When Silence Roared: Poems to Pause within a Noisy World

In Bhutan, silence is not the absence of sound but a living presence. It lingers in the valleys, rushes with the rivers, and trembles on the mountainside beneath fluttering prayer flags. It comforts, unsettles, and, at times, it roars.
When Silence Roared is a lyrical collection of poems born from solitude and reflection during a journey through the Himalayas. Each poem is brief - a single page, a single breath - yet layered with emotion deep enough to stay with you long after the book is closed.
Through verses shaped by mist-soaked mornings, monastery bells, and the ache of memory, Rheaa Noor captures what it means to break, to ache, and to begin again. These poems do not promise resolution. Instead, they hold space for grief, longing, resilience, and the quiet strength we find when the noise of life falls away.
Accessible and intimate, this book is for anyone who has searched for stillness in the middle of chaos or carried emotions too heavy for prose alone.
When Silence Roared is more than a collection of poems - it is an invitation to sit with your own silences, and to discover that even quiet has a voice.