Short Overtook Poems

He ran so fast 
That he overtook his destination...

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As the darkness overtook,

They returned back to their nests,

For a calm,night’s sleep …...

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the fever overtook us
after our vacation week
needed a soak
soaked in each other’s skin
toweled off
grinned

11/26/2018...

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A posh lady from posh avenue Tarook,
   Broke a nail when reading a book,
       A cataclysmic event
  Causing her such torment,
Her emotions were quite overtook....

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The Vicar sniffed searching for the culprit
As it rose it overtook the pulpit
Stained glass windows wept
As the brimstone crept
The choir hummed so as not to gulp it

©6/20/2023...

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please let your
guard down 
let it melt 
away like ice 
on a summers 
day 
till there 
is nothing but 
love left standing 
in the place 
of resentment  
like before 
bitterness 
overtook 
the heart...

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A wave of grief overtook me,
Pressing me to the depths,
I did not fight the ocean,
I silently sobbed,
For I did not wish to disturb the moon,
Quietly I filled the ocean to overflowing,
As I welcomed sleep....

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Ethereal cloud of pink carnations and blue hydrangeas
Overtook her thoughts, turning her wispy and willing
Her caramel skin tones oozed into her Barbie dream girl mind
Silken red teddy-laden, she gave him her come hither look....

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needless irrationally based volatile situations 
overshadowed all rationality that remained 
alive within the realm of reality that the 
past self inhibited till one day
irrationality finally overtook the 
space that was left uninhibited...

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One man’s treasure, one man’s trash;
saved for years, then sold for cash.

Though held once in high esteem,
tarnish overtook their gleam.

Dull they sit and patient wait,
helpless to control their fate.

Auctioned off, or harsher still,
land ignoble, in a fill....

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A spark conceived
by way of the wind's undertones
Assertive they rest their eyes
a scope of passion
was comatose but a century ago
The face of anonymity,
yet a dream to turn up gold
Only love's curiosity
overtook navigation

By Glenn McCrary

© 2012 Glenn McCrary (All rights reserved)...

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Fluff your feathers, young bird.
Fly away.
You indeed have a life,
no matter that your mother
is dead.
Human consumption overtook her land so
flee!
You have no rights.
I, homo sapien, am god.
All land is mine,
your feathers are mine,
and the sticks you used to build your home....

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Tired Fairy Granny did sit
Upon the sunflower's brown seed.
As dragonfly round her did orbit,
Then from her small hand did feed.

As darkness overtook the sky,
Fairy Gran needs to babysit.
She will have to be rested to fly,
And get there lickety-split.     ...

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The moisture from this
Morning’s dew
Supplemented natures
Humidity and hue
Plants as if living
And growing so big
Overtook the yard
Prompting me to dig
Holes of future 
Bulbs and seeds 
Eradicating the overgrown 
Senseless weeds
Of ivy and oak
And all the rest
Mother Nature doesn’t 
Always know what’s best...

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Vishnu 
once 
took 
birth
in 
your 
form
long 
long 
ago.

You 
were 
once 
ridiculed
by 
a 
proud 
hare
for 
moving 
slow.

But 
you 
overtook
your 
foolish 
rival
in 
a 
single 
race,
being 
slow 
but 
steady,
and 
thus
you 
taught 
the 
world 
a 
great 
moral.

You 
are 
a 
famous 
star!...

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Lurking in the shadows,
like a coward it hid.
Waiting for the moment,
to prey on the kid.

The time was close,
the light grew bright.
And it stepped out, 
in plain view sight.

Now tears of sorrow
grace each face.
They grow cold
as they see the place,

Where death overtook, 
in the blink of an eye.
The wonderful man
to young to die....

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The Passion

It was a burning need
the desire to hold and hoard
not cars or rare antiques
but small and natural things

coloured stones from a beach
pales driftwood’s sculpted forms
parrots’ feathers of every hue
and discarded skin of a snake

such wonders of diversity
a bower built of treasured finds
until they overwhelmed my home
overtook the room for me.

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He was a slave to one of his books
and for all of the looks
cast upward he then did wrong
The book had been his as a kid
the knowledge for what he did
all of the bad was written
Fake read and done as hes told
The binding grows old
as does the kid
When death overtook
no longer did the book
have any words
Page by page
Blank.
Unwritten, Overwritten, His story
Blank....

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Fall came a trifle early
And it caught me unaware--
Seems the leaves began their falling
Turning circles in the air.

I could hear the end of summer
With the rustle of the trees--
As I latched up every window
To escape the chilly breeze.

But the cold it overtook me
As it slipped beneath the door--
And the moaning wind, it whispered:
"The summer is no more!"

~Mel...

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See this evidence I'll compile
To show I go the extra mile
Of course in my own little style
You will see if you look

I fear I give wrong impression
Something lost in my expression
Always prone to make confession
No quotes from stock phrase book

Meld my heart and yours together
By your side through any weather
Hold your hand for this endeavour
Your needs have overtook...

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He smiled his crooked smile at me and I blushed.
He took a slow step forward then he rushed,
To my side, running his hands down my arms and then…
Bliss, 
As the warmth of his mouth overtook mine again
I knew for a fact he wasn’t lying.
He was kissing me so tenderly I thought about crying,
But I knew that wouldn’t be right
Because this is suppose to be a happy night....

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There's no more pretending
or acting out parts.
There are just bitter endings
for two foolish hearts.
And, as I wade through
these half-written songs,
I can see the direction
we took all along.

The timing seemed perfect
for two willing hearts
to try and find comfort
and love of some sort.
We knew there was danger
in things that we tried, 
but time overtook
our love and it died....

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After breach in tolerance
one peeled truth becomes incendiary.
Afraid of the known:
pitched against
unknown.

Dying young with stiff upper lip,
the grief,
was not curtained enough.
The malignant spread,
refused to retract a name from the epitaph.

Greed overtook
by calculation,
powerful thrust to run the winds,

the virgin grass will not surrender.
Lethal on the move, a humble shout
was nearer to god.						


SATISH VERMA...

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...and darkness fell.
The birds nested in silence.
The people retired their day.
The wind never stirred.
The moon never rose.
All was dark.
The sea laid still.
Calmness overtook.
Nothing became everything,
and Love shattered my all,
laying scattered within.
        Rage descended,
        and
        Death dove 
        down
        as swift
        and sharp
        as the Arrow
        for the Kill!
...and darkness fell....

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After breach in tolerance
one peeled truth becomes incendiary.
Afraid of the known:
pitched against
unknown.

Dying young with stiff upper lip,
the grief,
was not curtained enough.
The malignant spread,
refused to retract a name from the epitaph.

Greed overtook
by calculation,
powerful thrust to run the winds,

the virgin grass will not surrender.
Lethal on the move, a humble shout
was nearer to god.					


SATISH VERMA...

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