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Overstays
Overstays Poems - Poems about Overstays
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...I know you wish for a place to be, hidden in the mist, silent as the sea. No fear, no hope, no questions asked. where the nights are not heavy and darkness don't last. could you trade this......
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kritiman pathak
Categories:
overstays,
emotions, growing up, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal Moment
...Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck seconds elapse imperceptibly leaving me dumbstruck, how quickly fleeting tempus fugit; ofttimes......
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©
Matthew Harris
Categories:
overstays,
12th grade, analogy, butterfly,
Form:
Rhyme
No Man's Life
...Transient home full of visitors! A highway flooded by travellers! A major platform staged by performers! Nobody owns it Nobody overstays their welcome It is the "No man's Life" Just do you......
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©
Chrisdad Kojo Arthur
Categories:
overstays,
age, fate, home, life,
Form:
Lyric
The Break
...The first stop i get to i’ll break But first off It’s time and I’m late Gotta catch it quick before it goes A lotta overstays and told ya so’s Right or wrong and I’m even scared Tryin to fight e......
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©
Mike Jones
Categories:
overstays,
anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Our Life Is a Poem
...life is a guesthouse, no one overstays their welcome. As background music slowly muffles into softer tones, breaths struggle to appease. Deep painful faint sighs, fall like crumbling......
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Silent One
Categories:
overstays,
assonance, death, goodbye, sad,
Form:
Free verse
The Raindrop
...Lingering its wicked spell The summer heat wave Overstays its welcome Bidding a long overdue adieu When finally heaven sent That first raindrop Splatters on my face AP: Honorable Mention......
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©
Line Gauthier
Categories:
overstays,
rain, summer, water, weather,
Form:
Free verse
September Bridge, a Letter To January
...Dear Jan. Although at times you have given me more chills than I can stand, ......
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©
Curtis Johnson
Categories:
overstays,
autumn, friendship, september,
Form:
Personification
Like We Would In Heaven
...Everyday we are blessed. To wake up from, a full night's rest. We should thank, the man upstairs. For giving us a life, with many cares. We should live, like we would in heaven. With golden Gate......
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Chelci Biggs
Categories:
overstays,
4th grade, angel, care,
Form:
Rhyme
Sadness
...Sadness settles sometimes and drapes itself Around my shoulders like a grey blanket Weighs me down It’s a well acquainted killjoy An unwelcome and uninvited guest Who overstays his welcome Wil......
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©
Roy Smith
Categories:
overstays,
cry, depression, sad,
Form:
Free verse
A Humbling Reflection
...You return again In perfect timing - A beacon. Such arrogance you portray Matching a red diner dress - A fatal ego killer. So small… Yet a monster - A mountain of rage. Builds inside me ......
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©
Tammy Armstrong
Categories:
overstays,
introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse