Best Silencing Poems

Bewildering static 
frames the soulless—
restlessly habitual, as 
crippled philosophies efflux
amidst stunted swells, 
cracked and parched 
despite ocean whorls that 
coat wayward sentiments, of
grave quagmires rippling in 
steady streams, 
paradoxically cornered into a 
vortex of intoxicating drifters.
Rather, the moon guides my way 
amidst lulling meres, 
soothing...

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Together, facing the deathly moment alone

Their soles must be given to free their souls

  Silent witnesses of man's inhumanity to man...

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her sudden untimely death left her speechless ~ silence is golden

Cliché: Cat got your tongue?

January 5, 2018
Contest: Monoku 5: Cliché
sponsor: Silent One...

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Envious Muta* sealed the lips of the beloved with a kiss silencing thus clamant love!








© Demetrios Trifiatis
       12 August 2017





*Muta: Roman deity personifying silence!...

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I'm alone here
it's just me.
And the people in my head.
Screaming, cursing, blaming.

Your fault, you, you, you.
You caused it.
You allowed it.
You could have stopped it.

How?

Eyes closed, mind rewinding time.
Soft hands, a gentle smile
friendly eyes.
Hurt, pain, blood pooling on the floor.
Empty nakedness on cold tiles.
A locked door.

How?...

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Blood on every corner our youths are dying
I hear the innocent crying 
When will the blood stop running 
When will the guns stop coming
We need some change in the system
Exhausted from going to funerals and seeing mothers crying, no hope in their eyes 

We need...

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The headline news this morning read
Ben's tolling drones will be shut down
while workers clean the cogs in his head
He might even get turned upside down

Old Ben will be out of ringing commission
for four years there will be peace and quiet
No gongs will be ringing in...

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Vision’s blurring around the edges now—
The perfect vignette for silent film;
The text screams bold inside your head;
The crickets wail from amongst the trees.

You’re the femme fatale in this deathly skit,
Doubling trouble with perfect smiles,
Charming your way through grim impasse:
To be or not to be.

Have you...

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I just wanna meditate ...
Hovering along the coast 
We're goin on a date
We're the birds in the vicinity 
Babe never mentioning 
me  
probably 
Bc of all the guys targeting 
& we haven't talked in days 
& it bothers me
Skimming threw the clouds 
manifesting new...

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I think too much
But do I think at all?

I say too much
But I don't speak to all?

I see too much
But am I blind to what I see?

I feel so much
But is this reality?

I look at you and I love what I see
I need to look...

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People think I'm crazy
doing what I'm doing,
but they don't' understand
what's going on.

Faces twist
   in the dark mist,
as thoughts
unparalleled to any
          I've had before
race around screaming.
All wanting to be heard
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His love gentles the eager wind
Calming, inspiring – vowing
Peace within, a holy silence
Whispering grace into the soul

Wonders twirl proudly amidst dreams
His love gentles the eager wind
Uplifting the feelings so meek
Rustling verses sprout holy wings

Laughing streams burst forth, splashing joy
Over smooth stones, tender musings
His love gentles...

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Worry shadows my mind
In flavors of panic
Anxiety and concern
A rich well of apprehension
Flooding my hope for serenity

Disquiet flows through my veins
In crimson agony
On waves of fearful plans
Fretting on the heart
Who troubles every thought

Uneasiness exaggerates 
My placidity, my stillness
The silence that should bring
Fulfillment and wellness
Instead feels...

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What hold has the silencing night, 
What right to refract the bleached bones 
Of daylight? 
To cloak and distort sanity 
Across the ridge of a dark 
Hump back? 
And tell me with blind words 
I am no more than a shadow on a carousel 
Of...

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When you hide the seething pain under a smile,
Making it look easy, to the people vile.
You eclipse the surging anger with a yes.
While masking your emotions fighting to resurface.
Being a victim of the nagging thoughts in the mind.
Speaking of the memories that were left behind.
Choosing...

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