I found this poem via Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry column. I love the idea of "a monument to silence." This is one of those poems that makes me want to grab my pen and journal and start writing.
The Quarrel
by Linda Pastan
If there were a monument
to silence, it would not be
the tree whose leaves
murmur continuously
among themselves;
nor would it be the pond
whose seeming stillness
is shattered
by the quicksilver
surfacing of fish.
If there were a monument
to silence, it would be you
standing so upright, so unforgiving,
your mute back deflecting
every word I say.
Copyright 2007 by Linda Pastan
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