Best Sol Poems
G O L D E N
flower
of the solar throne
your far-away fire reigns immortal -
blossom wild beauty of chrysanthemum skies
hold me in the unfolding glory of your well-wishing petals
as Indian summer’s rays ravish and relax the chill
tender is the topaz passion
in the sunset of your satisfied season
and seductive is the ripened ember
in the harvest of your lingering light
S O L
to soul -
suffuse my surrender with pulsar persuasion
your ambient nectar
embolden me the honey of your citrine haze -
a fortune my ruby honeycomb to save and savor..
anemone ambrosia for my essence to sip
when the amber blush of November’s kindled kiss
turns ashen
on Winter’s cold grey lips
Susan Ashley
November 9, 2018
~ Third Place ~
Contest: N/A Re-Run
Sponsor: John Hamilton
Sol squints as His ruby-red eye
peaks over the edge of the Earth.
And as scarlet inks a pink sky,
day dims, awaiting Dawn's rebirth.
Shades of charcoal dappled on blue;
merge in the creases of the night.
And a lone owl bids Sol adieu;
silhouetted by day's last light.
Chameleon clouds change colors,
gathering high above the ground.
And as the far horizon bleeds,
darkness descends without a sound.
Shadows flow like rivers of black
over a landscape, bleak and stark.
And daylight slips into a crack;
as twilight succumbs to Dusk's dark.
A red sun, pooling like a drop of blood:
coagulates at the edge of darkness.
And ebony flows like a rising flood:
black as pitch, inking a seamless starkness.
A gilded moon, like a pitted gold coin,
beams in the sky as a beacon of light.
And twinkling like flashing fireflies, stars join
quasars and pulsars, lighting up the night.
Dawn frets like a nervous actor offstage,
while preparing to introduce the sun.
And as a gossamer breeze comes of age,
morning shimmers, like a web, freshly spun.
And Sol rises: as a golden balloon,
afloat in the air, like a songbird's tune.
the day awakes, beautiful morn,
the sun risen, a unique dawn
it's yellow rays, in earthly space
does cast on me, it's newest grace,
it reflects, shines, from east to west,
it's hands feel all, eyes see the rest,
what beauty seen by my two eyes?
that helps me more, to be alive.
always ignored and neglected-
by mindless men and those unfed.
yet it still shines, and all the more,
kindles the earth, at every dawn,
so beautifully, too beautifully!
daily miracle, so heavenly.
earth's source of life, celestial light,
the pauper's hope, the bourgeois' guide.
all things solaced, in it's mild rays,
thus waits the night, and crave for day.
beacon of hope! sweet light above!
what thing would be without your love?
/here comes the sun contest/
8/2/2014
Ein letztes Leuchten
Abendsonne über der Stadt
Wie goldenes Laub
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A last gleam
Evening sun over the town
Like golden foliage
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Un último destello
Sol de la tarde sobre la ciudad
Como follaje de oro
Hollow odes lament where waves crash depthless
Oh! How ocean lacking light spills woe so!
Lackluster grays wail unkempt longingness
Lone stander bleeds the dreams of times ago
O'er the screaming wind, a seagull's bleak cries
weeps of cloudiness usurping the day
Heaven's warmth obscured, and now coldness vies,
overwhelming where vast emptiness slays
Left purposeless, wavering dark takes hold
looping tight a lynch-like corrosive noose
Otiose life sucks vim where sharks enfold,
wrecked in sunless abyss of night let loose
But Sol, unconquerable, beams once more
and the lighthouse sings, full of birds from shore!
(6/10/18)
Simple,shining sun.
Sliding silently to set.
Sundown silence,sh.
12/28/2020
7am PST
Soon after sunrise
The birds welcome a new day
A joyful chorus
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Nach Sonnenaufgang
Vögel begrüßen den Tag
In frohem Gesang
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Al salida del sol
Aves saludan el día
En coro alegre
As sun peeks from scattering clouds,
nature follows suit as all gets bright.
And with plants reaching up to golden halos,
animals appear and bask in its silky delight.
Such is her smile after a cloudy and misty day,
refreshing and eternal as sol's awakening.
Oh, Sol y Luna que tratan de abrazarse,
No llegan a tocarse como La Creación por Miguel Angel,
Por tantos obstáculos obstruyéndoles de si mismos,
Por tantas barreras que atrasan el alcance entre ellos,
Por tantas cadenas que los separan el uno del otro...
Oh, Sol que tanto extrañas el toque helado de la Luna,
Que tanto sufresen despertar el resplandor de su interior,
Que tantas manchas y quemaduras te han hecho doler,
Que tanta irradiación expones, a veces cegándote a ti mismo...
Oh, Luna que tanto añoras el calor del Sol,
Que tanto sufres en suavizarle su ardor,
Que tantos cráteres te han hecho sufrir,
Que tanto escondes tu resplandeciente brillantez interna...
Oh, Sol que tanto sufres en fuego eterno,
Pobre de ti, separado de tu amante,
Te dejaron solo en a luz cadente,
Luz que te quema y te hace erupcionar...
Oh, Luna que tan fría estas en oscuridad abundante,
Pobre eres, separada de tu querido,
Solitaria y desamparada con tus amistades, las estrellas,
Dejando caer tu opaca luz de plata,
En tu océano de lágrimas y tierra de injusticias...
Dos amantes desolados,
Dos romances reprimidos,
Ambos corriendo uno tras el otro,
Solo mirándose a distancia,
Sin alcanzarse hasta la llegada del abrazo..
I''m a Hush Marshmallow
Silky Sunshine Yellow,
above sea so shallow
far from Moony mellow,
Spelling spells of Hello
Rising above the Hill
Just behind the mill,
With much love to spill
Giving you a thrill,
from your window sill
You're my Cuddly bear
Full of tender care,
You're the One I miss
You're a life of bliss,
Passion flame of Hiss
You're my twinkling dream
in a glittered stream,
You're a wish wish star
shining from afar,
sparkling where you are
I'm a lusty flight
of Non stop delight,
Naughty grown up child
playing husky wild,
on a dusky night
I'm your cadbury
almond joy candy,
Red soft jelly bean
box of A.b.c,
Caramel nut me
You're my sandwich lunch
with that crispy crunch,
I'm your Cuchi munch
You're my fruity punch,
A Sweet Honey Bunch
I'm all you could think,
I'll be your everything,
Just to watch you smile
Just to hear you sing,
Rainbows I shall bring
You're my Sunshine man,
I'm your best pen fan,
I'm your Island girl,
with the lips to kiss
with a hug to share.
This is a land of metronome duality.
We’re cowed by sun, then huddle in the dark.
Here shrubs and lizards eke, with bleak frugality,
a living that’s both passionless and stark.
But I’m from England. When parched cyclones rake
white dust in sterile spirals, I delight
in half-remembered rainclouds, and I ache
to bathe again in subtle, muted light.
She’s of this place. Her personality
is elemental, primitive, opaque.
At first, this strangeness, far from seeming trite,
is what caused fierce attraction to ignite.
But now I doubt her crude tonality
transcends the cold hypnosis of the snake.
Wie leiser Gesang
Der Untergang der Sonne
Am weiten Horizont
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Like a quiet song
The setting of the sun
At wide horizon
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Como canción silencioso
La puesta del sol
En horizonte lejano
Alluring, beckoning;
brushing each droplet with his tantalising golden touch.
Charmed by his searching warmth,
dewy debutantes
eagerly follow, rising effortlessly from a
field of naive dreams,
giving their virtue to his
heaven sent heat.
Innocence is lost, as
jewels of youth and inexperience,
kissed by his fiery passion,
levitate in brief rapture then disappear,
mourned only by carefree bare feet on a morning stroll.
Narcissistic, he admires his reflection,
over and over,
pearlescent on a gossamer haze of
quivering souls,
replaying the pleasure of a
selfish sacrifice
to satisfy his own thirst.
Unquestioned by nature,
victory is his alone, and though
whispering branches sing softly of
xanadu,
yesterday’s dew knows it never existed.
Zephyrs bring a cool twilight air, laden with tomorrow’s oblation.
I sense the dark will part
Thou cold! My mind never dart!
Flora blooms in m’heart
With warm breath of thou art…
Bees came alone lipped the honey
Showered thou and me with lunar honey
No sense further on cruel sunny
Lune ! I plea to make us curd and honey…
Sol ! Thou rise never and set forever
Wee.. the dream break for never
Expel the lune from sky for never
To make not a night a fire forever…