Laurence Overmire Poems

The serpent slides through the birth canal
...and out into the fullness of a life

writhing its way around the spiral of the years
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Sunlight through the window
birdsongs catch the morning mist
day dreams taking flight
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What is the difference between a black man and a white man?
Is there a difference between a Japanese and a Chinese?
A Bosnian and a Serb?
How about the difference between a Protestant and a Catholic?
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Sometimes I feel like I’m
Just filling space
Like a poem
In someone’s newspaper
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I'm plugged in. wigged out. logged on.
To the wall.
Brain-wired
Through windows of intercyber space
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There were bombs exploding in Iraq
Babies turning blue in the immovable quash of rubble
A government twisting truths into the most
Outrageous kinds of lies
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bitter, sweet, lover
happy, sad, impossible
tragedy of hearts
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Early in the morning, before rehearsals
A cup of coffee in the student union
Relaxing on sofas
Talking about anything and everything
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If life can’t be loved
Lived long with passion
The deep caress of soulful
Night and day
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