The Sound of Silent Songs: A Book of Poetry

By Wayne Trebbin M.D.

Dr. Wayne Trebbin is a retired physician and adventurer who has seen a good deal of the world and human experience on several continents over several decades. He draws on this to write poetry designed to evoke emotion, stir thought and embed the musicality of words crafted into poems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664191136

Wayne Trebbin M.D.

“Dr. Trebbin trained in Nephrology at the Massachusetts General Hospital after which he worked as an academic and clinical nephrologist. During his career he has held appointments at three medical schools. He created an HIV prevention program in the Hispanic community of Salem Massachusetts, and founded a non-profit corporation that built dialysis units for the poor in Africa and Latin America making certain no financial burden was placed on the patients that were cared for. Dr. Trebbin’s interests have included skiing, sailing, pencil sketching and mountain climbing. In addition he has a second degree black belt in karate with an instructer’s patch; and, of course, he has a love of poetry.”

Book preview

Copyright © 2021 by Wayne Trebbin, M.D.. 833568

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted

in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including

photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval

system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Xlibris

844-714-8691

www.Xlibris.com

ISBN: 978-1-6641-9114-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6641-9115-0 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-6641-9113-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021917200

Rev. date: 08/25/2021

Contents

Foreword

Dealing With It

Living

The Paradox

The Jamboree

The Wolves

Whispers Of The Sea

Looking Back

Keys

A Most Fatal State

Bobby’s Mouse

The Call Of The Whippoorwill

The Maiden’s Ghost

The Escort

Misguided Fear

The Little Boys’ Frog Pond

Poor Judgement

Rocky 1

Driving Through

My Father

A Snow Fall

Letter To Carolyn: About My Journey

The Frolic Of Words

Jamie

Rhythms I

Coming Of Age

Ode To Poetry

The Long Race

The 2020 Clash

Johnny And Eva

Maintaining The Balance

The Elf

Froggy

Pansies

Rocky 2

Stop Point

Integrity: The Portal And The Ogre

A Good Day’s Sail

Cleo Cat

Sometimes You Just Have To Flee

My Mother

A Summer Night Remembered

Rhythms II

The Car Accident

The Visitor

The Dragon Fighter

Break Out

The Studio

On Politics

Pixies

Cracked Ice

Yin And Yang

Art

The Cricket’s Message

Ghosts On The Beach

On Brutality

The Struggle

Foreword

I enjoy writing poetry. It’s hard work, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I believe poetry allows the reader to be touched in ways that pros rarely can. The imagery and rhythmicity and rhyming (when it is present), if properly applied, can bring forth emotions or stimulate thought often in a near visceral sense. One of the nice things about poetry is that the poet’s input simply starts the process the reader will experience. The real value and truth of poetry is the reader’s interpretation. What each individual reader gets from the poem is valid and real, and is an authentic interpretation even if it is not particularly what the author had in mind. Thoughts and emotions are personal and always authentic.

I have tried to craft my poems carefully. Some of them are, on the surface, a bit opaque and some are not. Some are serious or sad and some are light and some are outright frivolous. I have made sure that all of my poems have a musicality to them, and I would suggest that, in order to fully capture this, you read them aloud even if you just whisper them.

I have written this book and its predecessor, Moonlight