Written 3rd September, 2026 for Dear Poetry Poetry Contest sponsored by Silent One
This is a Contrapuntal Poem it is comprised of 3 poems. Read left voice top to bottom, read right voice top to bottom,
Read every line as one poem.
The room withheld its breath. The page kept listening. The door forgot its knock. Ink waited in the margins. Secrets filled the cupboards. The ink learned all their names. Each silence asked a question. Each line refused one answer. Rain gathered on the windows. The paper blurred its edges. The house forgot its posture. A comma held the sentence. A laugh escaped the rafters. A full stop missed its cue. The sorrow changed its coat. The page refused to choose. Strangers crossed the afternoon. The ink began to listen. Each carried half a story. The page supplied a shadow. Their silences held chapters. The margins turned the pages. The story lost its ending. The page left it unwritten. Evening emptied the room. The page kept one chair open. The walls released their shadows. Ink settled into silence. No footstep crossed the threshold. The margins made a doorway. The room remembered its breath. The poem remained awake.
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