Kategoriarkiv: summertime
Rainy July
Now damn it’s fucking raining again and life is as banal as a country song. In the corner the TV shows reruns of reruns while the night darkens toward a new day which will be as soaked as the … Läs mer
July gloom
And the rain keeps on pouring from the sky, my balcony plants flooded into rotten roots. A face fades away and the days’ grays, alike my hair while my lonely heart shrivels. And I feel like I am sinking away … Läs mer
Publicerat i aging, distance, gloom, loneliness, loss, melancholy, mind thing, poem in English and Swedish, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, summer poem, summertime, with or without you
Märkt abandoned, aging, alone, broken heart, coming, depression, gloom, horisonten, horizon, loss, lost love, rain, sad heart, summer gloom
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Lonely geranium / Ensam pelargon
Always, you and I (a love thing) always argued always led to a breakup always missing you Vi (en kärleksgrej) vi grälade jämt vi gjorde jämnt slut till slut vi saknar varann Lonely geranium I and summer came but the … Läs mer
Publicerat i absence, loneliness, loners, loss, love story, poem, poem in English and Swedish, poem in Swedish and English, poems by vonnely, Poetry, summer poem, summertime
Märkt balcony plants, dream of love, ensam pelargon, geranium, lone geranium, loneliness, lonely heart, lost love, summer weather
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As the world appears (barber wire haiku)
As the world appears Why bother picking flowers? And why fall in love? Barbed wire Flower The power of tyranny Hong Kong Orchid Tree Trump and Xi Jinping like monsters in ancient myths kills our single lives What to dream … Läs mer
Publicerat i about writing, armed loneliness, create life, dreamers, fragility, frihet, grief, living in the world, lost trust, poem, poem in English and Swedish, poem in Swedish and English, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, politics, rebellious lovers, repression and borders, summer poem, summertime, surviving, troubled life, unhappines
Märkt övervåld, borders, coping life, create life, dream of love, dreams, injustice, missing, oppression, orättvis värld, rebellious lovers, repression, samhällsbilder, tyranny, unhappiness
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I am nobody’s somebody
I am nobody’s somebody. Someone out there! In here and yonder you, I’m you nobody! Who hardly knew me, neither my dreams. I miss someone, nobody. I eat the summer greenery with my eyes, to feed me in the … Läs mer
Publicerat i distance, forgetting, free, loners, lost romance, oblivion, poem in English and Swedish, poem in Swedish and English, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, summer poem, summertime
Märkt coping life, create a past, create life, distance, frigörelse, glömska, liberation, lonely heart, love and life, nobody's somebody, oblivion, summer greenery, time
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Midsummer Dreams in the freezer
Lonely men All these lonely men, where do they all come from? And to what will they go with all their dreams, kept strictly secret in their hearts, and at their backs and behind harsh smiles? … Läs mer
Publicerat i aging, alienation, beliefs, diseases, dreamers, fragility, left aside, loneliness, loners, longing, lost, melancholy, poem in English and Swedish, poem in English to Swedish, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, reality, summer poem, summertime, Sweden view, Swedish "culture", Swedish souls, unhappiness, vulnerability, walk of life
Märkt aging, alone, coping life, dream of love, loneliness, lonely heart, longing, Midsummer Dreams, nature walks, overbalance, repression, sadness, trekkng
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Wisdom Wells
(translated from Swedish) When summer so sleeps its last rest, the fall flames as fire yet chilly. Then the young hero comes to the Nordic regions to find his Crone, she the wise … Läs mer
Publicerat i aging, alienation, armed loneliness, Attraction, authenticity, create life, desirers, dreaming, loneliness, longing, maturity, morality, poem in English and Swedish, poem in Swedish translated to English, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, reality, rebellious lovers, relationships, repression and borders, seasons, secret love, sexuality, summertime
Märkt aging, alienation, åldersklyftor, borders, courting, cross-purposes, culture exchanges, dream of love, dreams, fortune hunters, framtidsdrömmar, future, generation gaps, kulturkrockar, living in the world, loneliness, rebellious lovers, relationships
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Are you alone today on Midsummer’s Eve (in Sweden!)
Är du ensam idag på Midsommarafton? Vet då att det är du inte ensam om! Are you alone today at Midsummer’s Eve? Know then, you are not alone about that!
Publicerat i poems by vonnely, summertime, Swedish "culture", words
Märkt alone, Midsummer's Eve, not alone, shared solitude
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Where the birches rustles their summer song
When one goes, the other is seen left behind: But the former will be what comes. The other: the laughing gentleman, now ridiculous naked butt as the fairy tale emperor: but still haughty he gabbles his garbage. Far after the … Läs mer
Publicerat i about writing, courage, create life, culture values, dreamers, faith, garbage, life and love, loners, lost trust, love story, morality, nature, past, poems by vonnely, Poetry, politics, reading, reading newspapers, repression and borders, sexuality, summer poem, summertime, surviving, Swedish souls, writing
Märkt birches, björksus, cleaner woman, coping life, create life, dynga, falsity, hypocrites, life and poetry, livet och dikten, loss, mulch, power abuse, repression, ruttenhet, sex offenders, surviving romance, träd, träd lungor, träd tankar, trädlycka, tree blessings
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Philosophizes about my (lack of a) love life
I plugged in the wrong end of a cord into my laptop and the electrical system collapsed instantly. Now I sit here without computer and energy, without passion and power and without contact with anyone and I wonder if you … Läs mer
Publicerat i Africa, aging, Attraction, become old, body image, borders, loneliness, online romance, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, relationships, romance, sexuality, summer poem, summertime
Märkt aging, alone, body needs, dream of love, fidelity, heat wave, July, loneliness, love and life, meanwhile, mellow desires, missing you, romance, summer yearning, trust, Wiyaala
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Swedes, know your directions! Wake!
It’s June 6, Sweden’s National Day! Öppna Landskap (Open landscapes) the song is written by Ulf Lundell, Swedish writer, poet and rock artist
Longing for the sea (längtan till havet)
I have lived at inlands my whole life. Now with age it feels as if the inlands choke me and I’m longing to the sea. But I feel trapped in poverty and my lack of health and supporting friends. You’re … Läs mer
Publicerat i aging, dreaming, longing, nature, old age, Poem in Swedish, poem in Swedish and English, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, summertime
Märkt dreams, longing for the sea, obstacles, repression and borders, sea longing, summer
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The fragrances lingers
This last long cold winter never seemed to let go of its grip. Then spring came rapidly and intense. On Wednesday last week when I cycled downtown to the local library I could see how all the spring flowers bloomed … Läs mer
Publicerat i books, fragrances, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, spring, summer poem, summertime
Märkt books, flower fragrance, fragrances lingers, heat wave, library visits, lilacs, May, spring, spring flowering, summer biking
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The Rowan Berries (a sour-sweet love story)
In the month of August, when the berries on rowan trees ripen bright reddish, love tends to run off my life, likewise this year. The days are still sunny and warm, but it darkens earlier in the evening and nights … Läs mer
Publicerat i inspiring literature, inspiring music, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, reading, relationships, summer poem, summertime, with or without you, writing
Märkt alone, August, broken heart, confidence, lonely heart, love and life, love story, missing, not dark yet, repression, romance, rowan berries, sadness, sour-sweet love, the thrill is gone
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Your eyes smile no more
You still send me selfies to tell me you miss me as much as I miss you and to assure me you love me and I’m not alone and your lips smile so big on your photos. Suddenly, I see … Läs mer
Publicerat i love poem, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, relationships, summertime
Märkt alone, dream of love, love and life, love poem, loving feeling, missing you, selfies, smiling eyes, trust
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After the summer vacations
When you’re left there and everyone has traveled back to their own and your rooms fills you to the brim with their silence and emptiness and all the new things you bought for yourself – shopping in gaiety community … Läs mer
Publicerat i aging, become old, create life, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, relationships, summertime, walk of life
Märkt abandoned, ålderdom, community, elderly people, empty nest, familjeträffar, family reunions, gemenskap, loneliness, moved out, old age, old parents, sadness, sommarsemester, summer vacations
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