Three Student Poems on Silence

silence

is all that

you must know to

understand

what I

say

speak

for me

my soul for

your wisdom has

no words that

my lips

know

flow

through me

universe

release me from

here and take

me back

home

in

the sea

of Self there

exists no time

possession

what or

mind

talk

to me

my heart, and

listen to what

I don’t say

back to

you

I

dreamt that

everyone

left me so I

went swimming

in the

sea

– Bryan Fine, student of Donna McElhose

a

recent

happening

occurred to me

I have learned

how to

see

I

went to

a workshop

gave it my all

I can walk

seldom

fall

so

now I

can begin

helping others

as they start

work to

win

– Jerry Bumbalough, Greenfield, CA

Loud

Music

Hear the Sounds

But Silence too

Can be just

As loud

Yikes!

– Sharon Sirkis