Notes About The Poem
Silence Listens Contest
Sponsor: Craig Cornish
Date 5/29/25
Silent Sounds
Silent Sounds
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
From The Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
We speak in sentences that
have no meaning
Empty words flow from the mouths of
fatuous politicians, but who listens.
Earbuds drown out the cacophony of crowded streets
as we hurry to the safety of our silent home.
We sit in silence hoping our years of love
will drown out the noise of the supper television.
Shrill voices, meaningless words spill from flapping lips
fall on deaf ears.
Real silence is refreshing when nothing is said
and human voices are stilled.
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