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OctPoWriMo Day 11

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I am participating in two challenges this month, OctPoWriMo and Inktober. To make it easier on myself, I’m trying to write a new poem on odd-numbered days and make a drawing on even-numbered days.

Today’s prompt is silence.

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Power Failure

Two televisions blaring
Aquarium filters splashing
Air conditioner rumbling
Ceiling fans rotating
Dishwasher cleansing
Fluorescent light buzzing

Suddenly, the lights go out
Power failure
Silence

I sigh
A clock ticks
Peace reigns

Lights flash on
Cacophony resumes

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Beth Camp on October 11, 2019 at 9:46 pm said:

I appreciate that beautiful photograph which matches nicely that power failure . . . which we actually experienced two nights ago with an unexpected snowfall of 3.8 inches.Lights and cacophony definitely restored!

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- Andrea R Huelsenbeck on October 11, 2019 at 10:09 pm said:
  
  Wow! This feels early for a snow storm–but what do I know? I live in the desert.
  
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paeansunplugged on October 11, 2019 at 10:07 pm said:

Ah! You have captured everyday cacophony so well!

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- Andrea R Huelsenbeck on October 11, 2019 at 10:09 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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  - paeansunplugged on October 12, 2019 at 1:10 am said:
    
    You are welcome.
    
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Betty Mason Arthurs on October 12, 2019 at 5:49 am said:

Great poem, Silence. Thx, Love, Betty

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TextileRanger on October 13, 2019 at 8:00 am said:

So true! I love it when we lose power – as long as I had enough warning to put got coffee in a thermos and charge my Kindle! 🙂 Then I can sit and read in peace, guilt-free.

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