Best Be Quiet Poems
Hold still and be quiet as water while you search for thoughts inside
shine like the stars sparkle like the sun but in this world, be bonafide
Life is clamorous and its message very often is loud and in your face
hold still and be quiet as water, join the flows of it's liquid Grace
Love quite often does not make a sound so live in the hour of its gift
hold still and be quiet as water, enjoy the journey and the lift;
Justice is a silent partner to an honest life join the noiseless force
hold still and be as quiet as water, live diligently without remorse
Courage can be found in altruistic words other times in silence
hold still and be quiet like water, if the pain needs guidance?
know that water can be fluid, yielding in a world of solid matter
hold still and be quiet like water when in doubt, take the latter
be as quiet as water.
Categories:
be quiet, appreciation, silence, solitude,
Form:
Couplet
Be
quiet
my Pumpkin,
it's not your turn.
"But Daddy, why not?"
Her look filled with desire.
Hair aflame and golden eyes
the roller coaster beckoning.
She shows no fear, she is only five ,
daddy's little girl, so eager to please.
My only desire is to see her smile,
the love I have for her always there,
as time moves on and days go by
I watch her grow and live life.
Friends come and go, tears too!
Days pass by quickly,
soccer practice,
the school play,
(Faustus)
gone.
Now,
she looks
around her
to tomorrow,
her future awaits.
My only hope is to
help her through a bit longer.
How proud I am of who she is
as today we watch her graduate.
Eighteen now, eagerly spreading her wings.
Sticky are the tears welling in my eyes,
as I watch her walk off of the stage.
A kiss for her accomplishment,
congratulations I say.
Be quiet now Pumpkin
as I wipe her face.
You'll be OK
finally,
it's your
turn.
8/23/2015
Categories:
be quiet, daughter, pride,
Form:
Etheree
child you want to cry
forgive my hand on your mouth
soldiers are coming
For contest 'Time to B' sponsored by Casarah Nance
July 28th 2015
shhhhh............
Categories:
be quiet, fear,
Form:
Senryu
Please be quiet my dearest one,
for let our hearts speak true,
on this night of deepest passion,
let me embrace and hold you.
You are the one who keeps me alive,
please be here for me tonight,
I shall be yours and yours alone,
now come close and hold me tight.
Hush my dear don't speak one word,
for there is no need to communicate,
open your arms and welcome me in,
why must we wait or hesitate?
When all we need is each other right now,
So let us live this moment as the last,
And think not of our cares, only of love,
Together as one creating our future's past.
6~June~2017
For Q Form contest
Sponsored by: Broken Wings
Categories:
be quiet, love,
Form:
Quatrain
Please be quiet! Our class teacher said
Pupils giggled, my face flushed bright red
I was so broken hearted
I’d just let rip and farted
That I ran out the classroom and fled
The teacher followed me down the hall
Said please don’t be embarrassed at all …
At home that happens to me
I blame my pet dog you see
Great idea miss… I’ll give dad a call
I rang him saying dad can we talk
Told him my story – he soon did baulk
Think of the costly vets fees
It’ll be covered with fleas
His solution …. I’ll buy you a cork!
Time to B Contest – Sponsor Casarah Nance
~07~24~15
Categories:
be quiet, humorous, school,
Form:
Limerick
shush... can you hear that?
listening to the silence
that is awareness
Categories:
be quiet, i am, love, nature,
Form:
Senryu
Words, like sparks, can ignite
the mind, heart and soul.
Powerful, revealing, they
work their way into our
inner most being.
Once said, they cannot
be taken back again.
Words linger and remain
and so, be quiet
if unsure of your
words.
For thoughtless words
spewed and spread
or mindless chatter
carelessly flung, can shed
a dim light on the one
who speaks them.
Written on 7/26/2015
Categories:
be quiet, spoken word, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
They want the people to go away
To keep quiet
shhhh…. don’t say a word.
But…we’re not!
We the people elected them!
Why should we stay quiet?
This is our country!
We are the people!
We are the voters!
We own this country…not the elected officials!
So..why should we be quiet?
Why should we go away!
Who in the hell are those elected officials anyway!
Get out! Get out of my government! I don’t want you anymore!
“….when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it
is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their
future security.” [Declaration of Independence]
Written in response to the assertion by some officials in Washington and the media
that the citizens calling themselves Tea Partiers were a bunch of political radicals
and crackpots.
Categories:
be quiet, politicalpeople, people,
Form:
Free verse
quiet
a few hours ofsolitude and silence
detached and withdrawn
fromeverything (nothingness)
oh sweetthepeace and tranquility
in this self-appointed
silent quietretreat of mine
far from all responsibilities
I savour thestillness the sounds
distantandmuted (faraway)
a wind-mobile tinkling somewhere
birdschirping (unseen) sweetly
stillness softness peacefulness
Oh happiness
Iamnotforsaken with loneliness
but just alone with my soul (hushed)
such splendid
isolation
seclusion
(remoteness)
I love this time cutofffromtheworld
aloneness
forgotten are worldly matters
Ihavethrownthem away
detached quietness tranquility
and
I am inner deepwithinme
lost in beauty (silent)
wrapped in the warmth ofmyquiet
infinite thoughts
________________________
July 24, 2015
Poetry/Free Verse/I love to be quiet
Copyright Protected, ID 15-694-316-0
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Prompt - Quiet
For the contest, Time to "Be", Prompt - Quiet
sponsor, Casarah Nance
8th Place
Categories:
be quiet, introspection, peace, solitude,
Form:
Free verse
Please be quiet.
You incessantly talk to hide.
Your meaning is like ocean surf.
Constantly changing as the tide.
I don't care what you say,
because you say nothing of you.
Trying so hard to impress.
Things you know, things you can do.
These things mean nothing to me.
They hold absolute zero value.
Vocalize the man you are.
Tell me how you see the world.
Dreams, aspirations, hurts, desire;
relate how your life has unfurled.
I sit here trying to grow.
I read. I listen. I think. I ponder.
Rudely, you interrupt with noise,
spewing forth meaningless fodder.
How exhausting it must be.
Constant toil to measure your cup.
Now, please leave me in peace.
Hell, leave me in ruin. Just, shut up.
-Angel Fatale-
Categories:
be quiet, anger, emotions, peace, rude,
Form:
Rhyme
Be quiet
Betrayal was so evident
in your eyes,
Once shimmered bright
in my passion,
Words could not say
so I chose to be quiet !
Waves that once giggled
and created melody,
Humming of the bees
flutter of butterflies,
Everything stood still,
I chose to be quiet !
Followed you everywhere
with my heartbeats,
That now no longer beat,
Emotions that swayed
to the tune of love,
Flowed and flooded
now have dried !
Burning desires
reduced to ashes,
No smoke seen
not a cry,
Could you perceive
my cravings in angst,
and assure me,
A quantum of trust
Why I chose to be quiet ?
Written July 30th , 2015
For contest "Time to B" by Casarah
Categories:
be quiet, angst, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
When you are in a ship in the sea,
You can see God's wonders in the deep,
For He commands and raises the storm,
which lifts the waves in its windy sweep,
The ship is tossed as high as the sky,
and falls low to the depths of the sea,
The sailors, not knowing what to do,
reel to and fro like a drunk tipsy,
Then they cry to the Lord in distress,
and He brings them out of their troubles,
He makes the storm a calm, waves are still,
When the waters quiet, joy bubbles,
He brings them to their desired haven,
In the silent stillness, men praise Him
for His goodness, for His wondrous works,
for He saved them from turbulence grim,
"Then they're glad because they be quiet"
What a miracle they have witnessed!
The Lord of the heavens and the seas
has stretched forth His hand and we are blessed!
31st March 2023
(Based on Psalm 107:23-31)
For Constance La France's "Writing challenge - 'Q' words" contest
Categories:
be quiet, sea, silence, storm,
Form:
Quatrain
be quiet
don't speak
because I know
you once did picked me
I am so hurt don't you see
why are you now leaving me?
be quiet
stand still
you know you left me
and went against my will.
as I wipe a tear off my cheek
it's you I will always seek.
be quiet
sit up straight
look at me right here
in my face,
can you hear the fast pace of my heart?
I am so upset, so where do I start.
be quiet
please sit down
I don't want you to ever to leave town,
once you said you love me
what has changed ?
now after a year of being married
and I took your last name.
be quiet
please hold me in your arms
maybe the smell of my perfume
and the touch of my skin
will help you remember where
our love first began.
be quiet
but go if you must
you know you was the only man
I could ever trust.
I wanted to be the one
to hopefully carry you a son.
be quiet
and get out of my face
there is no man who
could ever take your place.
Categories:
be quiet, betrayal, husband,
Form:
tombstone epitaph,
for the one who talked too much:
QUIET, R.I.P.
Categories:
be quiet, grave,
Form:
Senryu
Silence
in the clank of the button
on my blue jeans
tumbling in the dryer
Silence
in the ceaseless yapping
of the dog locked outside
next door
Silence
in the booming stereo
from the truck parked
out front
Deafening cacophony
in the silence
from you
Categories:
be quiet, sad,
Form:
Free verse