A circle of faces <br />smiles and frowns <br />ears listening <br />to the readers words <br />the rhythm of the voice <br />as it rise and falls <br />in mellow tones <br />a snigger, a laugh <br />as humour surfaces <br />over some joke <br />whom the reader has missed <br />slowly the story ends <br />a silence reins <br />its sad ending <br />has stunned them all <br />reader and listener. <br /> <br /> <br />24 October 1979<br /><br />David Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/early-works-reader-and-listener/
