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Truth About Silence
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Sunday, August 24, 2025 Rated "G" by the Author.

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The Truth About Silence by John Herlihy The thing about silence Is that It says so much We live in a world of noise Pay no attention to what we hear Until that rare moment arrives When we enter a world of silence We begin to listen and to imagine As we hear absolutely nothing Only then do we begin to hear The silence of dawn, the silence of snow The silence of gentle breezes that blow The silence of a forest, its shafts of light The silence of stars in the dead of night A lonely silence, solo without cease The silence of solitude, filled with peace The silence of the mind as inner calm A heart-felt silence as sacred psalm Empty depths in the silence of despair Relief and ease in the silence of prayer The silence of the past counted in years The orbiting silence of celestial spheres Otherworldly silence never to reckon Beyond this our horizon, voices beckon - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Tuesday 29 April 2025

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on October 29, 2025

'SILENCE' IS LOUD!!! HEARD ABOVE THE DIN OF THIS 'SCREAMING' WORLD...IS THE 'BELLOWING' OF ASSURANCE, ENCOURAGEMENT, REVIVING, STRENGTH AND DIRECTION. COMING TO US 'SILENTLY' ON THE WINDS, IN THE STARS OR BLUE OF SKY...FOR, ABOVE EVERTHING ... 'HIS SHEEP KNOW, THAT IS...HEAR...HIS VOICE', AMEN! FANTASTIC...SO ENJOYED! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on August 25, 2025

You have clearly noted the many ways we think of silence. Sometimes there's the twitter with birds or the home of some distant traffic or equipment. Silence does have many realms.

I am headed towards total deafness. If that happens before I die, I will be in perpetual silence like my mother was.

Ron

Reviewed by Odin Roark

Reviewed on August 24, 2025

Silence seems to ba concept with endless references. You cover the word with interesting examples here, asking all readers to take a moment, no, take many moments and listen to the silence that is, as you'v poeticized in both text and the between the lines, magical. We need more of this kind of focus. If only.