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