Sunday, August 19, 2012
Waking
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All that noise
Sunday morning, awaking before the heat,
before the first six o'clock bus rolls by,
before the whistle of boiling kettles,
and clatter of pot covers in neighboring kitchens,
lie in the silence
that rests still across the land;
rest in the quiet
of trees remembering the swamp
and the song of crickets in the reeds
accompanying a new river.
Listen:
how almost all together
the reverberating vibrations
of our collective machinery
knOCk BanG
ruMble
hum
ROar
the sum of our tremors
penetrating bones and stones
break a sunrise.
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Raven. Love the sensory here. Primarily the auditory, but even so, almost all of your choices can carry numerous sensorial uses. Love how the visual elements come to be and the tactile really impressed me. Strong write. Excellent read. Thanks
Isn't it a wonderful time, that you get to have the 'almost' silence before the rest of the world awakens to continue making the everyday noises. I like to get up at least an hour before my teen so that I get that 'peace' before the chaos of day begins.
Really enjoyed this walk with you and, thank you so much for such a lovely comment on my post today.
Thankfully, was never in an abusive relationship (as an adult) but, I feel so for women, and sometimes men, who are. I appreciate your taking time to really comment. :)
smiles..a cool waking...gentle...well except for the clanging and banging...love all the sounds in this feels like just laying there taking it in...
Thanks Fred and Daydreamer.
Playing with sound, which is primarily what I notice.
I tend to wake before dawn, and I do enjoy that most quiet hour before the city comes to life. :)
Daydreamer: always a pleasure to read your poems. That was a really good one. I do feel strongly about this subject as well.
Hi Brian, thanks for your visit. It does get all noisy very quickly once alarm clocks go off. The weekends just a bit more delayed. :D
Some noise more distracting than others depending on geography or demography but these awakening noises disappear all too soon.
Gracias mi amigo for this noise of awareness
Yes. Thank you, Nene. :)
hope you have a great week...smiles.
Right back at ya, Brian. :)
Pretty quiet here in my neighborhood...loud noises can really make me jumpy. Mostly it's peaceful...except for the clatter going on in my head! :)
My neighborhood, well we are all too close together for any quiet. :D
This is just lovely - the genuine sounds of the urban scene, and then the sounds of the more intimate body's scene - very well done - the hand of silence staying over the land is an especially cool phrase - kind of a reversal here - really interesting. k.
Thanks Karin. :)
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