Best Overhear Poems

Some people frankly write about their quirks.
If I had any, I would tell you so.
Though no outlandish trait within me lurks,
some folks think I’m a...

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It is not a conversation you overhear,
Like the questions rolling underfoot,
"Who goes there?".
You can see the grass has told
How tall to grow
To the chicory, dandelions...

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I overhear feisty breezes
whispering words of gibberish
amidst the sound of rustling leaves.

Setting the treetops aflutter
they garner secrets from the trees,
decoding subtle sighs and heaves.

Autumn creates...

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breakfast with the mafia
an early burbs Thursday
we watch them through the window
trying to figure out what they're saying
 
eating their new york bagels
while they plan...

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Kissing deep beats fluttering dancing on a breathless whisper
A snowdrop falls on the lips melt slowly kiss you beautiful
The whisper of your voice, the warmth...

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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...

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Through the Eyes of Love

I see you in your morning prayer -
 Look as you raise your hands in praise;
Overhear your voices sing to God
...

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How thoroughly you wreck me
With the taste of hope, I can't resist
That you may actually perceive my existence
As if you haven't already taken more chances...

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Where light and darkness meet
That’s where you’ll find me. 
My voice is breaking,
But I know that you can hear
Every word that I speak.
My eyes are...

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Last night's Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire, not starring Adam
      Sandler,
great in the great tradition of Metropolis, Fellini, Children...

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The Moon’s Yellow Eyes										
After: The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers 
					
Situations righted by the assassination in Sheepshead Bay (alibied with difficulty under earth’s single...

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Kissing deep beats fluttering dancing on a breathless whisper 
A snowdrop falls on the lips melt slowly kiss you beautiful 
The whisper of your voice,...

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While I was walking alone on the beach
I was confronted with an eerie sight
My body was casting two shadows
One on the left and one more...

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Rays of sugarplums dance in the sun.
Children’s laughter was heard and enjoyed.
We should teach them to relish life while they are young.

Lights are dancing in...

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Through the wee hours of the dawn
On a cold autumn night of 
February. The harmattan harsh
And dry breeze blowing

I overhear the leaves weepy-scratchy
Noise. Still but...

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