The Golden Silence

The golden silence
Honorable achievement
Some can’t complete this

Suffocates when tried
Received with no sound coming
Hearing quietness

Russell Sivey

Entrant into Constance’s “Six Lines of Poetry, Please” contest
Created on September 10th, 2011

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 9/13/2011 9:01:00 PM
Congratulations on the win in the contest of constance, Russell
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Date: 9/13/2011 4:04:00 PM
CONGRATS RUSSELL ON A MOST EXCITING WIN WITH THIS DYNAMIC POETRY LUV.. AWESOME WORDS SO WONDERFUL ...
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Date: 9/13/2011 10:36:00 AM
Congratulations Russell. Well written
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Date: 9/13/2011 9:31:00 AM
Congrats on your win, Russ. Excellent write. Nice going. Ralph
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Date: 9/13/2011 8:15:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Constance's "Six Lines Of Poetry, Please" contest Russell. Love,Carol
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Date: 9/13/2011 1:40:00 AM
my flasher off your flash, caught a bloody almost rash, bottom line achiever hehehe well done diddly here mate!
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Date: 9/12/2011 10:47:00 AM
excellent Russell, love this sound of silence. good luck in contest. Harry
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Date: 9/11/2011 9:24:00 PM
Great write mate...much of the time silence is golden...keeps us out of trouble...good luck on contest...with love...your mate old Jack
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Date: 9/11/2011 9:22:00 PM
some of us try an often fail, thats me slipping off the rail, falling down to tim buck too:) well done here mate!
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Date: 9/11/2011 4:58:00 AM
Nice work Russell, keep up the good work and best of luck in the contest. -R
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Date: 9/11/2011 3:14:00 AM
I'm one who can't complete,, is that bad... oh! great haiku.... take care,..p.d.
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Date: 9/10/2011 11:53:00 PM
Hi Russell, this is very interesting, is there a story behind this. Well done. Good luck with the contest. Lee
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