Best Eavesdropped Poems

Wicked whispers, like hisses,
slithered throughout the office
when the disliked departed for the day.
Rotten hysteria blared
like beastly blasts.
Louder their voices leaped
as they could see that she...

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Strolling the beach one day, a magnificent shell I happened to see.
I picked it up and held it to my ear - just out of...

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We used to Communicate, Brainstorm, Debate
but I find you've been quiet and distant, of late.

Just what aren't you Saying? What is the good Word?
To find...

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BLACK,RED and GOLD

Location---SOMEWHERE IN KÖNIGSBERG 1945 APRIL 9
Scene---A Dying German Agent/A Soldier`s thoughts/reflections just before death 

On this periphery of life
Let blue jeans of my...

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Planet of the Grapes


and so the grapes
conspired
met in secret bunches
eavesdropped 
on the vintners
during their
wine sipping lunches.

too win we must
subvert their minds
causing loss of  focus
torturously...

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“It’s the day
God will send His Son”
Overheard the guardian angels say
“It’s the day
The infant king will jump out of the tummy”
Heard the sheep caressing the...

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Villanelles

The villanelle is a poetic form based on repetition, with a double refrain. 



Villanelle: The Divide
by Michael R. Burch

The sea was not salt the first...

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Colures transposed orbits closed whence derive the rains of rose?
Across million mileage magic and magnitude are striding
O'er holistic horizon svelteness and smoothness are sliding
Meridian framed...

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If you've ever seen Ca' Rezzonico 
seeming quite to float 
upon the Grand Canal 
as you bob in a boat, 

or if you've ever eavesdropped...

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The howling winds of March

Furious gusts of air
mightily blow bestirring anchored poet
sitting comfortably numb
securely strapped in his hard to maneuver
easy bath chair
while all around him...

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Have you ever wished you could mind read? 
Let me save you some trouble my friend, 
When those weird thoughts seem to pop in your...

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hopeless
this
i am sad
tell me why is that so bad
i guess i don't know
no 
good words
i did not go to school
i didn't wear clothes
listen to music
or...

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My sweet baby sister (AKA the traitor)
Has radars for ears and the mind of a spy,
She eavesdrops, twists facts, and then tattletales,
And proudly serves mom...

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Seeking a shred of purpose
to pass the remaining time
or play with dark spots
and flashes of thunder
and dreams of vespers?
Tenderly rummaging through memories of bones
and promises...

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There once was a young lady from Merced
Who eavesdropped on what other people said
Ears did ring
News did bring
What some people said about her she heard...

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