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Tell-Tale Beat

Darryl Willis
Jul 26, 2017 · 1 min read

The café is a cacophony:
walls of flat screen faces peer.
Two-dimensioned mouths that fill
with one dimensioned noise.
Man and woman in muted grays
sit across from one another,
eyes blind in binary blaze.

Could there be a moment when
one could attend amid the sound
to listen to the subtle pause:
the quiet standing in between?
Hearing makes us mad with wonder
or perhaps the silent beat
drives us to lucidity.


To support the poet’s benign coffee addiction: Coffee.

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

Darryl Willis

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Has worked in non-profits for over 36 years and is currently a Regional Director for an international non-profit. He holds an MA from Lipscomb University.

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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