Best Overhearing Poems

A hot cup of tea greeting me—
first thing in the morning, 
wife smiling unconditionally, xo!  
hot water on tap, tsh…
neighbour’s doggy popping in to...

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He approaches fast

We bump - silly heart beats wildly
Him - lost in thought- No word of apology
We pass each other

He approaches fast

Eyes so blue -...

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Early one morning, as fresh springtime was just ending,
I was hiking in the woods, and overhearing the birds sing.

And with a tranquil heart, and lost...

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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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It was just another ordinary day
Scattered notes are all over the place
Drums trying to maintain a certain beat
Guitars either strumming or singing 

Violins studying their...

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In our highschool, we had to go for masses every Saturday and Sunday
And some girls even went for masses early mornings during the week
The nuns...

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And it was as God and His Word had said –
I watched the lions and the cattle alike, grazing on renewed Earth,
Laughter filled the roads...

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Overhearing a whispered conversation
It caused her a bit of consternation

She learned she was to be terminated
Her teaching job, she thought, might be eliminated

But an angry...

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Overhearing her shriek
At the trees, he 
Keeps gardening, whispering
Soothing sounds to the soil


for andrea's acrostic contest
8/27/13...

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Stepping into an unfamiliar view
The room, the faces,  everything is new
You've done what you're asked but no one's around
Barely quiet but hard to make...

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A fly on the wall,
overhearing a parent
chastise their teenage child


Shut up, when you hear me
laying down the law
No back talking ...
keep it quiet, yo
Don't wanna...

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It's like overhearing whispers 
Above the rustle of fallen leaves and twigs
Breaking under two pairs of feet apiece
Of bachelors and spinsters
And remembering, it's the dead...

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Balance

In the middle
Between two people, equally needy
Thinking to satisfy both
Win-win, no loss
As a hen does for her chicks, 
Or a fair judge in the courts
A...

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This TransParent Sea of Wisdom's Children
with Healthy Full-Time Investment
In My Dipolar Home
of Primal Questions,
Death by Light?
could Rise Up African-Islamic Sisters
overhearing Allah and Buddha
Were Talking
"Just Show...

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What makes you break into a smile
And makes your heart blissfully happy?

Sunshine after showers
A candle lit while thinking of a loved one
Lighting an incense stick...

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