RADIO SILENCE

So many ways to 

say something…

email, text, phone,

smoke signals,

jungle drums,

a note sent by

carrier pidgeon.

The phone that 

didn't ring, kept

me awake all night.

Reviews

[Rasputin]

This reminds me of when I used to do drugs, and we'd be waiting all day for that f*****g phone to ring. And when it did ring, nine times out of ten it was someone we didn't want to talk to anyway. Dope dealers have a kind of magic power like that- they can keep you in one place just by giving you some thin f*****g promise. And then they somehow have carte blanche when it comes to pre-arranged deadlines. C***s and their phones...Anyway, I liked this one alot. Great job.

[dieuxsansculte]

The juxtaposition of messages sent and messages (not) received makes this piece that much more poignant and the breakdown of communications that much more ominous. That darn phone only rings when you don't want it to and never when you do.

So many ways to make contact but no contact made when you want it. Doesn't it always seem that way?

Nice work. I really enjoyed it.

[Buddhistboy73]

like how the last 3 lines of this arrest the reader in their tracks and conjure up a real image........you use the words well here...:)

[Hello, Goodbye]

YES!

[...]

What a way to say I waited for your call. This reminds me of a couple R.E.M. songs. A pleasant read.

[An owl on the moon]

Sometimes that silence says so much.. often too much. Your glimpse slips us into the mind and heart.. and the longing for that sweet ringing sound... Profound perfection.

[Zeek4]

Clever, I liked it.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Silence can be golden accept when you are waiting to hear from a loved one... I know I have been in that situation.

[R J Askew]

The though in the last three lines is brill. We hate noise, but sometimes silence if far worse. You nailed it.

[Amit Parmessur]

Poignant. I guess it can be submitted to many of the magazines that look for short poems.