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A Symphony of Silence

July 26, 2011
By savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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On an island
In the rainforest

Night falls
With silence.

Then a symphony
Of voices

A choir
Of frogs

Sings.

There are tenors
and altos

All perfectly
Tuned
For the

World.

But where
Is the audience?

Left before the show ended
Or didn’t buy their tickets
They just didn’t

Care.

They tore down
The concert halls
To make way
For something new.

No longer treasured
That symphony
Except for

Dinner.

And so
I will hear nothing

If I stand in
The rainforest.

Because there
Forevermore

Night falls
With silence.

© Rachel B., Rome, NY

The author's comments:
I heard about this website called savethefrogs.com. They were to make people aware that human activities were causing the extinction of thousands a frog species, some of which have already gone extinct. I just want to help spread the word.
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Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 2:31 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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Never thought of that. 

Don't play many board games so I couldn't tell you. 

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 2:22 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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Yeah, it looks like a master-gamer dice. 
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 2:14 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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I googled images of an icosahedron! 

Pretty neat shape...

Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 2:13 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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I'm very brutally honest! I don't hesitiate to tell the truth! 

Before your poems were good, but now, they are great! :)

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 1:06 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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I looked it up on Wiki yesterday. 

And that was all just complete gibberish :)

savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 1:18 am
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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ROFL! Do you even know what an icosahedron is?
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 12:47 am
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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Yah I mean my peoms before, thanks for being nice but they were REALLY bad. :D
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 11 2011 at 1:12 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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Haha, the icosahedron rotates accordingly! Or something like that...
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Aug. 11 2011 at 1:08 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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It's very funny- I got to this page and I was like, 

I bet everybody's already been here and I was right! :)

Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Aug. 11 2011 at 1:07 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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That's what I was just thinking! 
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Aug. 11 2011 at 1:07 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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Yeah, I really agree with ThesilentRaven! You've really improved in your poetry, this is very smooth and gentle and extremely beautiful! I could really feel the rainforest! I see a lot of potential in you! 

I can't believe you've actually turned poisonous frogs into something beautiful....

Nice job! :)

 

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 11 2011 at 12:33 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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This world is falling fast, your words capture that perfectly. And yet there is hope. Thank you. This is absolutely gorgeous, and should be published in the magazine. 
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 11 2011 at 9:46 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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What struck me first after reading this is how much you've improved even since your first poem. Not that the poems prior to this one were any less, but that this one (and perhaps the last) flow so well, that you've made the content easy to read and more poetic. Very nice.

Long live the remaining frogs! May a blessing be upon their slippery backs, that they may be protected from their rude and destructive audience! And after reading this poem, I apologize sincerely to them for the injustices committed against them.

Very well put.