Short Overthrown Poems

I've learned to rise from my own ashes 
In the midst of war
Because I refuse to stay beaten on the floor. 
Every desire I'll break 
Weakness unknown 
My wings already mended I won't be overthrown. 
I am a Phoenix
And it's time I come home....

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peals the bell of sweetest sweet romance,
Where Mystic Rose begins to memorise the dance,
where love was sweetest ever known,
where passion was mesmerised and overthrown,
by the mystic wielder of the lance,
suggestive in its very overtone...

Don...

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King - A Haiku

noctilucent boys
A Persian, friendly king flies
in spite of the friend

enemies scatter
as the children over throw
kingdoms come down hard

in spite of the fiends
as the children over throw
the kingdom comes down

5/11/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr....

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tiny hands, small feet
chuckling little laughs
I can't have a seat
burning in my calves
when is my retreat?

Messes all day
overthrown by smiles
child lead the way
track them for miles

one small step
turns to leaps
where's time kept?

not here...
not there...

WHERE?...

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The blaring voice of a megaphone
  the piercing ring of certain phones
The whirring sound of airborne drones
  the screaming pain of kidney stones 

The crack and snap of a broken bone
  the victim's cries, contorted groans
Bullets whiz past a regime overthrown
  ~ Prithee it be a nuke-free zone...

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Awful anarchy in my quiet heart
Takes me on a wild ride
Of misunderstanding and madness
My body’s government is overthrown 
And the armies have disbanded
The confusion complicates cool cadets
Marching to the sporadic beat of my core
The rough rhythm makes me disregard
That this pulse was ever orderly...

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When in death I close my eyes
then place my body in a box suitable for such,
but Bury Me?  Never!

When the last gasp of air is vanished from my chest
then place this shell I once possessed into the dirt,
but Bury Me?  Never!

When time is overthrown by eternity, I pray thee
cast my ashes into the deepest sea,
but Bury Me?  Never!...

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Sometimes you need a moment alone

A reflection phase of sorts

Lakes turn to beaches that begets oceans

Tears form at the corner drifting downward

of 

Too late for you to be strong

Everyone breaks but they rebuild

Aspects of humanity are overthrown with reality

Ridiculed at how fragile you are at this age

Salty tears run alone but smile gather at many...

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Fear hampers success and innovation,
fears can often lead to stagnation.
Fear our happiness does restrain
out of fear we endure pain.

Most fears are baseless,
probability of others is very less.
We often fear the unknown,
such fears are best overthrown.

If we face our fear,
they might just disappear.
Negative mind harbours fear,
faith in God does end fear.

Datet 8/11/2020

HM in Brain Strand contest...

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Once I sat upon your throne
to visit a familiar chair
I am the Empress overthrown
I no longer rule or scare
My face is in the picture
since 1968
There is no kind of stricture
I'm sitting at the gate
I stand for birth and promise
of a new dawn seeping in
and of gifts awmous
refraining from any sin
So lay out the cards of ink my friends
and see me sitting there
you need not for to make amends
I'll grant your wishes fair....

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It was only when 
the Star People came in 
that things got nasty - overthrown.
Ideals became forgotten,
and the starlings did not sing.
We hated all the Star People ...
wished to kill them one by one.

And they were killed;
killed by our bullets
aimed towards their breasts.
Women and children were not spared:
we hated them to death.
Only now do the starlings start to sing,
for we didn't - my god - leave anything....

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My soul, no other can own
Besides the One who made it;
Lest my hopes be overthrown
And cast into the bottomless pit!
Though evil always in my eyes stare
In disguise like one so innocent,
Yet I'd never in my folly dare
To have it any close to my tent.
For what will it ever profit me
If all the foolishness I enjoy today,
Will tomorrow an anguish be
As my life like coal, burns away.
Hell, I cannot afford to taste;
O my soul, seek it not in a haste!...

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Straight, direct meaning, 
No ambiguity or question, 
Of relationship or hearing, 
Only malicious attestation. 

Seventy-five thousand, 
Killed by the 15 kiloton bomb, 
In one there was no pasture land, 
For the innocent overthrown.

Red fluid permeated, 
Scolded the lungs of the fit, 
No reactions competed, 
With that rupture that lit. 

Never again should war, 
Take the lives of so many, 
Because lifted is the bar, 
On freedom and autonomy....

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Sensational shockwaves of fall, 2001
witnessed world trade struck cold.
As its backdrop collasped, we trembled in a sea
of misgivings untold. 

Brilliant aftershocks arose then in quick pursuit
though nation’s nerves were pained.
Countless rich outgiving, volunteer champions
committed, unconstrained.
	
Into unplowed soil of cowardly destruction
bounteous seeds were sown 
freely without thorns of selfish gain or glory.
Faith bloomed - distrust, overthrown....

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Sprawled about the blanket spread
Minding the business of her own
Her mind led, far astray
By her thoughts, she is overthrown.
She dreams of a heaven
Beyond her meagre skill
Far-fetched from cold reality
Though reached from power of will.
For her it appears a lifetime
But to us a patient while
Stationed soundly at my feet
Though her head a ’wandered mile.
And itched along her rested neck
My hand so ever tender
Her head arose, so much confused 
And query from my brain did render....

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Red #1
Entry #5
2-24-12

Ever since he came into the picture
You stopped talking to me
You abandoned me
Now I'm all alone
Your friend has had me overthrown
He's dogging me like I'm not a friends of yours
I had a crush
I blushed
Why did I ever like you?
You're irresistible
You're irreplaceable
You act like you're unavailable
I wanna woo you
I can't stop thinking about you
I can't keep you out of my head
But my subconscious is telling me that you're better off dead...

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Heartbeat

I'm holding my breath.
Catching what's left.
Giving you the rest.
Looking at you leaves me breathless.

I'm holding my own
Before my heart is overthrown.
Wishing there was a chance.
Remembering what makes a man.
I'm a mess
when your presence leaves me breathless.

Do you know how that feels?
Does it matter to you?
Can you hear the heartbeat I let you steal?

I'm holding my breath.
Catching what's left.
Giving you the rest.
Looking at you leaves me breathless....

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