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They were originally installed to scare livestock off of the road,
but now they're used simply because people don't have any self control.
If I had my way I'd remove every horn from every automobile.
They now only add to the noise pollution that none of us need to hear.
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Free verse
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Silently I wait
For a Look
A touch
A breath
For you fingertips to trace
the lines you know
so well.
The blood rushing
through my ears
Such a Roar
Blocking out the noise
I didn't know I was making.
The pounding of my heart
The breathing I just
can't control
As I think
As I wait
Not so silently I see.
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There is a noise out there
faint
barely heard
but registered
I don’t know
what’s making it
or how far away it is
but it is now
part of my world
as real as my chair
as real as my thoughts
I have no control over it
I cannot switch it off
turn it down
or turn it up
which begs the question
how big
or small
is my world.
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"I was right", and "You were wrong".
The turmoil of noise , overblows along.
Rage agitates, a scapegoat is blamed.
Trapped in Ego, the "We" gets maimed.
A deep breath , through my Wisdom tooth.
As introspection , liberates the truth,...
I control and cut off, the shackles of past.
An exasperated Ego, finds peace at last.
Dated 21st November 2018.
Submitted to the Unrest of Spirit Poetry Contest
Sponsor Julia Ward.
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Couplet
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Question your quest
Why wonders best
Start before choice
Prize puzzle poise
Empty makes noise
Control your voice
Know what you know
Odd answers show
Space mellows time
Sense broad strokes rhyme
Time in full play
Strangles odd say
Drama floods best
To kill sure fest
Start with your why
Watch how blooms sky
Live just this day
Joy flavours stay
Leon Enriquez
01 February 2018
Singapore
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I do not know?
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There was bowling
Competition this early morn
All eight lanes were
In use, competitors worn
The games were tied
The competition tense
One lane after another
Were the pins all hit
Occasionally there would be a break
When the racker slacked at his job
Then all pins would be hit
Really, really hard
Rocky being terrified by all the noise
Jumps into my lap wanting peace restored
No way can he understand
There are some things only God can control
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Silence isn't really silent
It can be much louder than noise
The sound it makes is deafening
Like the very name employs
So why do we call it quiet
If it's not really quiet at all
If we're not there to hear the tree
Does it mean it didn't fall
We can't hear the snow flake
As it tumbles to the ground
But after it finds our footsteps
It makes a crunching sound
So remember when you're all alone
And the silence takes control
Listen to your heartbeat
And you can hear your soul
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T errific and terrible, loud and unrelenting, I am suddenly
H ammered by a head splitting, grating screech, as the
E mergency Broadcast Signal blatantly blares from my TV.
N early every glass rattles and shatters, because the
O N button is stuck on its highest setting possible!
I try in vain to find the clicker to lower the volume
S o the earsplitting nightmare of noise will lower, but it keeps on
E scalating, out of control, while I cover my poor ears in agony.
Written on 3/7/2017
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Rhyme
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Like when bagpipes sing
from far away
Its streamlined music
not overplay.
The soothing flow
of something pure
A sound that lets my
heart feel cured.
Its hard to appreciate
the way this makes my soul
come alive with hope and faith
and restores my self control.
Ripples in the blue
Takes all the noise away
The nonsense that comes daily
conjuering disarray.
I love freely
no holds barred
nature speaking
I show my scars.
(by kristen bruni for "write me a rippling stream contest 6-1-11)
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I do not know?
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Control your emotions,don't scream,keep it all nice...
Let your success make some noise...
.
Don't make that promise you can't keep..
It hurts your loved ones very deep..
.
You're angry?Talk,sort it out..
Don't put others in a drought..
.Do something,start it now,Yes!
Its just a matter of ''an act of random kindness''...
.
Don't look at the problems,other people and all..
Behave well,The'll come to you like a rolling snow-ball..
.
Stay safe,Be calm and well..
Don't allow anyone to make your life Hell..
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Have you ever gone mad,
Would you know, could you tell,
Is the feeling just bad,
Or you going through hell.
There's that noise in your head,
Drowns out all other sound.
Makes your legs feel like led,
Makes your brain merely pound.
you feel out of control,
And no sense does it make.
Cos your not on the ball,
And your barley awake.
The folk they chat at you,
Can not here what they say.
You want to laugh too,
But your going the wrong way.
It's the loneliest place,
inside your own mind.
I have crazy daze,
Understand, please be kind.
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I do not know?
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I hear it Day in Night out
But there's no sound
The constant noise that rings and rings
Only in my mind
No one else hears what I see
The emptiness is so loud
The air keeps screaming at the trees
Rippng off the tender leaves
Vilently rocking through the branches
Making their arms fall off
Breaking cars, smashing roofs
Buried alive in dirt
People suffer, people cry
The Silent Noise is a destructive beauty
Tearing walls apart like playdough
Ripping up planks like wet paper
Force of power
God's plan to remind us
We have no control
Over what Nature contains
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any kind of tempo
fast or slow
just give me the melody
and watch me go
as I begin to rhythmically speak
while keeping the beat
you start to tap your feet
as I proceed
to project
lifting my voice
rendering this beautiful noise
melodies of song
melodies of soul
neither one you can control
as the powerful tune
fills the room
the people are moved
as I feel the rhythm intensify
hitting the bridge
and reaching a high
I emote
telling my story in lyrics
sharing my spirit
to the beat of a drum
the tickling of black and white keys
expressing myself in melody
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While sitting in a quiet room
My thoughts become so loud
The voices stuck inside my head
Somehow become a crowd
There's no such thing as silence
It's something we can't find
An empty space is just a myth
The noise is in our mind
Whenever you think you're all alone
A memory is by your side
It's something we cannot control
No matter how hard we've tried
Even when we're fast asleep
A dream will share its voice
Hidden things our minds must say
And still we have no choice
Sit for just a minute or two
To see if you resist
Your mind will betray your quiet time
For silence doesn't exist
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Imagism
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This is the tale of my haunted house
My house used to be lively, happy, young
It used to be free, loving, calm
It was surrounded by colorful flower garden
Its used to alive, green, beautiful
But my ingredients changed
My building materials changed
Now the inside looks like the outside, and vice versa
The negative has taken its full control
The opposite direction to which I follow offers no solutions
My numbers slimming
I sit alone in my haunted house
Through the screams, the squeaky noise and the shadows
Afraid to move, afraid to breathe, afraid to be heard
Afraid to die alone.
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Free verse
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A world gone mad
where up is down
and logic flees
A child discerns
but not the fool
enchanted by
his party’s stripe
The lady, blind
a thumb weighs heavy
on her scales
High, hubris reigns
over the now
unable to recall
the recent past
or to consider the effects
it sets in motion
for the day
that comes
To rage
to rail against
these circumstances
out of reach
out of control
enjoins one to
this company of fools
Retreat
into the solitude and peace
that is the quiet life
cut off from all the noise
For He who sits on high
derisive, laughs with scorn
at those who would be king
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I know that you said you were feeling a bit stressed,
But that’s only your mind trying to play tricks on you.
From my point of view, I’ve been overly impressed.
It’s obvious to me you enjoy what you do.
So, when the day seems to squeeze in all around you,
Just remember that you can’t control all of it.
Take control of your mind and just do what you do.
The stress will melt away, as long as you commit.
Once you realize that stress is only in your mind,
The rest of the day will go on with grace and poise.
You can relax and leave all your worries behind.
Let everything else just become static noise.
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I see Beauty in black & white
When i close my eyes
My color come back to me
Yet painting a picture
Of none reality
Is different
At da least we have to dread
From man or beast
Only If i can see
Before reality recaptures
Me
Bleeding on the inside
How it drowns
Out the mental noise
That floods with in me
Forgetting gets the best of me
Maken memories only
I can see.
Control is my worst enemy
The wall fold down around
Me
A life taken By the hands
Infront of me
Of pure evil and they
Had no time to even act
How sad is That
Livin life with eye THAT cant see
What a tragity...
It is too be me..
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ABC
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Darkness surrounding
The darkness it seems
That plague that kills our dreams
The depression surrounding our souls
That feeling of never being whole
The darkness is all around
That same noise that doesn’t make a sound
The thoughts in your head
That make you wish and hope you were dead
The rain was beautiful
That dream was real
The darkness took control
That pill just had to seal the deal
The past is over
That familiar sound hovers
The future isn’t near
That death depression is my fear
The darkness surrounding
That feeling is channeling
The darkness has won
That soul is now gone.
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Making the noise
That blocks the serenity
It disrupts the peace
Like a vulgar obscenity
It's hard to avoid
And difficult to forget
With constant reminders
It's a serious threat
You push it away
And it closes the gap
Struggle to move
And and it secures it's trap
It's on your mind
And hard to erase
It sneaks up from behind
And looks you in the face
When it sees in your eyes
It's not making an impression
It releases control
And turns over possession
You redirect your focus
No longer feeling shame
And without your attention
It forfeits the game
As it disappears
You know your affection
Defeated the enemy
That was once your reflection
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Everybody I raised wants to drive.
They have to be in charge.
Insisting on being in control.
In a booth, we all have to be on the outside.
Family reunions at restaurants are okay
only if there are chairs.
Not sure where this need to control originates.
Possibly their dad’s side
or it skipped a generation.
Their grandmothers are both executive producers
of their lives, always sitting in a cat bird seat.
Orchestrating things
What is that annoying noise?
He knows he does not have permission to speak.
I have not had my third cup of coffee.
Yes, it is definitely from his side of the family.
I accept no blame in their
idiosyncrasies and Type A tendencies.
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Alone twiddling their thumbs,
the chaotic mastermind
sat in eternal quander of why
they never really had any sort of control
at all;
Undisciplined and oblivious
ringing in the air like bells
the mastermind’s thoughts stood clamoring
as he remained locked in silence;
A safety net of disconnect;
Chaotic Mastermind
you’re not deep you’re flying;
You’re not sharing a message
you’re high;
Quiet comes from peace with yourself
Mastermind;
Partying loud is just a distraction
from all the noise inside your head;
Be ok with alone twiddling those thumbs,
there is nothing you need to ponder;
Life just multiplies the mysteries;
In the end you don’t control anything at all.
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Narrative
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"Larger than a Universe"
Space to be alone
take it, take
all the space
you want
silence
becomes you
inside conducts
a symphony
music speaks
loud and clear
pushes forward
across the table
the keys
to doors
and foot
flat to the floor
driving
targa top gears
upward shifting
racing towards
the stratosphere
you let go
of the wheel,
and the noise of
bickering black crows
swiftly disappear,
with no place to go
all the little darlings
murdered
shadows
become
reflections
in time
the sun
pushes
the clouds
aside
something
larger
than
a universe
takes over the self
takes control
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
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9 am. & he’s right on
schedule,
barking up a storm, no
doubt happy to be alive,
happy to be a big healthy
dog doing his dog thing
only moments away from
one of my windows in
this neighborhood that
i have moved to of my own
accord & that for reasons
beyond my own control,
though it brings with it the
noise of any given Autumn
Thursday (given decent
weather, etc.), it also entails
the “musings” of this crossroad
in which we meet
every
single
morning &
the night job has made it ring
true, more than a day job might
perhaps, for then he might act as
a living alarm clock, in opposition
to the place that he currently
holds as a reason to pop
melatonin, ibuprofen &
after a half hour or so of rolling
to & fro in agony,
hope
for the
best.
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When I am sad,
Sleep seems to be
Such a tempting solution…
All my troubles go away when I am sleeping.
It’s because I am in
A new world…
A world where I control...
Everything…
A world where no one knows me.
A place where no one yells…
A room with just silence…
A school with only friends
A realm with no problems or
Drama.
But as tempting as sleep is
There is reality…
The real world
Where I am Powerless…
A place where people yell at me…
There are rooms full of noise when I need peace
Schools full of my enemies
It’s a realm full of problems and
Drama…
So it’s gotten to the point…
Where sleep is the best part of my day
And it’s so tempting…
So tempting…
That I believe
Living in a dream…
Is better than living
In this world.
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