Earshot Poems - Poems about Earshot

... Sometimes it's good to give yourself up in an heartfelt yell - to find a place out of earshot of others, a beach will do, or better, a shoreline with rocks and crashing waves, or out bush ......Read the rest...

...Wrapped in long white as if married to birth In a plastic box, with wheels on the bottom, There she lay, unaware of her worth Unaware of the sheer amount of hats she’d wear topped with a pom-po......Read the rest...

...That be cold sun rose yonder, our heads be hot, I'd declare, I'll get Whitey my critter, worked all night, best she nicker. 'Bout saddlin' her real tight, or I'll headlong out of sight, I ......Read the rest...

...Oh, how I long for peaceful tranquillity, a secluded spot , somewhere hot, somewhere by the sea. There, I would just sit and sit, mesmerised by the beauty of it. There, I would pick up my p......Read the rest...

...It's in big letters And I can't see beyond the sign They talk about messages Well that one is emblazoned on my eyelids Walk forward, stop The end of the line is right where you started Povert......Read the rest...

...Long night. Sleepless. I heard an owl, its call filtering through the tall trees, writing itself on the lush silence. Other sounds followed reverently, a moth whispering its powdery presence s......Read the rest...

...There's no poetry in me I'm empty I'll make sweeping remarks Change my mind Keep it in Spit it out Sink and fly Gaze out in a daze Lost beneath eyelids Too heavy to rise Too watched to sl......Read the rest...

...I see myself today as once I saw others, an old man walking, with nowhere to g......Read the rest...

...The lake has its own orchestrated acoustics. The quaking of oboes and the bassoon-ing honks of a skein of geese conduct a loosely scored morning air. Rustling reeds chime in fluted stems, a ......Read the rest...

...Has anyone lived long enough, To finish cleaning out the garage. Has anyone lived long enough, To see leftover room in kitchen cupboards. Has anyone lived long enough, To bear witness to a m......Read the rest...

...Dear Diary I know because I have been forewarned That when my name is brought up and I am mentioned and referenced in certain other people's company Some people choose to refer to me a......Read the rest...

...Inapropos trois faux pas jokingly blurted out... yesterday August 30th, 2022. The following fictitious account predicated upon words spilling out me mouth before taking time to think through......Read the rest...

...Walking; This time there was no choice, you had started to sing; To the sound of your voice I had to keep going; Why not? I am starting to feel you; Even in your earshot this is what ......Read the rest...

...She had nothing to gain This is my only shot Dance through the pain It wasn’t my fault she didn’t have a main Role. She wanted to see me distraught She had nothing to gain I can see her try......Read the rest...

...THE DEAD CAT WALTZ Tick, tick, tock. Fleeing the dancing cats. Oh those strangled cries, the pleas for help. Where are the sirens to drown them out? I'm no hero, just another suspect......Read the rest...