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Best Silence Poems

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Premium Member Love In the Silence of the Soul
As a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls

I heard the words destined to me
“Be...

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Categories: silence, death, love, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Even In Silence We Have Our Words
sometimes
we are afraid to jump
but we take the leap

sometimes
when we fall deeply
it's not our limbs injured

sometimes
what is meant for us
hurts too much

sometimes
nothing makes sense
confusion reigns...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: silence, philosophy, poetry, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silence Personified
I am nature,
soul of a mountain,
buried under 
a billion snowflakes.

I float like butterflies,
from petal to petal.
As cinereal clouds clear,
under a glistening sunrise,
I illuminate like a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: analogy, metaphor, silence,
Form: Personification

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



She Walks In Silence
She walks in silence, like a lapping wave
drowned in chastity and flooded with rave
holding dear and tight her very beauties
denying all her gems and rubies.
Her...

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Categories: silence, emotions, feelings, heart, inspirational
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Her Grace, Soft As the Silence of Morn's Falling Dew - a Collaboration With Robert and Teppo
Her romantic letters, birth as heart pure and true 
supported deep vows we both swore to be held to.
Her grace, soft as the silence of...

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Categories: silence, appreciation, beauty, loss, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Silence of Thistle Truth
seasons keep m o v i n g 
 and s w i r l i n g
memories keep f l o w i n...

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Categories: silence, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Forgive My Silence
Dear December, Forgive my silence, 
I’m still bleeding from 
               the...

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Categories: silence, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silence of the Waves
Mirabelle orb ascends,
under clementine and pomegranate skies.

Absent,
in delight of daylight.
Eyes set adrift in dawning daydreams.

Calm heart is an oceanic concerto,
flowing along sapphire tones.
Deep breaths walk...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: silence, assonance, destiny, dream, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Edge of Silence
Those who do not know the trials of love, 
do not ask the state of my heart

I've been left standing in the rain,
feeling like meaningless...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: silence, analogy, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reflections In Silence - Moon and I
Battling the instabilities of reality.
Behind daylight's closed doors.
Imaginary chains keep me captive.

White walls decorated with 
silhouettes of suppressed shadows -
disappear, upon the sight of twilight.

Alone,...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: silence, analogy, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silence of the Stars
Mandolin melodies harmonised horizons,
yet the only strings being strummed
were those of my heart.

In the midst of enchanting melodies,
where nothing else mattered, but her,
we wandered barefoot,...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: silence, love, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Goodbye
(NOTHING MORE TO SAY)

I've seen the way you look at me
I've seen the way you look at them
Without wanting to admit, you hate everything I...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: silence, break up, conflict, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nature Speaks To My Soul
I stand alone in natures beauty,
     in the woods by a trickling stream.
I feel the presence of my destiny,
  ...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: silence, beauty, dream, feelings, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Charm Like Harp Strings - 128 Words
Your mind's in knots,
as stress plagues thoughts.
On hope you cling,
to bloom like Spring.

Its fine my dear,
nerves can cause fear.
Don't be so scared,
gifts must be shared.

Your...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: muse, music, silence, song,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Happy Solitude, Collaboration With Poet Destroyer A
(This theme coincidentally matched up with another contest I recently
entered, so I revised my sonnet and then PD graciously extended this
idea of a day of...

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Categories: nature, silence,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things