Overheard Poems - Poems about Overheard

Overheard in the Ob-gyn Ward

   Hey, ‘Nurse Ratchet,’ handle with care! ~
  
     The next Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is forming in there

Interview Overheard

I hear them talking as I open my eyes, 
a hazy something lingers on my lips like lava, 
threatening to erupt. I hear question then answer, 
then questions plural follow up:
detectives discussing something green, something sticky, 
an alien lifeform discovered in the 
night “…crawling, sobbing, limping home somewhere.” 

The ceiling moves, 
rotates above me. 
My

Overheard On the Parade Grounds

"Oh, look, my little Johnny is the only one in step".

Overheard Holidays 1969

“My Cousin Joan’s going to let Danny stay with her in Toronto, Honey.”

“Toronto?  What the holy hell are you talkin’ about, June?  Danny’s just finished college.  He’s not going anywhere.  What--he’s a draft dodger now?"

“It’s all arranged, Sam.  Our son’s going to be drafted.  He’ll be sent to Viet

Excerpts From Conversations Overheard

Deep down I think you know -
This is where I draw the line -
So I won’t be long I promise -
But feel free to chop or change -
Something, anything about this -
But are you sure you’re ready?

Aliens Overheard

a deafening cacophony
ego spawned thought spirals phony 
earth a lunatic asylum
everywhere swaying pendulum
mindless chatter, each soul lonely

23-September-2021

Overheard

~ Overheard ~
 
Do you not find it odd
  that cattle and husbands we prod

Overheard At Work

Hey why do they call it the 'rat race'
   I don't know ~ Go ask the Big Cheese

Overheard On a Medieval Breeze

Hark, father, yonder poet hath no pen.
  Still, my son. Doth the feather make the wren?

Overheard

A party and a baptism together?
They wouldn’t do that again... never!
Someone said, ‘Cheese is nice.’
The priest heard, ‘Jesus Christ.’
Which stuck with that poor kid forever.



7 December 2020
For Christmas Limerick contest
Sponsor Alexis Y


PS... if you hear that someone in the UK just got incinerated by a rogue lightning strike... it was nice knowing you all.

Overheard On Mt Rushmore

Picture this: Mt. Rushmore
With its most imposing heads
Discussing certain rumors
Which the White House likely spreads.

“He can’t be really serious!”
Groused Teddy, steaming mad.
“I think he is,” calm George replied.
“He’s nuts, though, I should add.”

“There isn’t room up here at all,”
As Thomas pointed out.
“He’ll just buy the surrounding land,”
Said Abe, “without a doubt.”

“But what a nerve!” they

Understated Yet Overheard

I'm not comfortable
talking about racial differences,

Or even racial
or sensual similarities.

I know what you mean
or maybe I do.
Something intimate and personal
about melanin
and hair qualities
and what lies red-blooded
under shared and segregated skin.

I remember when long hair quantity
was an anti-patriarchal political statement,
maybe even anti-capitalist economic divestment;
But not political empowerment/disempowerment qualities
like "good" hair
or "black" hair
or "kinky" hair
or "Aryan" blond

Whispered Conversation Overheard

He’s still out there
Sinister whisper
Her confidant nods
Eyes masked, body language shut
It is almost closing time
I wonder about this

The bag boy packs up my groceries
Unconcerned, about seventeen 
Perhaps did not hear
More likely on his way to the back
A hand-held electronic game might be waiting

I glance at the whisperers.
Are they frightened? Intrigued? Flattered?
Do I have need to

Overheard Back In the Day -- Come On, Baby

Oh, My favorite song, 'Light my Fire!'
  Yeah!  My favorite too.  Takes me higher

I just hope they play the long version, you know
  I don't know.  it's too long and too slow

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, ok?
  Uh-huh.  Let's pipe down and enter the

Overheard

Honey please try to understand
You need to use more than one hand

I'm going to try to push it in
Careful, it's not meant to bend

I know it hurt, no need to shout
I am going to pull it back out

I am already going slower
Maybe we should try a little lower

I think we may just have to quit
We'll

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