Short Overtake Poems

Mind can't overtake the heart but heart can overtake mind...

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Trust is all but lost 
lies overtake where love stood 
lives shattered from this...

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Finally music
Magically settles nerves.
Sounds all the slower.
Feelings slowly overtake
My innermost mind's own core....

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If you take your time, eventually time will overtake you.

FIRST PLACE WINNER
Written 4/25/2021
for "Paradox of Life" Contest
sponsored by JCB Brul...

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A rainbow suddenly appeared
It shined so bright that its
Colors called out to the world
Warning of possible danger
That could destroy or
Overtake the world...

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Peace and love are strong 
their description is so hard 
they bleed just the same 

people pray for both 
yet war and  hate overtake 
they bleed just the same...

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Yellow fire hazards blemish the lawn,
prickly to bare summer feet.
Locusts overtake the heat.
Aphids feast and continue to spawn,
yet still remain strawberries to eat.

7-8-2021...

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Friendship for a start is tremendous, I guess, 
In awe as your countenance encapsulate comeliness.
Today might be bright, but I didn't come with torch ??.
I came with something brighter ??...

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Uncertain times, as fear will overtake
More dangerous than 1918, the last great outbreak
This seems different 
Causing bewilderment
What will be left of the world in it's wake...

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My mind is cloudy
And seeming to tighten
Flashes if anguish
Pain, torment and loss
Overtake my life
Nothing is easy
Not even Denial
Must push through this
Through the blockade of indifference...

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sweet Honeysuckle
curls about the fence, reaching
out to the roses
Wanting to cradle their blooms
in a gentle vine embrace



Inspired by the honeysuckle on my backyard gate and the roses it tries to overtake...

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beyond rhyme and reason
I loved him
not from the first second
that we met
but soon after
I tried hard
not to fall
but the feelings overtake
all thoughts
are of him
my heart 
beating a song
of love
unrequited...

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I drove onto a motorway,
70 mph middle of the road me,
Middle lane,
Overtake only when necessary,
Then on the otherside,
Slapping his huge stomach and laughing,
Was Sulaman the magnificent,
Fleeced on either side by elephants....

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SUNSET    DOG



My dog went out today
Over the hills and far away
He went as fast as he could run
To overtake the setting sun

The sky grew darker
And scared that barker
Until he finally stopped and rested
And realized that he’d been bested...

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Countless surfers engulf the sea
A feeling of peace overtake me
Lots of love and placidity
Overfill the vicinity
People accumalate in all degree
From the rich and famous
To the poor and nameless
Life to me is a cool ocean breeze
Accompanied by harmony...

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Ever read the superior verse of the gurus?
For this prepare anon before it be too late,
Or they overtake you the wheels of fate;
A guru rehearses behind the translucent curtains
Till its fully baked the dough of verse;
Will you miss this gala, so monstrous?...

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Wondrous warm wishes

Bountiful birthday blessings*

God's gracious great grants.

*Deuteronomy 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

March 9, 2019...

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Colors overtake me one by one,
  as they fuse within my mind

To paint their ancient messages,
  prismatic and sublime

The past is but enigma,
  tomorrow still a dream

This moment’s image all that lasts
  —in constancy redeemed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)...

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Grievous water dearth...

          ...challenges faith's fortitude...

                    ...God showers blessings*!

*Deuteronomy 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

April 4, 2019...

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L  Little hearts romanticize all literature.
O  Ordinary people fall into it with joy.
V  Very intense new feelings overtake our brains,
E  Everyone hopes for their own partner girl or boy.

Date:  8-16-2018       
Contest:  Acrostic and Quatrain Poetry Contest   Sponsor:  Savannah Brown...

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Intersection of
  Overwhelmed & Exhausted
    A decision to make 

  Venture out onto that
  Autobahn of Freeways
    Shake & Bake 
    Wide Awake & Overtake... 

  Turn the other way
  Crash & Burn
    Maddening price to pay  

  Yet ~
  Overwhelmed & Exhausted
    A DECISION to make...

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OF LOVE

The lover's tongue
Grows a bouquet of pregnant words,
That proclaims momentary eternity.
The inflamed heart races fast
Like hundred frightened footsteps
To overtake time and impel it.

Love plays with time, beyond time.
Love carries the cross of goodness,
And fills the void of understanding!...

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Let slumber overtake thee
And pleasant dreams ignite thee
For a moment in the dark
Is but a blink of an eye in the realm of beauteous dream

Take flight as you sleep
And do not fear for the future
For there is more love than what meets the eye
And it will bind all worry and pain
With the soft rains of many a dream...

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“In a rundown, the runner is in a pickle that could become a rhubarb.” ~ by poet

Rundown.
He's trapped between
bases being pursued
by the fielders who glibly smile
because they know they have the advantage,
to perhaps overtake and tag
the beleaguered runner,
to foil the run.
Rundown.
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Impaled embers forsook
damp crevices elongated 
wide orifices inhale poised 
pain wrapped in prideful
Splendor.

Sprint gallantly, reform
denying absorbed death
exhaling hope anew
evermore proved extreme
Brillance.

Spread wide softly,
overtake righteous screams
whisper mist appear brightly
Resilient....

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