“Noise”
By Sage
Tiiiiz Tiiiiiz Tiiiiiz
The crickets’ restless chirp
sshhhh whoosh
The peaceful breeze on a warm day
fftch fftch fftch
The leaves hitting one another as the tree sways
Baaa
The goats’ laughter
Noise. Never ending. Noise.
A shout of life.
a cooling comfort of… Noise
Now, as I walk, I hear the surface change
from crunchy leaves,
to rolling gravel
to a stable sidewalk.
Let there always be Noise!
From time to time I will feature student work here on the blog (always with their permission). Sage wrote this poem in 2023 during her “siesta time” where the girls are free to roam on the farm and just be. I love how she captures the farm life sounds in letters, almost as if she is composing the sound map her ears are experiencing in real time. Sage always uses her keen senses and imagination to spill thoughtful descriptions onto the page!
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Aww, I remember when she shared that one!!
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