by J. Randal Matheny

Loud volume can't compete with clarity:
I turn to hear a whisper across the room,
whose force resides in a sharp and lucid key;
while hands clap ears at the passing sonic boom.

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A writer's list published the following quote with a challenge to "prove" the premise by writing a short story, poem, essay, whatever:

"A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it's a whisper." --Barry Neil Kaufman

I came up with the quatrain above.

The list server was down from Saturday to Tuesday. If you didn't receive the UPlift, "I've Done All Right," from last Saturday, you can read it here. (I didn't post it here, for a change.)

Back to today's verse: don't be loud; be right, be
clear, and be loving. Then you'll be heard.

Have a great weekend!

Randal

I'm in shock.

In his commentary, Dr. James Burton Coffman wrote, "The first poem ever written glorified the crime of murder (Genesis 4:23); ..."

That's his comment on Eph. 1.2.

I dare say he's right.

Are we poets forever living down this dastardly first use of verse?

"To abandon hope of speaking truthfully about reality is to abandon the adventure of life."

--Lesslie Newbigin, Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth, 1991, p. 4.

Read it in the book with me own eyes.

"Speak when you are angry -- and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret." --Laurence J. Peter

Here's a supposedly true classified ad:

To Mary. My love for you would climb the highest mountain. My love for you would cross the hottest desert. My love for you would cause me to swim the widest stream. My love for you would cause me to die at the stake for you. Love, Jim. P.S. I'll see you Sunday, if it doesn't rain.