Short Its Not Over Till Its Over Poems

It is not over till it is over, nice very pithy proverb...

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Vacation mood yet pervades
As surely count the days,
Not long till sights mark the arrival,
EVEN SO,
I'm there....

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Vacation mood yet pervades
As surely count the days,
Not long 'till sights mark the arrival,
Even so,
   I'm there....

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you prey on bodies
causing them to bow on knee
i ask for God's grace

while family watch me die
not resting till your job's done...

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Time has my heart hostage the ventricle all bent
I will not surrender till every second of time is spent






For Black Eyed Susan's contest:  Time...

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I save the daylight
When I'm here with you
In hopes it lasts, the whole night through
I will not sleep, 'till the mornings due
Spending the night's daylight with you...

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Real positive season
A  month of fasting,
Magnanimity, generosity ,and maidenly  
A time to give up ugly saying and acts
Darling Ramadan!
Am I lucky?
Not sure till the end of it....

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aka “Tall Poppy Syndrome”

In there your shadow
that is challenged to please you,
ghostly promises
from one whom forsaken life
and will not rest till you do.

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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if your not in pain
your not living




this is one of my favorite quotes.
"you not dead till you till you stop laughing."
my mom would say it all the time
but i don't know where she got it from...

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If i was to tell a story,
What would that story tell?
Lost hope, love or treasure?
Fearsome dragons, cunning demons?
Consuming lustful pleasure?
Or maybe just a mans life,
Merely a path not there till walked....

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Jean Batiste Pierre Antoine De Monet 
had very bad tooth decay 
woke in the night 
went terribly white 
and was not seen till May Day. 


Dorian Petersen Potter 
aka ladydp2000 
copyright@2014 


10.16.2014...

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Protesting late arrival of spring
This long winter's been lingering
Seriously overstayed its welcome
Not leaving till it's warm and sunny
I’m staying indoors to shout and pout



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on March 14, 2018...

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The joy in me
I regret nothing 
In my life 
Yes i regret nothing 
In my life 

I love to love
Yes i love to live 
With love 

If life is a privilege 
So i have nothing
To loss

Not even till 
Eternity 
I will still fill 
The joy in me...

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never to late 
to start over
again no matter 
what has went down
in your past 
there is always hope for
a better brighter tomorrow
just takes effort to get the 
job done 
so no matter how bleak 
things may seem 
remember that it's
not over till one gives up 
hope...

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All power in the caliber,
not the number or the count

Its penetration deeper,
when focused and avowed

The wound well placed is mortal,
its shot not heard till then

But a gun’s not half as lethal
 —as what’s fired from your pen

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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All power in the caliber,
  not the number or the count

Its penetration deeper,
  when focused, not shooting about

The wound well placed is mortal,
  a shot not heard till then

But a gun’s not half as fatal,
—as that thought fired from your pen

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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I know I will despite my challenges . I know I will finish  regardless of my struggles , pain . I know I will finish against all odds . I know I will finish because of my fortitude to finish my fight , will that comes from hunger of desire of triumph .I know I will finish because I will not stop till I am finished ....

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Every human kneels at altar
and confesses sad sins loudly
sometimes quietly in tears
But without much awareness
that the heart, seat of temptation
the chamber of secret plotting
is angry with that solitary move
because all rights to joyful life
are being nailed on the cross
where it will not die till last day
having been a starved spectator...

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Oh sorrow 
Spare me tonight why not wait  till tomorrow
Or stay back in yesterday
Tonight 
Let me be the only Anes
To my Aphrodite
Let the passion re-ignite
Let it lit the whole  world bright 
Out shining moon and the starlight 
Let all the wrongs be right
Only pleasure no plight
Let this night be infinite
Let my Aphrodite only be mine
For tonight...

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Demons inside 
Destroying my soul
Making me angry
Out of control
I beg them to go
To get out of me
Fighting for control
Taking my soul
But they will never have me whole
Fore I will fight till my dying breath
And I will not stop till the last has met his death
And free of the demons inside me
And finally become the man I should be
And hopefully you won't give up on me...

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No-one truly knows what a moment is worth.

The movie's not over till the credits are run.

Life will never be fair for time has no conscience.

...and then we rip their wings off.

Plastic, silencer of the pocketful of nips timpani.

The dog looked as if it had been used to dust under the bed.

A feral cat stared into the abyss of hunger.

John G. Lawless
©6/14/2023...

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I'm not happy with out you thats plain to see. I can't be me without you. I wont dream till I 
see your face your beautiful blue eyes or that crooked smile. Every time I think of you I 
think how I broke my heart in two. I'm sorry for what i've done, its always wrong. So hope 
you except my apology and you can see I wont stop not sleeping till your happy.


(to the one I love)...

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The night has drawn
My eyes are like the wilted roses 
They have lost their beauty 
And crispy appeal
But my mission 
I feel 
Is strong 
So all nightlong 
Where my light shall carry 
My pen will quiver 
And try to deliver 
A line or two 
For you 
In hopes you shall find 
My words envelope your mind 
With the glory the rose once held 
And I shall not rest, till my eyes are swelled...

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born of the venomous night
in shadows blacked in cruelty
the savage hunter hides in wait
bearing a tormented existence

a feared winged warrior, without opposition
swooping in from hilltop kingdoms
forced crystalline gaze perceives entirety
breathing a fierce-flamed death

trampled in a fetid slumber
drinking the blood of his rivals
fire blazes in illumination
not resting till he conquers it all...

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A mariner leaves for months at a time
With a wind in his sails and a goal in mind

He doesn’t know what lies ahead
And he eats lots of fruit with dry wheat bread

The adventure calls and ignites his soul
But Mother Nature bawls and takes her toll

Hurricanes and wind tear at his nerves
After he makes it he finally learns
The lesson taught by life itself
Your stories not finished till it’s on the shelf...

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