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Silence Preterition - For Contest

I don’t want to think of that silence
Excruciating quietness and all that’s unsaid.
That lone ticking clock speaks in the distance
I don’t want to think as that silence is bled.

Except for the silence, there is nothing to hear
Too scared to speak for the fear of the sound.
Maybe the hush is my cross to bear
This deafening silence keeps bouncing around.

How could you tell me that you wanted to leave?
That thud from your drop now echoes throughout.
Now this silence, is so hard to conceive
Forever our sounds will go into drought.

I so wish for noise; for what we had once
I don’t want to think of that silence.


Preterition - Poetry Contest
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Sandra Haight

Date: 5/18/2016 3:53:00 PM

Great Sonnet, Mark. Congratulations on your placement in Sara's Preterition Contest. Sandra

Mark Woods
Date: 5/19/2016 1:56:00 AM

Thank you Sandra. I so really enjoyed the challenge of this contest, I'd have been happy to come in dead last! : )

John Lawless

Date: 5/18/2016 11:32:00 AM

That silence that speaks louder than words captured in a Sonnet. Well done, Mark, the pain of the silence and longing seep through the words

Mark Woods
Date: 5/19/2016 1:53:00 AM

Cheers John. My original intention was try and be a bit more traditional with the style, but the syllable count and meter went out the window!

Lin Lane

Date: 5/18/2016 11:31:00 AM

I hold this write in high regard, Mark. One of the best in the contest, in my opinion... which counts for nothing ;)

Mark Woods
Date: 5/18/2016 12:51:00 PM

Lin I'm flattered. Thank you. : ) , A nice surprise to wake up to this morning. 5am here so I need to get my A into G and get out the door, but I'm looking forward to reading through the contest entries.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/18/2016 9:47:00 AM

I enjoyed the way that you went about using the not talking about something but yet talking about it and I feel the emotion in the lines..Thanks for entering my contest..Sara

Mark Woods
Date: 5/18/2016 12:23:00 PM

Thank you Sara. I think this was the toughest competition I have entered and I enjoyed the challenge of finding a theme to fit the brief. Thank you for the placement and thank you for a quality contest.

CayCay Jennings

Date: 5/8/2016 9:25:00 AM

I know that silence, probably all humans do, and you did a great job with an honest, emotional feel. Touching poem, Mark - I wish you well in the contest and all else ... CayCay

Mark Woods
Date: 5/8/2016 1:52:00 PM

No personal issues in this poem! I just tried to rake a poem down a line that people could associate with.

Vladislav Raven

Date: 5/3/2016 8:59:00 AM

Hi Mark, another excellent write from your pen, before i go any further i want to wish you good luck in the contest. You will be on the winners list Mark. Well Mark, i Love the creativity, i think you have nailed the theme. I also Love the fact that it is in Sonnet form Mark, well done. This is a definite seven....Mike.

Mark Woods
Date: 5/8/2016 1:53:00 PM

Still not really sure what preterition is but I tried! lol

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores

Date: 4/11/2016 10:34:00 AM

Excellent example for preterition. My best wishes for the contest Mark.

Mark Woods
Date: 4/11/2016 12:51:00 PM

Cheers Nayda, Gosh it's a tough challenge, But that's the great thing with these challenges is the ability to develop other tools for our tool bags,