Earshot Poems - Poems about Earshot

Absence

..."Absence makes the love grow"
    Absence grows love?
                      grows love??

Okay but what is what is absence?






                      Fair enough 

But surely, if 
  I...

An unexceptional turning point in our marriage

...An unexceptional turning point in our marriage...

unexpectedly came about,
when possible prospect
of the wife going
to Puerto Rico by herself
(for a fêted celebration
of our eldest daughter
...

I paid no heed to the call of the sirenS

...I paid no heed to the call of the siren(s)

where amble lances 
hurled with the might 
of off fish hull seductress dances
setting figurative stage to take a bite
from canoodling beastie boy bes...

The Light Within Earshot at the Gas Station Snack Bar

...
Our oldest light goes by the name cosmic 
microwave background radiation—
CMB for short. She's everywhere: 
fluorescent birdsong of modern offices, 
hum of corner store ice cream cases. 
Have ...

Echos rent twisted and bent

...We love to hear an echo, resounding and abounding,
reverberating our words off walls and harbingers,
replaying and soothsaying our views and opinions.
We seek the places and spaces, and company wi...

The Waves of Everything Pretty

...Air aided in gravel’s travel
Its ricocheting rhythm
Rhythming like the crunch
Of an ocean
The steps of someone
The left and right side 
Sway as incongruent tides
Whatever winds wind up
Within...

Wraith, Geist, or Wrath of the Failure

...Seems my handwriting will never improve,
Yearlong efforts, letters still oblong.
Not quite right, but we pretend it’s not all bad,
I fixate on each line, a prerequisite approach.
So next and then...

Cascading Rain

...I'm oblivious to the chatter
cascading from
unknown streams
Soon enough themes evaporate
like steam
& are gone with the
wind like hot air from tea pots
Misguided missiles aimed harm
those wit...

The Less Scriptural Time of Christ: Part 1

...The ambiguity of the life of the Christ-child, heralds, modern-day philosophy. Child protection should be absolute and definitive at any time in world history. There were hints or points towards the ...

In Praise of Yelling

...
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 ...

Put A Sock On It

...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...

Speak Your Mind, But Ride A Fast Horse

...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 ...

Poetry by the Sea

...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...

What Was Written

...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...

Looking Back

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

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