Silence
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.. .. .. .. is death.
Tao-Talk
You have reached a quiet bamboo grove, where you will find an eclectic mix of nature, music, writing, and other creative arts. Tao-Talk is curated by a philosophical daoist who has thrown the net away.
Tao-Talk 
Your silent quadrille is unique, Lisa, and audacious. The image you chose to illustrate it is haunting – like the silence.
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Kim, thank you! I love the word audacious. When I saw silence was the Q word this week my first thought was Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Also about the fascist government trying to silence dissent. If they succeed we may as well curl up and die.
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dead silence alright. lol
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exactly!
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Love it!!!! Stark and unassuming, perfectly done for this prompt!!
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Cara, thank you very much <3
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very interesting, bravo
much love
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Thanks, Gillena!
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What a unique and effective approach to the prompt!!!! Yes, when I insert an ellipsis in my poem, and then do a word count review, it counts the ellipsis as a word! Powerful statement as well!
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As I mentioned to Kim, silence to me equates to Rachel Carson and oppressive regimes. Thanks, Lillian.
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Stone deaf, stone dead – never thought to count ellipses Li!
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Laura, I learned that they counted as words at another prompt with a word limit to it. I think they work well here. Thanks for reading and your comment.
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… ………… …… …….!!!!!!
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:)
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Ha ha… you are right about that! Love it, Lisa!
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Thanks so much, Dwight :)
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You are welcome!
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Brilliant.
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Thanks, Ken.
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A powerful poem of few words flat-lined on the page.
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Truedessa hadn’t thought of the ellipses as flat-lines, but that’s perfect! Thank you <3
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Nice play on the theme. Interesting. 👏🏾👏🏾
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Stew, thanks!
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Moreso for some than others.
Brilliant!
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Thanks so much, Dale <3
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💞
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🤣 I was just saying that in a comment for David! 🤣 Well done Li…well done 🤣
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Di, thanks so much. Glad we are on the same wavelength.
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Fill in the blanks…(K)
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Works for me! Maybe throw a few jolts of electricity in there to revive the corpse?
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