Unheard

whispered rumours of the true things drown in shallows of ego's hubbub NOTE The philosopher Walter Benjamin's comment on Kafka's writin was the inspiration for this poem

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Sharon Winter

Date: 1/8/2009 10:22:00 AM

Love this Brian. Especially 'drown in shallows'. Excellent. Love, Shar

Robin L. Gass

Date: 1/8/2009 7:12:00 AM

This rings clear with truth and the form is lovely. Thank you for the support and encouragement. Love, Robin

Christopher Higgins

Date: 1/8/2009 4:25:00 AM

This is very strong Brian and much truths are revealed in these two lines. Great job!

Kristin Reynolds

Date: 1/8/2009 3:14:00 AM

Brian, you/he could not be more right - this is a very wose write and nothing but the truth! Hubbub is the perfect word here, as ego is chaos. Truth get's attacked within and without all the time, many truths are hard to catch and hear. excellent! Love, Kristin

Raul Moreno

Date: 1/8/2009 3:12:00 AM

Your desire for learning and teaching is 360°. Keep up the good work and I posted a tribute for you today. Thanks for all that you do for us here at PS...Raul