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Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/books/item_id/2299350-Promptly-4-and-5/month/6-1-2025
Rated: 13+ · Book · Cultural · #2299350

Poems for years 4 and 5 of the Promptly Poetry Challenge.

A year's worth of poems, every week for 52 weeks, spanning 2023 and 2024, plus the year following, from August 2024 to August 2025 (provided I live that long, of course).
June 2, 2025 at 10:45am
June 2, 2025 at 10:45am
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Silence

Silence waits in the grave.

On the mountain peaks the wind
whispers of eternity
in the deepest abyss the darkness
echoes with liquid dreams
in the stillness of starless night
blood pounds in the ear
in the sun-speckled spaces in the wood
the cricket saws and sings

birds punctuate the drowsy air
insects buzz and creak
distant highways hum and thrum
cities converse in traffic tones
microwaves beep
and teevees chatter
children yell
and dogs bark.

Silence waits in the grave.



Line count: 18
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 41
Prompt: Write a poem about silence.


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