker, pecking the wood next to the gutter and the barking dogs gallivanting on the side while strangers and community neighbors are gossiping inside. I had ho......

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Categories: overripe, animal, books, destiny, environment,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Overripe Year
...Leaves fallen in lovely fading colors Light snow is flying the year fast receding now that harvest days are gone Baby bluebirds have grown and flown It's the beautiful, natural way Writt......

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Categories: overripe, autumn, color, nature, november,
Form: Nonet
Autumn Walks
...I have loved these evening walks through smoldering reeks, ankle deep in haunted litter. Loved the flicker of mottled hawks, flaming across a waterborne sky, the soft mats of moss upon ......

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Categories: overripe, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Accession Impressions
...God wears the bling, Its a constitution ting, King Chazza going to fix it, Give the corgis their biscuits, Now he's got the crown He can turn that frown upside down, There's no way his Regal r......

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Categories: overripe, culture, england, family, political,
Form: Light Verse

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