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Silence Poems | Examples of Silence Poetry

Silence Poems - Examples of all types of silence poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for silence.
Premium Member Silence speaks
There are so many paths that we’re spoilt for choice, each religion claiming it alone is true, yet all admit that love’s the pulse of God’s voice, so shifting from head to heart, blessings accrue. Let’s keep it simple...Read the rest...
Categories: love, silence, truth,
Form: Rispetto



Things change
My heart is crushed My thoughts of love vanish, Thinking of you Makes me weak As if I couldn't move, Only if u knew ...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, absence, addiction, allusion, anger,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member - NOISELESSISTA -
a minmalistic purposeless p!ay in a wake-up call chaos affirmed in the ...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, allusion, imagination, introspection, music,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Thought of the day
as damage control ~ let not thoughts patrol...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, silence,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member When Silence Speaks To Me
Uncanny inexplicable silence surrounds me unexpectedly, when I am in the centre of a noisy demanding crowd, every bit of sound evaporates, fades in total darkness, people around me, familiar and unfamiliar ... I perceive them in action...Read the rest...
Categories: silence,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Be to become
thought is a fetter inhibiting awareness so we silence lower mind sound of silence is bliss living light embodied which we become...Read the rest...
Categories: i am, silence, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member SHE
She looks down her nose At the locals in the town square As she sips tea from her fine china cup Pinky in the air Criticising and complaining Judging one and all Negativity runs through her veins Only she matters….all others insignificant...Read the rest...
Categories: judgement, pain, sad, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nothing That Still Exists
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Silence is an absence. Silence is profound. Silence is a conversation ...Read the rest...
Categories: silence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
She softly smiled across the room. I imagined the scent of her perfume. All other sound completely faded. My heart she had blissfully invaded. The silent glances between us sought. Captivating my every illusive thought. I detected sadness in...Read the rest...
Categories: silence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
The devil sleeps in the hearts of men, When silence speaks no need of pen, Veiled, a puppet master pulling strings, Empathy dangling as the devil sings. Humanity resides in dreams despair, Hope futile against the growing swell, Frothing, the raging...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, pain, silence, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
When Silence Speaks
In the solitude of my mind, Something deep I find, In the tranquil of my soul, There’s a gentle flow. A door opens to me, I’m buoyed across the turbulent sea, I’m embraced by silence, I’m held by its hand. As I walk...Read the rest...
Categories: inspirational, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Storms Are Fierce
They keep on rolling as the incoming, rapid waves splash, and with them they bring an army of hungry shellfish; a cemetery of shells pave the long stretch of this beach... never walk barefoot: as Lora did, she...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, longing, nostalgia, sea, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Storms Are Fierce
They keep on rolling as the incoming, rapid waves splash, and with them they bring an army of hungry shellfish; a cemetery of shells pave the long stretch of this beach... never walk barefoot: as Lora did, she...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, longing, nostalgia, sea, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eye of our soul
Form the vessel, heartbeat life, breath acting as the midwife, paving way for soul to rise, bliss drenched, in childlike surprise. Space God’s form, wherein we dwell and so hermit, all is well, when we make within some room, for our heart...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
When silence speaks there is no human word or mouthing from an uncontented tongue. Yet voiceless cries from hungry eyes are heard, to those awaiting caring for someone. The silent sound will echo from the heart throughout a world now...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, life, silence,
Form: Sonnet

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