Breaking Silence

It is not speaking that breaks our silence,
but the anxiety to be heard. Thomas Merton
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In chilled twilight swells
the chorus overwhelming
echoing passion,

half of water, half
of leafy bank, the night they
fill with lusty will,

persistent, straining
these marshland poets converge,
anxious to be heard.

poem by Steven Federle
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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