The Principle of Silence



宇宙中,
并无寂静。
只有你无法接收的,
超高频的尖叫,
和超低频的悲鸣。

There is no such a thing,
As silence,
In the entire universe.
There are only frequencies,
That fall out of your reception,
Such as screams of super-high pitch
Or bellows that are too low.

About this poem

The poem was written in 2020, by Dejiang (Fred Liu) when he appreciated a statue called "Hollowness".

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Written on August 20, 2020

Submitted by fredliu.au on January 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 292
Words 45
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 7

The Principle of Silence

Dejiang (Fred) Liu, born in China and migrated to Australia in 2009. He is working on his first poetry collections in Chinese and English. more…

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