The Sound of Stillness
My #16 for National Poetry Month
beauty comes in silence
fashions her garments
from tree tendrils
wraps fingers through
leaves
pushes her marrow
through each vein.
she tenders of herself
in the slip of silence
until, satisfied
that the forgotten
are fed
she falls back into earth
through pores
pulled open by grubs.
the earth breathes.
© 2017 Audrey Howitt
Comments
My first thought: We don't get enough silence because most of us don't look for it. We're too busy making noise. Is there a difference between stillness and silence for you?
So exquisite! So descriptive, so vivid!
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Thank you Mark--there is a difference for me between the two I think--I can be still and yet surrounded by noise--and at some point noise prevents the deeper sense of stillness that I seek--Thank you Manatita! Happy Easter to you both
Very vivid imagery. Well done!
I think there is a stillness in the silence; most of the time if we allow it to be. Many of us though, are plagued with a mind that won't be still, so we sit in silence without stillness within.
The stillness in the silence of a forest is not silent at all, if you are tuned in and listening. Contradictory? Not really, if you ponder on those thoughts.
(Idon't ever get total silence, due to tinnitus, but if I allow myself to be still, I can almost ignore it...)
This is serene. You have a special gift.
Beautiful. Silence sometimes is maddening, other times it is nourishment for our souls.
Love how you personified the tree.The image is solitary and still-beautiful.
I need stillness. Bev knows this, and allows me my quiet time. I need to feel the world all around me without hearing it....that's what this poem means to me.
Beautifully written!
An excellent account of the flower. Very deep meaning in so few words!
Hi Audrey - An ode to spring. You find inspiration everywhere.
Beautiful imagery of nature talking of the importance of silence. I think many of us can learn much about spending more time in the quiet zone. Too many distractions in our society. Thanks for sharing this poem.
You create such interesting and vivid imagery, Audrey. Thank you for sharing it.
Lovely poetic thoughts.
I could visualize beauty as an Aphrodite ensuring that every bit of nature is nurtured and loved. Jamie
Lovely imagery! It is true that beauty gives to each of us silently and sufficiently.
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