Category Archives: summertime
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 … Continue reading
Posted in 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
Tagged 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!
Posted in poems by vonnely, summertime, Swedish "culture", words
Tagged 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 … Continue reading
Posted in 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
Tagged 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, aging, Attraction, become old, body image, borders, loneliness, online romance, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, relationships, romance, sexuality, summer poem, summertime
Tagged 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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Posted in books, fragrances, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, spring, summer poem, summertime
Tagged 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 … Continue reading
Posted in inspiring literature, inspiring music, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, reading, relationships, summer poem, summertime, with or without you, writing
Tagged 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 … Continue reading
Posted in love poem, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, relationships, summertime
Tagged 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 … Continue reading
Posted in aging, become old, create life, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, relationships, summertime, walk of life
Tagged 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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