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Poem of the Month
"When silence becomes a cliche"

There are no
loud words -
A crying/hovering
soul can shout -
Seeking only to
be heard in
the deepest
silence which
causes the
may-fly to pause
and listen -
and the dewdrops
on the web -
blink and cease to
glisten
Some words
have no
verbal language
and silence becomes
a cliche.


Inspired by Spike Milligan's comment made to me at our Festival.

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