When Silence Echoes

Silence is the communing of a conscious soul with itself. - Thoreau

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Image: The Scream by Edvard Munch

this is what it sounds like to be alone

this is what it sounds like in the rhymezone when no one's home

this is what it sounds like to be a clone or a drone

this is what it sounds like sitting on the throne

this is what it sounds like sitting naked with your phone

this is what it sounds like when a frozen wheel is spun

this is what it sounds like when you've only just begun

this is what it sounds like when the day is done

this is what it sounds like to laugh at fun

this is what it sounds like counting before one

this is what it sounds like standing at a locked door

this is what it sounds like inside a blocked pore

this is what it sounds like to be a retired w***e

this is what it sounds like to be a windblown spore

this is what it sounds like trying to figure out what life is for

this is what it sounds like when you can't start the car

this is what it sounds like when they're closing the bar

this is what it sounds like when near is far

this is what it sounds like to be a powerless czar

this is what it sounds like inside an empty jar

this is what it sounds like after before

this is what it sounds like inside the bottom drawer

this is what it sounds like when you're missing an oar

this is what it sounds like in golf when you forget to yell, "fore"

this

is

what

it

sounds

like

when

there's

no

more

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Author's Note

“Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[R.J Calzonetti]

Some of these lines are quite powerful. I really like it.

[Pete]

thanks for saying so r. j. happy holidays ... :)

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

A very dynamic piece of poetry Pete. I imagine it as spoken word and how an audience may react to it. I feel it's very in your face and trying to shake the reader from their droning slumber of reality. It's strong and a nice piece of poetry.

[Pete]

yes, it would be interesting to see people's reactions. we could all use a little shaking up now and then. thanks for sharing thoughts carlos, well appreciated. happy holidays ... :)

[Patricia]

So I was drawn by the title cuz I have a poem with the same title but they are nothing alike. I enjoyed this, the redundant lines bring noise to the silence and I like it and the touches of humor win me over.

[Pete]

thanks so much for sharing patricia. i guess silence isn't so golden after all. happy holidays ... :)

[Patricia]

You're welcome, my pleasure, you write wonderfully