Long Overhears Poems

Book Three of the THIRUK-KURAL on Un-Authorised (concealed) and Authorised (religion-ordained) LOVE: Cantos 109 THAGAIANANGKURAITHTHAL to 133

(Note: Love between mainly the wedded pair from the standpoint of the fair liana-like “lady” of the pliant bamboo-shoulders,...

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zealotry yawping within un
   pretentious sporty, quirky, 
   oddly, manly, kooky, impisly, gummy, 
   edgy, dorky, cocky, belly airs

to disseminate, a quick  
  literary flourishing brushstroke 
...

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Nap Time

In the astral world of utterance, one overhears the whispering of sweet nothings, breathlessly whisking up a spell of portioned scents that nay, nearly spilt the teacups swirled cremes delights and demitasse gooey treats,...

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in the check cashing line on friday 
she stands, frustrated, calculating in her head
how quickly the paycheck erodes away 
like sand through a sieve &
her hands hurt from the manufacturing she’s been doing
for what seems...

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It’s a game that began when he was young.
Apparently it was something he just had to know
He and his Dad were watching the clouds when he asked,
“Daddy, where do all these clouds go?”

“As they’ve move...

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narrative

Logan squirms in his seat starting home for the day
he cannot ride like the other small kids.
One leg is shorter, but all is well.

He begs from the back of his big brother's bike -
please, just...

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He blinks in and out in a wingchair,
overhears what visitors say
when patients
can be talked about
as if not there.

People speak well of the dying,
even of dying strangers,
to him their words
prematurely shovel earth.

The terminally sick
must be accommodated,
penciled...

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interesting
the girl has red hair
she is around 200 pounds
she dances well

people throw coins
into a violin case
no violin

there are pidgins on the pavement
they are also dancing
between the hurrying legs

The girl is an angel
I know these things
gut...

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What crashes into them
is the oceans voice beheaded.

Seabirds skim upon verge and crest,
a green swell of rise and fall.

Open mouths trawl the air
then plunge into a rising wave
to scoop a thrashing fin
that dangles now
between life...

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FURY OF THE FIRESTORM

as car handles melt and the fury of the firestorm
surrounds this frightened nurse
who thinks she’s dead
her husband metes out an order — “RUN!”
does he think of neatly lined streets of
parallel fire lines,...

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As we focus shoot with our floppy lobes,
A gossamer film disguise the eardrums,
Echoes entertain all malicious probes,
Tidings beseech fortuitous pilgrims.

Jealousy encourage hostile intents, 
Embittered rivalry host the defied,
Chief points yield unfavorable segments,
Relentless attacks hearten the...

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To whom should read my words could then explain,
How much is fact or mystery they've caused,
That overhears with insight, fraught or plain
And fact remains between the words you've paused, 
Shall crack the code with detail,...

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Lofty lush green trees 
bearing bright berries
Enthrall energy balls monkeys
that traverse through the air
to reveal ripened fruits matter
to thrushes, which then flutter  
and sing songs to share the info
with the sportive flying squirrels.
Deer drinking...

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Seize the Moment
Written: by Tom Wright
1/14/2013

There’s nothing about us,
That God doesn’t know.
He knows where we’ve been,
And yet where we’ll go;

He discerns what we see, 
And overhears us speak.
But give him our heart,
And our life He...

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