Laurence Overmire
Unable to Label
Or understand the overlap of similar, yet
Different things, we waste
The opportunity, lose sight of
Horizons that measure the distance
Between earth and sky
Forget to ask the questions
Whose answers lie hidden
Behind the crenellated walls
Of our own perceptions.
© 2007 Laurence Overmire
Gyroscope
To get to the truth
You must transcend words
You must transcend
Consciousness itself
Allow what is underneath
That great unknowable Hidden
To take what voice it will
And make the world
Spin on the fulcrum of its axis
The riddle burning in the center of
Its hot, molten
Core.
© 2007 Laurence Overmire
Burning Wood
Logs listen
To the stories we tell
Around the fire
Carry our dreams
In ashes
A circle of stone
To remind the future.
© 2007 Laurence Overmire
About the Poet:
Laurence Overmire :
is a writer, actor, director, arts educator and genealogist. He has worked on stage, film, and television in New York and Hollywood
and points in between. His poetry has been widely published in the U.S. and abroad.
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Laurence Overmire
Unable to Label
