Poetry is an orphan of silence.

Charles Simic
Poetry is an orphan of silence.
Poetry is an orphan of silence.
Poetry is an orphan of silence.
Poetry is an orphan of silence.
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Poetry is an orphan of silence. The word "orphan" means a person who has no family. Poetry is a thing that has no parents. It is an orphan in the same way that Shakespeare’s sonnets are orphans.

Poetry has no parents and therefore it is not bound by such rigid rules as other art forms such as painting or music. Poetry can be like a child, sometimes it does things its own way, and sometimes it does what its parents tell it to do. Poets can be like orphans who find their own way in the world.

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