The loudest voice
does not depend on volume;
Rather on words being said
Rational words that speak to issues;
Intelligent words that question and challenge.
The loudest voice plants seeds of thought
Dropped in the mind, words take root…
Long after they are spoken
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Quadrille Monday at d’Verse has De Jackson asking us to consider the voice in all its forms. Then we are pick one and write a poem of exactly 44 words using the word voice!
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Powerful message. One that should be abided by all. 💟
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Especially Politicians! Thanks Becky!
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You said a mouthful! Definitely the politicians! 🤐
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Timely and profound Dwight!
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Thanks Linda! Seems like there are only loud voices out there!!
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Lovely !
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Thank you very much!
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This is powerful and poignant Dwight. Especially if spoken in a steady confident genuine voice. Beautiful poem Dwight!
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Thanks Rob! I hear so much loud and obnoxious talk on the box. It doesn’t move me at all! When will they learn!
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I agree with this message: The loudest voice plants seeds of thought.
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Otherwise it is just thunder and lightning!
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I love your version of the VOICE quadrille. I have not tried to join dversepoets.com before, but I entered my quadrille this time after seeing yours. I didn’t see where to add a comment on that site, however, so I’ll just add it here. Thank you for your thoughtful poem and for encouraing others to join in. You’re right…. the loudest voice does not depend on volume!
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Thank you so much for your kind affirming words. I am so glad you chose to join with us on d’Verse. If you click a like on the d’Verse site it will give you the option to comment if you like.! Again! thank you!!
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Thanks for the explanation.
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This is one of my favorite reads tonight – it speaks truth…
The loudest voice plants seeds of thought
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Thank you Truedessa! I appreciate your kind words.
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I like the plant imagery, Dwight!
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Thank you Kim… plant good seeds!
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Too many listen to the volume without thinking about what is being said. Nicely done, Dwight. And such a lovely photo, too.
There’s a show about Roger Ailes (who founded Fox News). It’s called The Loudest Voice. I can only watch one episode at a time because I feel like I need to take a shower after I watch–what a horrible man! (I’m watching it because I’m writing a book on sexual harassment.)
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Thank you for sharing your comments. I appreciate your affirmation. I had not heard about the book about Ailes. Very sad indeed!
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It’s a TV show on Showtime. The book is one I’m writing. 🙂
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I hope all goes well with your book!
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Thank you, Dwight!
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I hear you! So true. I listen when it lands and goes deep when it means something.
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Yes! the rest just runs off and down the drain!
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Thank you for your comment!
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Dwight! I love this poem….goes deep and so topical. You also remind me of my favorite poet, William Stafford. You have that directness and strength he had…and though dead since I believe 1993, his poetry also goes deep into my heart and life. If you haven’t discovered him, do so, but I think you have already. Some one asked him “What if your daily poem doesn’t meet your standards?” He replied: ” I lower my standards for that day.” LOL. He is one of the sanest poets I have read. No gilding, no bull. I think we all can learn from Stafford. I have 3 of his collections and I treasure them. You, again, remind me of his voice.
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You are too kind! Thank you! I have not heard of William Stafford, but I will surely check him out. I am humbled by your kind affirmation! Thank you Jane!
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Dwight? I don’t know why modern poets (us) don’t know about Stafford. It is a great dent in our knowledge. I like him better than Frost, I find him so…immediate to our own experience. Please check him out. He wrote daily until the day of his death, and still he completed a poem. A gentle man, a Quaker if I remember, but based in reality and country life. Not at all sentimental. Real.
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What a fascinating man. I read his bio and his poem Hutchison, about his home in Kansas growing up. You are right he is very down to earth. I must read more of his poems. Thanks for introducing me to him.
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You’re welcome, Dwight! you are in for a surprise. We over verbalize so much of our own poetry. I think that tanka and haiku changed my approach to poetry in general. And the simplicity of Stafford goes deep. What his writes about his parents personally goes deep. His father was a lot like mine. So was his mother. LOL. He spares nothing but is sparse in his execution. There is something so genuine about his poems, real Praire honesty that we don’t hear much any more/.
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I agree. To me less is more when it comes to words.
Sounds like a wonderful poet! I look forward to reading more of his work.
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I agree….we Westerners are so verbose! LOL. Not every poem is ‘great’ of Stafford’s and he made it a routine to write a poem a day…for 50 some years. I think that exercise clarifies the voice.
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Yes, I enjoy the challenge of a poem a day!
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I’ve never done that but perhaps that is the road to developing your voice?
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The loudest voice plants seeds of thought
Dropped in the mind, words take root…Inspiration for my entry. Great words, Dwight.
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Thanks Astrid!
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“words take root” indeed.
Wonderful.
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Thank you!
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I love the sense of those words that you keep to walk beside you.
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Thank you Bjorn! Ruminations!!
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your bright pansies match the beauty and wisdom of your words Dwight!
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Thank you for your kind affirmation!
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my pleasure!
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I like the idea of the weight of words not being dependent on volume, but the message.
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Too bad our politicians don’t realize that!
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One can hope. So true though.
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Thanks Lona!
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And now I see why you commented as you did – love this.
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Thank you Paul! Seems we were both on the same track!
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Yes, I like that synergy.
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Surely you have a voice. you nailed it prolifically and with profoundness! Some people are loud for no reason and not saying anything I want to be planted in my mind! I tune the political out…
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Thank you Tony! Yes that loud ones are very obnoxious to me. And especially politicians!!
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you are most welcome
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Gorgeous, Dwight! That photo is stunning.
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Thank you Sara! These pansies were grown by my Mother-in-law!
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She definitely has a purple thumb!
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Yes she really did!
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So true, often regret is felt as opposed to control and the words can not ever be undone. I firmly believe this ♥️
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