Guest Speaker

August 22, 2012 at 7:02 pm (Poems) (, , , , , , , , )

In frustration the voice of Silence speaks;
pestered out of exile by louder mouths;
cannoned by paternalistic might
into fields of feisty battle;
invited to defend itself against
the din of popular culture
intellectual masturbation
and arrogance.

Cease for once your boasting,
burbling, infernal blasting.
Cease your wrangling, warbling,
weak lambasting.
Silence has a point to make.
(The next few lines are intentionally blank)

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5 Comments

  1. letterfrombritain said,

    August 22, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    Love that closing couplet. A piece of true rhetoric.

    Reply

  2. Antanya In The Fog said,

    August 24, 2012 at 6:18 am

    This begins and ends so strong! Bravo! I like the point you made, as well… Sometimes silence can say so much more than words or noise.

    Reply

  3. truthsparked said,

    August 24, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    I didn’t get a chance to comment before, but I really, really love this piece! Silence is so unappreciated and we must listen to it more.

    Reply

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