Short Long Overdue Poems

picking up pieces
long overdue memories
like jig saw puzzle...

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Sugar maple, foxglove, oak tree too.
Make beautiful shade for me and you
Is that a pear?
To the left, over there?
The buds on her are long overdue....

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time comes to say good-bye
long hugs and kisses
muffled by tears

a time of sorrow,
mixed emotions soaring
long overdue apologies,
truces ad compromises...

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So our life finally ended today.
It's long overdue our time to say goodbye.
It's been a long time since we both went away.
I could not bring myself even to cry....

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Is spring ever freaking well going to arrive
Bloody hell, it's long overdue, sakes alive
Done nothing wrong
Wear clean sarongs
Well sometimes I neglect to powder my thighs...

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Time for some sillies, they're long overdue
They make us chuckle, they get rid of the blues
A magical pill
Life's all downhill
So prepare to giggle, be careful you don't bruise


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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Our blue marble is imperiled
Due to excessive CO2
Like being over a barrel.
Our blue marble is imperiled.
Greenhouse gas, it's our funeral
the solutions long overdue.
Our blue marble is imperiled
Due to excessive CO2....

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It's a spectacular week of weather ahead for us guys
They used to call it Indian Summer but it's no longer wise
The baseball Braves and Indians
Need to change their insignias
Long overdue, unacceptable in First Nation's eyes...

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Boko Haram sect claimed to have killed many and caused distractions
The government denounced this as wishful thinking and untrue
The masses condemned this act of killing and called for drastic actions
The destruction of this terrorist sect is long overdue....

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now behold, self-loving self-beholder

           your self-seen self perfection

                     cracked mirror's reflection


but  outside screams a pettifogging shrew

            mad landlady curses you

                      your rent long overdue!...

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catching a long overdue nap with her 
exuberant
rambunctious
two-year
old

one
two three
how divine
just a few winks
he's back to the sweetest angel ever



Submitted on April 25, 2019 for contest TETRACTYS THIS sponsored by CHARLES MESSINA  -  RANKED 2ND...

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Your smile carries me away
In a beautiful ballet
Taking me to a floral bouquet

I wish I could replay
What happened today
Because I love you in a big way

I hope you love this poem as much as I love you
Our love is long overdue
So from now on I stick to you like glue...

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I make my wish I wish for you
As I passionately ponder in fields of green
The hours pass you are long overdue
And now I awake from a dormant dream
A cadaverous construct in a silent scream.


July.07.2016
Make a Wish - Poetry Contest
By Kim Merryman
Only form acceptable is English Quintain...

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She stood at the gate; her hand at her throat;
She’d been praying since early morn.
They were long overdue; no sign of their boat;
She feared their graves she’d adorn.
Then above the clouds, a rainbow formed.
She laughed with tears of joy and tears of love.
She laughed for God’s great promise from above....

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A child from the 'burbs on a Big Apple trip
Found it all more than slightly exciting - 
The buses, the taxis, the swings and the slides
All seemed magically more than inviting.

A glorious day on his grandparents' turf
For a long-overdue city taste
Gave this nana a glow and a grin ear to ear
That I hope will be echoed posthaste....

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The budget is boring, George Osborne is a pratt *
Raising extra monies by taxing this and that
The deficit is crippling, but he hasn’t got a clue
To me, the next election seems long overdue!
 
 
 
 
* the spell-checker wanted to amend prat to part. I almost went with that suggestion, but couldn’t decide which part people would assume he was…...

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HMMMM
TIME, SPACE, AND A PLACE

HMMMM
SOOTHING SLOW PACE AND A SMILE ON MY FACE

HMMMM
AWAY FROM THE RACE WITH NO HINT OF A TRACE

FOR A SPELL I WILL NOT SHOW
FOR NOW I PRESS HOLD ON 'GO'
FOR A LITTLE WHILE I SET MYSELF FREE
UNDERSTAND THAT I NEED THIS FOR ME
THAT BEING SAID I WILL SEE YOU IN A FEW
THIS BREAK IS SO NEEDFULLY NEEDED AND VERY LONG OVERDUE...

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Heavy grey clouds have finally passed.
Spring is coming at last, at last.

Blue sky full of wispy fluff
Says to winter 'enough, enough'.

Fluffy white clouds in sky of blue.
This kind of day ... long overdue.

Enough of winter, enough of cold.
It's pristine beauty did quickly grow old.

Spring, oh Spring, is on it's way
As the fluffy clouds come out to play....

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That the truth to what I am writing is bare
Is a fact you will determine when you find the missing piece. 
This eulogy is long overdue. 
Then again, even you reading this yet to be told story, 
Even you have words for my corpse then. 
Nonetheless I would not want controversies during my cremation 
So I will tell it in writing…………………...
 Only read my eulogy when the time comes....

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Don't cry for me the old man said
To the young man standing by his bed
The time has come for me to go
But there's something I want you to know
From the day you were born until this day
There is something I have tried to say
I have always been a stubborn man
But I think I can say it if you hold my hand
You will probably think it's long overdue
But the truth is Son, I love you...

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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 2022

Submitted on April 11, 2019 for contest APRIL 2019 PREMIER 3 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 2ND

and November 21, 2018 for contest THE RAINDROP sponsored by CRAIG CORNISH...

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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 some true affection....

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Come rise with me above the horizon;
Console the seeds of the Messiah soon;

Come breach the calms of distorted waves of view;
Banquet the thoughts of evil discord;

What to ignore, no need to explore;
What rights if I had to choose;

Unrepentant evils I've done I lose;
My forgiveness is long overdue:

4/5/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2020...

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O'er on the Prairie Meadow postures
my quietus Bed & Breakfast Inn
Where there is no granduer pasture
and the tones of  travelers leer weary
until they consider and decide to come in.
Welcome take refuge;we're fixed cozy & cheery
an invitation for repose & long overdue rest 
for the many eyes that oft weigh so bleary
we safekeep and are considered the very best!


McCuen Copyright October 2008...

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Here I am on the isle of Oahu.
This Hawaii vacation was long overdue.
There's a lot to see in Honolulu City.
Have you heard of the beach called Waikiki?
With the sand and the palm trees, it looks quite pretty.
However, if I want to get away for a while,
I will just take a short trek to the north of the isle.
There's a nicer place within a short driving reach.
Spend some time with me at Sunset Beach....

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