How beautiful is silence With all its innuendo Of Past, future And Now.
How poignant its wisdom Of Retrospect, summing up And Future happenstance And Tentative now.
How rare is Solemn silence Where Experience speaks Uninterrupted Where Memory rises To assertion And Hope and faith Revive to breathe Ego earns its place, And Love learns identity.
How lovely silence is With all its prism Of Everything that may come Through Its open door And Leave by the same With or without Permission Or Restraint.
September 1985
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Reviewed by Todd-Michael St. Pierre (Reader)
Reviewed on February 27, 2004
This is definitely one of my favorites! (& I have read all of the ones currently posted) Wish I could have just hung out & had coffee with her or discussed poetry with her or had her as a professor! Do a book of her poetry Katie... do it... do it... even if it is Print on Demand... like iuniverse.com... which is very inexpensive... I will buy many copies! :-) Sincerely, Todd-Michael St. Pierre, in New Orleans!
Inspirational poetry, written from the heart and soul. Verses that are well-suited for reading on a rainy day and that are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
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