I heard this poem for the first time last week and loved it. It seems especially suitable during these cold frigid days of winter, when in times gone by we used to keep quiet. Today, trains screech, sirens scream, life cries out.
So, for a moment, take a breath, read the poem or listen to Sylvia Boorstein’s reading, and try…just try “Keeping Quiet”
via Keeping Quiet: Sylvia Boorstein Reads Pablo Neruda’s Beautiful Ode to Silence – Brain Pickings