The sound of rain
Acts as a balm to my overtaxed brain
Is a sweet lullaby
Relaxes my bewildered mind
The soothing downpour
Washes all my worries away
Induces me to be in the arms of Morpheus
In a peaceful repose.
Categories:
overtaxed, feelings, imagery, Lullaby, peace,
Form: Free verse
Poems happen all day long
All you need do is observe
No need to rack your li'l old brain
Soon have a bunch in reserve
Your brain will be on overload
Fingers will pound the keys
Illusive thoughts will pop right in
You'll probably need to pee
Won't believe how easy they'll come
Poems will literally flow
Body will start to shimmy and shake
Tremble right down to your toes
But one thing please be careful of
Take a break every now and then
Your overtaxed brain will get all mushy
And drive you round the bend
Just a bit of friendly advice
How I see it for what it's worth
Everything in moderation, my friends
Your life will be filled with mirth
Categories:
overtaxed, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Those fools atop the hill are at it again.
Pissing away our money that we never really had.
Another trillion or two in debt.
To fund the illegal's welfare checks...
Another frivolous war fought by the poor...for rich men.
Another tax yoke upon my blue-collar neck...
Those inside trader-jesters atop the hill.
Lack any respect for America and her people.
To them, we're just an impish after thought.
An overtaxed, and underrepresented peasant.
Those fools atop the hill
(whom some vote for over and over again)
have stopped working for us.
Coddler of criminals while raping the good citizens.
They only look after themselves.
Building their wicked nests from the skin and blood
of our fathomless in "God we trust".
Term limits would be helpful (somewhat).
To scrape the barnacles of complacency and corruption
from our hull of holes and rust.
God help us all.
Categories:
overtaxed, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Poems happen all day long
All you need do is observe
No need to rack your li'l old brain
Soon have a bunch in reserve
Your brain will be on overload
Fingers will pound the keys
Illusive thoughts will pop right in
You'll probably need to pee
Won't believe how easy they'll come
Poems will literally flow
Body will start to shimmy and shake
Tremble right down to your toes
But one thing please be careful of
Take a break every now and then
Or your overtaxed brain will get all mushy
And drive you round the bend
Just a bit of friendly advice
How I see it for what it's worth
Everything in moderation, my friends
Your life will be filled with mirth
Categories:
overtaxed, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Danny just loved to while the time away
Couldn't be bothered to see where he stayed
In his hammock relaxed
His brain not overtaxed
Fell deep asleep -- froze to death in Norway
June 04, 2020
Summer Laziness Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Mohan Chutani
Categories:
overtaxed, places, sleep, summer,
Form: Limerick
I’m a man whose tired and worn
Empty and dead on my feet,
Petered out, played out, pooped and torn
Burn out, broke down and beat.
Drowsy, droopy, drooping drained
Dog tired, done in, done for,
Exasperated, enervated empty faint
Overtaxed, overworked and bored
Sick of, sleepy, spent and stale
Haggard, run down, all in
Consumed, collapsing, asleep, annoyed
Exhausted, bygone and barren
Ramshackle, rickety, run-down and frail
Bedraggled, broken-down and creaky
Threadbare, tottering, tired and used
Feeble, fragile and flimsy
Out of shape, out of gas, done in and feeble
Gone to seed, soft, incapacitated
Listless, washed out, weakened, on the ropes
Undermined, fatigued, prostrated.
Discontented, dissatisfied, tacky and dull
Jaded, glum and gloomy
Sick and tired, up to here, driveling, drab
Sated, down and weary
Befuddled, unsteady, wobbly and faint
Pallid, pale and lean
Stupefied, staggering, slaphappy, subdued
Oh damn I got to go pee.
Categories:
overtaxed, satire, silly, words,
Form: Free verse
Poems happen all day long
All you need do is observe
No need to rack your li'l old brain
Soon have a bunch in reserve
Your brain will be on overload
Fingers will pound the keys
Illusive thoughts will pop right in
You'll probably need to pee
Won't believe how easy they'll come
Poems will literally flow
Body will start to shimmy and shake
Tremble right down to your toes
But one thing please be careful of
Take a break every now and then
Or your overtaxed brain'll get all mushy
And drive you round the bend
Just a bit of friendly advice
How I see it for what it's worth
Everything in moderation, my friends
Your life will be filled with mirth
© Jack Ellison 2012
Categories:
overtaxed, inspirational,
Form: Quatrain
an old man's mouth
nose dives
the slumping drawbridge
of an flattened fortress
rocketing obscenities fallout
fissioned lips as overtaxed
silkworms labor on
spinning cesium shrouds
to hide our dead
from presidential eyes
Categories:
overtaxed, political,
Form: Free verse