Free Verse

Talking To Stone

November 9, 2025

Taking to task the vernacular of, "hello."

The Sun smiles

Wind shudders

Clouds scurry to leave the scene.

"Hello." and a reply, hello

Then the voice was unstoppable, unending, and loud

Hello stone, hello, it is good to have you as a friend,

"Hello."

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▾ This Poem's Voice

Explores philosophical notion of greeting/connection mixed with personal observation of nature and voice.

Dense, fragmented ideas: greeting ritual, personified nature, voice escalation, friendship with stone.

Mostly positive tone with friendly address, though underlying anxiety about unstoppable voice present.

Explosive punctuation, repetitive 'hello,' rapid personified actions, escalating voice intensity drives kinetic momentum.

Approximately 7 lines when parsed; falls in shorter range despite compressed spacing.

Rich personification: sun smiles, wind shudders, clouds scurry. Metaphoric greeting as universal connection ritual.

Primarily lyric internal meditation on 'hello' with some dramatic moments of addressing stone/voice.

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