Eavesdropped Poems - Poems about Eavesdropped

Getting Older

...As I was leaving the doctor’s office he was dictating notes about our meeting…
I eavesdropped…because I can….
He said he’d just finished up a conference with a delightful 70 year old man.

I was ...

Sense Hedges

...Seeking a shred of purpose
to pass the remaining time
or play with dark spots
and flashes of thunder
and dreams of vespers?
Tenderly rummaging through memories of bones
and promises of fragile ...

The Howling Winds of March

...The howling winds of March

Furious gusts of air
mightily blow bestirring anchored poet
sitting comfortably numb
securely strapped in his hard to maneuver
easy bath chair
while all around him ...

Rain of Rose 1

...Colures transposed orbits closed whence derive the rains of rose?
Across million mileage magic and magnitude are striding
O'er holistic horizon svelteness and smoothness are sliding
Meridian frame...

Villanelles

...Villanelles

The villanelle is a poetic form based on repetition, with a double refrain. 



Villanelle: The Divide
by Michael R. Burch

The sea was not salt the first tide...
was man born ...

Boat Ride

...We went on a boat ride
on the Ohio.
The river boat
paddled almost to the Mississippi
then it turned
ever so slowly into the night.

The dark steps of the waves
drowned our words.
We eavesdro...

Sisterly Love

...My sweet baby sister (AKA the traitor)
Has radars for ears and the mind of a spy,
She eavesdrops, twists facts, and then tattletales,
And proudly serves mom an elaborate lie.

I swee...

Eavesdropped and Damaged

...Wicked whispers, like hisses,
slithered throughout the office
when the disliked departed for the day.
Rotten hysteria blared
like beastly blasts.
Louder their voices leaped
as they could see th...

Merced

...There once was a young lady from Merced
Who eavesdropped on what other people said
Ears did ring
News did bring
What some people said about her she heard...

Noi Siamo I Barbari

...If you've ever seen Ca' Rezzonico 
seeming quite to float 
upon the Grand Canal 
as you bob in a boat, 

or if you've ever eavesdropped 
in some Trastevere alley 
some golden afternoon 
on so...

Christmas With Christ

...“It’s the day
God will send His Son”
Overheard the guardian angels say
“It’s the day
The infant king will jump out of the tummy”
Heard the sheep caressing the calf
“It’s the day
The sa...

Black,Red and Gold

...BLACK,RED and GOLD

Location---SOMEWHERE IN KÖNIGSBERG 1945 APRIL 9
Scene---A Dying German Agent/A Soldier`s thoughts/reflections just before death 

On this periphery of life
Let blue jeans of...

Is There Something You Want To Tell Me

...We used to Communicate, Brainstorm, Debate
but I find you've been quiet and distant, of late.

Just what aren't you Saying? What is the good Word?
To find out, I eavesdropped and here's all that ...

Planet of the Grapes -Words - the Heart of Imagination

...Planet of the Grapes


and so the grapes
conspired
met in secret bunches
eavesdropped 
on the vintners
during their
wine sipping lunches.

too win we must
subvert their minds
causing los...

Dreams of Mind Reading

...Have you ever wished you could mind read? 
Let me save you some trouble my friend, 
When those weird thoughts seem to pop in your head
The best plan, simply turn them on end

Consider if things ...

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