And in the naked light I saw
ten thousand people, maybe more
people talking without speaking
people hearing without listening
people writing songs that voices never share
and no one dared
disturb the sound of silence(Simon & Garfunkel, Sound of Silence)
Poems are songs without music; they follow a rhythm, a melody that is sometimes clear in the typography and sometimes only gradually reveals itself. I never played an instrument, or taught myself orchestration and arrangement, so I was never able to write a decent song (or even a horrible one). I did, however, write a lot. I even wrote a couple of pieces from a songwriting perspective. I will use this page for all of my silent songs; poems without music, stories about music, pieces of writing with a distinct melody and rhythm.
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