sound of silence
midnight loneliness
hurts my ears
“A great singer is he who sings our silences” (Khalil Gibran)
echoes
in my empty heart –
her bathroom songs
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers” (Khalil Gibran)
why listen?
old braggart tells his stories
yet another time
“The silence of the envious is too noisy” (Khalil Gibran)
those shouting eyes
carefully undress her –
she takes my hand
Silence by Odilon Redon
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Linked to Carpe Dieem, I also link this to Real Toads open link Monday.
August 24 2014
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Gibran was a wizard!
my empty heart
her bathroom songs…
love that one…these come across with nice emotional impact man…
Beautifully and carefully crafted Bjorn.
When you take quotes from Gibran and combine them with your haiku–how can your go wrong. And silence is such a meaningful topic.
Wow! RThese are nice.
Beautiful, Bjorn- each one a gem K
her bathroom songs and the last one truly moved me…in the last one, the silence says so much that is comforting and then taking your hand…wow, lovely!!
Echos linger within the clasp of fingers…
Our senses are gifted with your haiku.
A remarkable series here, Bjorn — and an amazing Redon to accompany them! Wonderful post 🙂
I’ve just spent a lovely afternoon catching up with your posts, Bjorn. Some wonderful, wonderful writing. Thanks so much!
like that story telling much
Undressed by shouting eyes—how mysterious! How devastating!
Sniffing the Silence
“echoes
in my empty heart –
her bathroom songs” too good.
Fine conversation with the mind of Gibran on the one hand and with the heart of the lover with the other.
nice, magical.
Bjorn, All well done. 🙂 —Susan
Silence is welcome in this noisy world. Very nice haiku answers to the quotes.
Very well written. So different shades and each of them beautiful in its own way. Won’t pick out the favourite one…difficult to be done with gems. 🙂
You present an amazing juxtaposition of sound amid silence, silence amid noise.
i love the last one… its so romantic!!
Beautiful series of haiku Bjorn … i see that you have used a nice painting by Odilon Redon …
You certainly have a knack in conveying depth with brevity. I really enjoyed these and those I read before. Well done!
Ow. Such absence. Such longing.
a rosary of fine beads to touch one by one.
I liked your storyabout the trees venerated on farms.
silence is such a hard thing…we seek ‘noise’, something to fill the void.
‘Bathroom songs’ such a powerful phrase. Speaks volumes: before, during, after. Great.