Nosy Neighbours
~ A Poem About Difficult Neighbours ~
Special Dedication
I dedicate this poem to an elderly couple we moved in next to many years ago in a different time and place. Having them as neighbours was an interesting experience but never dull. I’m sure many of you can relate, and I apologise in advance to anyone who falls into this category of annoying neighbour themselves.
I actually submitted this poem to the local daily newspaper for their regular “Poets’ Corner” feature but, being in a smallish town, the editor felt the neighbours could be identified and considered the piece too controversial to print even though I wrote it as “anonymous”.
Nosy Neighbours
I’d like to dedicate this poem
To neighbours who complain
About so many trivial things;
Such pettiness, a shame.
They’re nosy to the point of rude,
And never miss a thing.
Sitting, staring from their porch
Just like the Queen and King.
“Why’d they go across the road?
Why weren’t they home at four?
What’s that she’s got in the sack?
Who’s that at their front door?”
