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 opposition 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.
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. Quiet enough is most definitely a work of art, and one for the desk, not the bookshelf.
