Best Solitary Poems
I savor silence and my solitary dreams, my wanderings
and in my candlelit room, I withdraw
to my secret place and you
I have put on our wedding dance music
and I am travelling back, back in time with a sigh
I know what comes next and I want to weep with love
my dress is a cloud of red chiffon flowing, flowing
and you my darling, are in a black suit
soft the jazz music drifting in my meditation
did I put that music on or did it just come to me
you whisper in my ear, besome mucho, and I turn the page
back, back, I turn back the pages
we swirl onto the dance floor, twirling and dipping perfectly
and the red chiffon is beauty
kiss me my darling your whisper or is that the music
your strong arms hold me tightly, oh I remember
and we are spinning, spinning, spinning
then the music is loud like thunder, roaring
and you are fading
our hands slipping
then our fingertips
and still we are spinning
until you are gone and I am alone
yet the music goes on and on
and in my candlelit room, I take a deep breath . . .
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February 5, 2016
Poetry/Free Verse/my solitary wandering
Copyright Protected, ID 16-752-594-0
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Submitted to July Standard Contest
sponsor, Brian Strand
Second Place
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Submitted to the contest, Solitary Moments
sponsor, Mystic Rose
First Place
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
As the door swings from both sides
And the windows unvariably vibrate
exercising, my right to be alone
I furiously type, my muscles ache
Coming in last would be a mistake
exercising my write, “to be alone”
Finding a clock in this place called home
Hiding it in my secret wardrobe closet
exercising my right to be alone
Taking slow sips of coffee, t.v. drama,
A solitary epitome of garden song
exercising the writ of execution
to be alone
sounds like a plea of insanity
i won’t wait for your answer
shh...
7/2/2017
Solitary Moments Contest
Sponsor: Mystic Rose
Sweep me away, my love, into the blue shores of the east,
Seize my sorrow as you reach for my delicate heart,
I have listened alone to the tunes that carry my release,
you have allowed my soul searching wonder to light its spark.
Sweep me away, my love, let us sail to our own island,
Let me concentrate on taking your height to pleasure,
I don't need any gold and wouldn't accept any diamonds,
but the core of your chest shall be my greatest treasure.
Sweep me away, my love, as we share delicate moments,
A gentle kiss on my forehead will set off my desire,
Creating sweet sounds of love with a euphony of instruments,
For only you, my sweet man, know how to light my fire.
Sweep me away, my love, up our mountain in the sky,
Feel my body yearn for you as we climb up to the peak,
My body tingling with anticipation on a natural high,
Shhhhh...let's be quiet tonight, there's no need to speak.
Sweep me away, my love, towards our life of forever,
For you are my radiance of light, my greatest endeavor.
~I was listening to the song "Absence of Fear" by Jewel while writing this poem~
~Date Written: February 3, 2016~
2nd Place Winner
When we travel through the solitary road
Not taken by many of those happy crowd
Hardly we glimpse the direction board
Rather drench in the showers of depreciative words
Pondering over our desired destination
Wondering about the mystical citations
Dreading the results of our action
We may feel perturbed and agitated
Like a daunted child
Abandoned in the field wild
We feel exhausted and dejected
At this crucial time, will emerge an angel
Like the god who appears in a child's dream
To make him smile like a sunbeam
arises as an angel, our inner strength
Help us traverse the road lengthy
The spirit inside us hauls
good spirits and souls
Who will travel along with us
To make our journey successful
So when we travel through the solitary road
Not taken by many of those happy crowd
Never look up for the direction board
Do not carry those depreciative words
Rather kindle your inner force
For the road's end, it foresees
And drive you complete the course
May 9 2022
I'm a solitary wanderer
Guided by the winds and the sol rays
I roam through lonely valleys
Sipping from streams to streams
Riding on cascade , up and down
Sleeping under stars and silver moons
Night’s canopy as tent
Wandering in the verdant fields
Rolling on soft grass
Swimming in colossal oceans
Climbing onto the mountain cap
Motleying acme of the sky
Drowning into the heavenly showers
Lay supine, dreaming
Of the sparkling stars
Holding them in the eyes
Life sparkles with glee and gaity
Solitary wanderer is I
Accosted from the crowd and streets
Blancbec meadows and gardens
I encounter with four seasons:
Frigid,blood-Warm,green ,and mahogany
Salutes and welcome me,a solitary wanderer.
Desertation is beatitude
I find meaning in myself
Meaning to sojourn in sole calmness
To sapid the sap of serenity and composure
That's how I turn myself away from crowd,
Wandering as long as meandering ogins.
__19/06/2018.
A solitary thought formed in my mind
Way back in nineteen hundred fifty four
I laughed as it made things become so clear -
Why,I asked, have I not seen it before
I let it percolate there in my brain
As it generated new trains of thought
Paths of tomorrow were clear in my eyes
And tactics were formed for battles I fought
Now I look back from eighty years of age
And I must marvel at what the brain does
I think of that single important thought -
And I smile as I wonder what it was
12/25/2017
Solitary
Cloud watcher, tea drinker, dog walker, cat napper
I love summer twilight, dawn fog, and banana cream pie
I believe hype is trite, compliments are contagious, and love is homemade
I feel tangled, fragile, and tentative
I fear unwashed hands, unheard words, and unforeseen consequences
I want to feed a giraffe, ride in a carriage, and sleep in a castle
I reside on the side of feathered hope
Scribbler
4/4/20
For 'Bio Modified' contest
Sponsor: Dear Heart
Shared 1st Place
All around looks cruel and starved,
and bleached bones define a stretch
of drought and death that halved
life for that lone, starving wretch.
Mountains have formed a background,
shaped by sporadic storms and rain;
a dry creek bed revives when drowned
where stands forlorn upon the plain.
One lone gum in friendless splendour,
where from a sapling passed the years;
stands without sibling contender,
to guard these vast untamed frontiers.
The passing years have left their mark,
with scars and wounds by elements.
Storms, fire and water stripped its bark
without concern for sentiments.
Life and death on widespread limbs;
decayed and fallen, yet endures
with glossy leaves and flowered rims,
to state still many years assures.
The sun that crisps the baking earth,
provided shade for travelling souls,
and sustenance in times of dearth,
or shelter in the dead limb holes.
Striving on through stout revival,
this grand gum rejecting failure.
Here stands the spirit of survival,
that represents Australia.
I stood before this gentle giant,
in silent wonder with respect;
observe foliage still defiant,
as hot winds blow boughs unchecked.
And so this solitary gum;
an outback artist’s wondrous theme,
becomes immortalized by some,
with a soft pastel colour scheme.
There she goes into the moon dust
Walking in the silver lit fair and just,
Above stars were sprinkled on her hair,
Her body,clothes with perfumed jasmine air,
She carries galaxy in her eyes;
Wearing her hope like a crown and rise,
Her head filled with fantasies and dreams,
Carrying universe of light in her heart to beam;
She laughs with a singing nightingale,
Spreading sweetness above the heaven's dale,
Her smile puts shame to the pale shining moon
Even that the sun sinks before noon
Now! The universe is raven black,
But she paints the skyline hueful lilac
How beautiful is your heart of gold!
That heals and scars soon enfold,
Oh! How mighty is your soul?
That touches all hearts without control,
Her beauty cannot be deform by any storms ,
Her wing will reform and fly in the prodigious swarms.
I push the people I love away
So I can die alone someday.
Man's decibels is now mute,
The nature's music is to float,
The living souls have attained the tranquil state,
The worries and frustrations now combat,
The lamp of night has lit the light...
Oh! the view is a beautiful sight !!
The sky and the sea look alike,
As the vehement waves strike!
The pollution levels are low,
It's a calm and cool Earth now!
Stars have formed the clusters so tight,
The constellations look so bright!
This world is indeed a beautiful place,
So let's forget the race,
Attain our dreams with grace!!!
Solitary man in shadows without a face
I blush with lonely sting of longing from your eyes
With every reluctant step I falter my pace
How many times, my love, you've seen me passing by?
Do you remember when you saw me in the square?
I dropped my packages and quickly by my side..
You came to assist...but suddenly she was there
The sigh of pain that crossed our fate was in your eyes
Why fate is cruel, my love, that we may never meet?
I've walked this way in loneliness a thousand days
I know each pebble, stone, and crack upon your street
You stay imprisoned, like a wild bird in a cage
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for Iolanda's contest..."Untold Secrets"
Down the endless road I
Walk.
The road of life or you
May call it the road of
Torment-but know I the
Name.
Along I walk,the trees
Whistling as I journey on
With gentle breeze of the
East caressing my worn-
Out body.
Down I walk,meeting the
Hurdles of life.
I tarried,struggling and
Fighting my way;lo! Am
Stuck in despair and
Dissappointment.
Hoping for no hope to
pull Me thru.
Suddenly,I cried,then a
Saintly hand pulled me
Thru.
On the endless road I
Journey,I saw and heard
Shouts,sounds and smell
Of powder pervading the
Atmosphere:people
Running in confusion.
The sun turned red,the
Theatre bore death.
On my next turn,I heard
Moanings and sounds of
Pleasure,one beckoned
Me,icame I and took part
In the ecstasy-i realised a
Folly it was,went I on.
Passing through
esker,my Body chilled.
Then I reached a dry land
With scanty huts,wetting
My throat in a hut.
With a scorced feet,I walk
On this endless road,I
Witnessed a
gathering,Legs moving in
Rhythm and hands on
Drums,I ate and moved
On.
Came I to a serene
place,I wondered as I
sojourned,the speechless
Mouths and hands
restraining one another
To join the "lonely"body
Below.
I passed a crossed
building;hands clasped in
Gentle procession.
Moved I to pace of
Sustainance;the noisy
Atmosphere,hands
Exchanging needs.
On and on I walk on this
Endless road,when will I
Reach my destination,
When my knell of old St
Antonne tolls?
Vehicles flow on the road
Engines rumble loudly throughout
All vehicles are running on the same road
But as each of them is different destination
So many people travel back and forth
They step on the same path
All of them are in a hurry and introvert
But they do not converse together
Each of them has own target
I blend with those people
I do not know them and they do not know me as well
I only recognize who am I? And where to go?
My destination is my beloved motherland
I look upon someone's waiting for my return
Darling...!! I will be back...
Phoukhong SONEVONGXAY
Ho Chi Minh City. November 04, 2014
lone bluebird sings
on my back porch swing
I hug myself
Or
lone robin sings
on the mountain porch swing
I hug myself