Best Sunlit Poems
The slow progress of a wandering mind.
With quiet ambition, too swift to humble.
I should not fall, will not break,
I fear that I will never give up my quest.
It's strange now that I search,
Never knowing what for, or where to look.
I feel the years drawing in.
Impatient to be grown,
Careful to stay young.
Not too soon,
Take life slow.
So I do, and no pleasure do I take.
What pride do I derive from a shallow life?
A slow life, lacking depth and texture.
It used to be deep, it used to be hard.
But then, in those days there used to be sunlight.
Oh how I miss the sunlight.
Now as winter draws in, pale and icy,
Lacking substance, just as I do.
It makes sense that a slow life should be hard too.
The conflict in my natures, one to fly,
One to sink. For now the latter wins.
Dissatisfaction, a simple artifact of dreaming.
A girl once young and free,
Now resides within the chains of society.
For the time being I must seek focus,
But am constantly distracted by the ghosts I miss,
People that fell aside as life ploughed on.
All I know is that I miss you, my sunshine,
I never want you to fall out of my sight.
Never set, never fade and please, never burn out.
Categories:
sunlit, lifelife, life,
Form:
Free verse
People watching, on a park bench under a ripe sun,
I sat, seemingly wasting time. My heart smiled the second hour when I saw John,
my father, in the clouds. He smiled back with arms that reached
from the past to pick the sun from the sky like a peach.
Golden light splattered,
as he bit into the fruit at high noon; with my head back
and tongue out, I tasted drops of sunlit ambrosia.
My father winked from the clouds. His eyes searched to teach
a lesson of love from father to daughter, spanning a gap in time. "God is love",
I heard on whispering wind. "Scotland". Again, he said, "Scotland". I didn't understand.
"My mom wanted to go but never did. Live, give and forgive, outlive the bad, relive the good",
like thunder from his mouth
I heard the words echo. "Time is on My Side" played
in the background on an old transistor radio as ancient
as the silent man, still like a statue, next to me. A hush fell on the park and a peace
swept over me. Men, women, spirits kept moving by for hours, yet none
were noticed as my wide eyes stared at the passing sky. I was happy.
In fact, I had never felt happier, but I knew I was running on empty,
exhaustion washed over me from the power of emotions while the sky moved north to south.
Clouds faded with daylight. Sadly, I blew a kiss goodbye "knowing the sky was feeling the same".
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, May 31, 2012
for Mish-Mash contest (Tracie)
Categories:
sunlit, daughter, father, happiness, sky,
Form:
Free verse
Cows roamed sunlit green pastures hugging the river banks
Where villagers of meager means cultivated their tiny farms
Living happily amid bare necessities trusting destiny's hand.
That place, I left behind, taking the only dirt-road out of town
Long before brazen street-lights replaced kerosene lamps
And invading industrial hands pilfered farmers' pristine land.
As modernity ravaged lives, trampling elder's innocent footprints,
Bewildered serenity escaped the pain of dismantled memories.
Saddened river knows, having carried ashes of the anguished,
Heartache farmers felt when strangers re-wrote ancestral story.
September 28, 2018
Lines of ten that remind you what it was like back then
Sponsor: Silent One
Categories:
sunlit, farm, people, places,
Form:
Free verse
in the mellow morn
a revelry of roses
pervasive heat, grapes
glossy trees tremble
day's marching into the gold
butterfly frenzy
the day star twinkles
entering doors and windows
housewarming party
a straw hat parade
in many styles and colors
boulevard boogie
Categories:
sunlit, day, flower, happiness, home,
Form:
Haiku
at the heart of all
the middle of space and time
I walk blooming paths
Categories:
sunlit, flower, nature, space, sunshine,
Form:
Haiku
People watching, on a park bench under a ripe sun,
I sat, seemingly wasting time. My heart smiled the second hour
when I saw John, my father, in lowering clouds. He smiled back
with arms that reached from the past to pick a juicy sun
from the sky like a peach. Golden light splattered, as he bit
into the fruit at high noon; with my head back and tongue out,
I tasted drops of sunlit ambrosia. My father winked from the clouds.
His eyes connected to teach a lesson of love from father
to daughter, spanning a gap in time. "God is love", I heard
on whispering wind. I strained to hear more...
"Scotland". Again, he said, "Scotland".
I didn't understand. "My mom wanted to go but never did."
"Live, give and forgive, outlive the bad, relive the good".
Like thunder from his mouth, I heard the words echo.
"Time is on My Side" played in the background on an old transistor radio,
as ancient as the man, still like a statue, next to me. A hush fell
on the park and a peace swept over me. Men, women, spirits kept moving
by for hours, yet none were noticed as my wide eyes stared
at the passing sky. I was happy. In fact, I had never felt happier,
but I knew I was running on empty or close, exhaustion
washed over me from the power of raw emotion
while the sky moved north to south.
Clouds faded, free with dusk of day. Sadly, I blew a kiss goodbye
"knowing the sky was feeling the same".
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, May 31, 2012 for Mish-Mash contest (Tracie)
Categories:
sunlit, father daughter, imagination, sky,
Form:
Free verse
"Sunlit"
The sunlight
burnt their skin
they felt alive
at least
they began
to live again
bare legs bare feet
cool water,
the sensual
diving in
lovers wrapped
up in the ocean
of another world
in themselves
alone
but not alone
Sunlit
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
artist: Martine Emdur (Australian, Sydney)
Categories:
sunlit, life, light, ocean, sensual,
Form:
Narrative
O Butterfly! colour collage
From butter to fly
You coined your name
Paired wings
Your wings though fixed
Adapt to wind
It flaps to fly
Into thin sky
Pollen folk
Stigma scented
Fairy wings
O Butterfly!
From butter to fly
You curved your name
Flowering bouquet
Rainbows mix
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5/26/2020
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Categories:
sunlit, beautiful, beauty, butterfly, color,
Form:
Haiku
Sunlit room, take it away and bring me back to one place
Where I see it all so clear
Because with you, the world doesn't matter
The blue skies, with gray clouds coming in
Where I stood, the rain pouring down
I'm in love with this moment
Please never leave
A wish, said
But never ever to be granted
Because the world is cruel
And things happen
Terrible, terrible things
You left.
For that, I suffer
Categories:
sunlit, angstworld,
Form:
Sunlit dusk
Lavender decorating skies –
Paint this lifetime!
© January 18, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen
Categories:
sunlit, nature
Form:
Haiku
Age 5 .
Threw sticks at the sunlit patched sphere of a darkening blue.
Can I break the hanging ballon?
Instant raw atmosphere
Scattering moment.
On the black skyline.
Whitness beam , Now unevenly line spilled
Numerous sparkle , Sharp Triangles doomed silently
Mass disappeared for a second of eternity
Entire ground. Unfeltable
Unbelieved brittle fall ..
The day that the moon broke.
Trully unforgettable.
Categories:
sunlit, fantasy, moon,
Form:
Epic
sunlit ripples dance
playfully mirrored
exponential joy
Submitted on May 22, 2018 in contest PREMIERE NO.150 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND
Originally posted on April 28, 2018
Categories:
sunlit, beautiful, happy, inspirational, joy,
Form:
Senryu
Sunlit meadows. A marriage.
A sunlit meadow, pastures green, lovers join, a state serene
They are each other, the two are one
Their life together has just begun
Of times to come, their futures filled
On hopes and dreams on which to build.
The forms, just outlines, now are blurred
Their spirits soar free as a bird
Theirs is hope and love of life
Joined together against all strife
When two are one and strength they show
Their souls complete, true love will grow
A link once formed that cant be broken
So strongly felt need not be spoken
A sunlit meadow, pastures green, lovers join, a state serene
Charlie Milne 2007
Categories:
sunlit, friendship, happiness, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
Golden rays drenching
The long-shadowed vast tundra
Thawing nature's grudge
Categories:
sunlit, forgiveness, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Do not in your spirit, let disquietude roam.
Close your ears, to each hour’s lies spoken.
Or, you won’t know this…but your heart is
verily broken!
Your spirit looks for resentment, then your
soul becomes its home.
Satisfied poets are grateful for what they have done.
Be gentle as a soft cloud, for all poets here are of
rain-bowed vicissitudes.
Living in varied global-latitudes,having mixed attitudes.
Forget not, gratefulness under God’s golden sun!
8/16/2022
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Categories:
sunlit, emotions, encouraging, poets,
Form:
Quatrain