What good is a silent oracle, we may ask. Then again, what good is consulting an oracle whose advice and prophecy one then ignores?This is a collection of poems by Phorkyad Acropolis, the performance poet Second Life avatar of Stephen A. Schrum. This collection includes very short works and haiku, along with longer works, some of which have appeared as youtube videos and others have been performed as part of Acropolis/Schrum's poetry performances in the 3D online virtual world of Second Life. The poems themselves veer back and forth from serious to humorous observations of love and life.