Greetings, Poets
In poetry oftentimes I think we concentrate more on what we see than what we hear. This week I would like you to write a poem in which you concentrate a bit more on sound.
Think of sounds you hear regularly: birdsongs, yips or barks, wind, thunder, sobs, laughter, whispers, appliance sounds, sounds at athletic events, or even the sound of silence.
Your poem can be ABOUT sounds or FEATURE sounds.
Edgar Allan Poe is a master of sound in his poems "The Bells" and "The Raven."
Here is one you probably don't know:
Cynthia in the Snow
By Gwendolyn Brooks
It SUSHES.
It hushes
The loudness in the road.
It flitter-twitters,
And laughs away from me.
It laughs a lovely whiteness,
And whitely whirs away,
To be,
Some otherwhere,
Still white as milk or shirts.
So beautiful it hurts.
Many / most of you are familiar with Paul Simon's song "Sound of Silence." The last time I prompted I featured the Pentonix version of the song. Today I am going to shareI another very powerful version of this song by Disturbed. I really, REALLY like it. If you have time, please listen:
