Best Eavesdropping Poems

Four characters that we know well
have problems they all want to tell
in therapy group.
To get all the scoop,
let’s eavesdrop, for all is not well!

Believing no more in himself,
sits dear Santa Claus and an elf
who is hating his work.
Santa says, “What jerk.
I should put you back...

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When you weren't looking
I thought I heard your lips say
"Kiss me"
Your arms said
"Hold me tight"
And your heart say
"Love me tonight"

When you looked away
I heard your body say
"I could be yours"
And I swear I overheard
Your soul say
"We belong together"
"Love me tonight"

Love speaks louder than words
Even when...

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A memory climbed out of the dark,
  as I listened to the words of a new love song

Taking me back to where feelings were strong,
  beyond the flashbacks of a long frozen dream

Remembering again, a last ember still burns,
  and its light...

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Eavesdropping

A good man is hard to find
Said my Nana,
That was the day I saw tears in her eyes
As she nervously stuff the monthly tithe in the envelope
And headed to church that Sunday morning
Before, screaming at my granddad for hours
I guess she was mad as hell...

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Eavesdropping, not smart
A pile builds in the garden
The knife nicked his heart...

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Angry raised voices fall
Weeping then silence
Screams of intimacy
Making up from a fight


Inspired by: http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=214784...

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The title for my collected literary works is...

Eavesdropping On The Everlasting... Justin A. Bordner 2022...

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"We need to cut the budget" the Treasury Minister said 
"To try to get back in the black we’re deeply in the red
Our creditors are losing faith we’re getting near our limit
Gordon said he’d saved the world, I think he’s dropped us in it

Hang on...

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See night in his suit of gray,
bending low to kiss the day.
She's so modest, timid, shy,
that's her blush in the Western sky.

Deepening it lingers there
as peeping stars come out to stare.
But even they cannot persuade
night to raise his pulled down shade.
______________________________

For any old poem contest...

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To keep thee from the evil woman,
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart;
neither let her take thee with her eyelids.(Proverb)



His eyes were filled with a deep sadness
My Granddad became the bastardy king
in Nana’s eyes
Meals that...

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... woodpeckers silent,

        woods mute, overheard my thought,

        eavesdropping I'm caught......

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Black velvet night with lacy fingers
Parted the curtains from my eyes
They sat huddled there in solitude
Twirling lemon water in this sizzling heat
Are they talking about me?
Swinging under the leaves like grass
I can see their lips move
Screaming softly, a waltz thru sore throat
Eyes glance my way
As...

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Beyond function of eavesdropping as rational motive
My conscience* fulfills its assigned mission
Indeed effective, earnestly heaven-bound directive
Guiding with truth’s admonishing compassion.

Thus, I thank God for my conscience’s active presence
Righteous eavesdropping, indeed divinely-driven
Grieving for my wrong decision of pride’s license
Prodding me to confess my sins and be...

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Ear against a crack in the door, 
“I’m leaving, I don’t love you anymore”
“Please don’t go, I’ll try my best”
I guess the flame has been repressed.
She scurried, hearing the doorknob turn,
Hoping he’s lying, her stomach churns.
One last look, their eyes lock in place
No goodbyes will...

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They entered the restaurant in silence.
Sat in front of me; cackled and wrinkled as they talked.
I sat back in a corner, trying not to eavesdrop.
Their conversation was fascinating though.
It kept dragging me right out of my juicy novel.

“Mount of Jupiter, mystic cross, broken life line,
lucky...

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