Laurence Overmire Poems

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91.
At The North Pole

There’s a lake
—Water—
Not ice, not nice
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92.
Dead Starfish

washed up

on the beach
high tide’s brief wasting
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93.
Ode To A Hummingbird

Light shot through diaphanous wing
Fifty beats per second

Its long beak dipped in the flower of
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94.
Farewell, Fond Traveler

Farewell
Fond traveler
Your ship sets out to sea
With only the stars to guide you
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95.
Lost Masterpiece

Michelangelo
Was born black in 20th century America.

He was a shoeshine boy and a waiter
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96.
The Smoke Of Gallipoli

Nineteen years old
He lost his legs

A field of shard and wire
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97.
The Wall

How many years
A city, a country, a people sliced in two
Look back
Upon a simpler time
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98.
Winners And Losers

As an outsider, looking in
You might wonder why
No glory, no golden global Oscar
Is bestowed on those
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99.
Chasing A Tail

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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100.
Daybreak (Haiku)

Sunlight through the window
birdsongs catch the morning mist
day dreams taking flight
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