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POEM STARTER

Write a poem with the title “Overheard in the Library”.

As well-renowned places of quiet, any conversations had in libraries tend to carry!

Writings

Bleed

I speak

Sshh

Listen

Don’t worry

I forgot to mention

Stories are untold all around us

Stay away from the eyes of the darkness

Listen to the rhythmic words of old

Don’t worry to much about it

It opens and closes

Then bleeds into

The corners

Of a story

Now you may

Speak...

Overheard In The Library

Overheard colors makes vibrations

Overheard the universe is elegant

Overheard thoughts and feelings

Overheard stay in my lane

Overheard education is power

Overheard power is educating

Overheard planes overhead

Overheard my hunger pains

For food and knowledge

Overheard my yearning for real connections

Overheard opportunity

Overheard compassion and love

Overheard nothingness...

Overheard In The Library

As he passed through the rows of moldy books, Ben took in the smell of the old paper. The building had managed to survive the ravages of time and he relished the opportunity to peruse the ancient volumes which remained. He passed sections labeled “Shakespeare” and “fiction” as he navigated the stacks. No sound fell upon his ears as he went, save for his own footfalls dampened by the mossy carpe...

Overhead In The Library

This might come off a little mean

But let’s discuss how well you clean


It’s not that bad as cleaning goes

It’s really just your stinking toes


The nails are long and sickly brown

And twist and curl themselves around


The dirt and gunk all in between

Has been there since last Halloween


I hesitate to even say

How much the smell ruins my day


So please next time we go outside

To the library,...

Overheard in the Library

my mind

is

a library


of worlds

and

words


voices

carry

farther


in that

echoing

space


because

only

books


about

you

stay


fire burnt

his

section


and dust

coated

hers


your books

are

pristine


polished

and

prepped


but

i can

still


hear

the

echoing words


from other

sections, from

other people


his love

and her

affection


while your

section

is silent...

Overheard In The Library

Overheard in the library

A cacophony of clicks

Symphony of scratches

and shushes

Conductors leading the orchestra

with their white noise batons.

Take it apart.

Tear the notes from the pages

Hear the gasp of a weary reader

Too much vibrato for the waitlist

Clock their staccato intake

As they jump the line

As the shelf sings to her

An aria....

Overheard In The Library

rustling

tik tak toks and printers rebooting

whispers and giggles and shushes


hidden away in 400 - 499

cozy in a nook of languages...

Overheard in the Library

Overheard in the library

Two friends yapping with each other

Book open, pens down

If I saw them in the library any other day

I don’t think I would see them at all

For they did not seem

Inclined to bear their own silence

But for the days they came, they came together

Though they didn’t seem to get any work done

There was always excited chattering to be expected


Overheard in the library

A...

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Miss

Conchita debemos to speak totalmente in English

cuando we go into Sears okay     Por qué

Porque didn’t you hear lo que pasó     It say

on the eleven o’clock news anoche que two robbers

was caught in Sears and now this is the part

I’m not completely segura que I got everything

porque channel 2 tiene tú sabes that big fat guy

that’s hard to understand porque his nose sit on his lip

like a elefante p...