Quiet Enough ...

<p>Language myths stories and even our understanding of reality are usually expressed in the form of oppositions. The sacred and the profane absence and presence male and female. Very fittingly <em>opposition </em>is the central theme that pervades this seemingly disparate collage of lyrical compositions. Franciska Soares who has progressively lost her hearing claims that it is only in her brand-new silent world that she has discovered her ability to hear. Using poetry with its quintessential sacramental nature she gives the reader an opportunity to experience this rapture. </p><p><br></p><p> There's no need for a poet's ear to discern the music the nuances. And like an artist she has kept her poems incomplete and open. <strong>Quiet enough</strong> is most definitely a work of art and one for the desk not the bookshelf.</p>