For my prompt at Wednesday Muse and for the Wednesday Motif at Poets United – Solitude
Solitude
“Don’t be afraid to walk alone. Don’t be afraid to like it.” Zhangjiajie
walking through the woods alone
I revel in the sounds of the woods –
birds, leaves rustling, small creatures scrabbling.
I hug the solitude to me
like I would a lover.
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Mar 27, 2019 @ 16:30:29
Luv the last image, where solitiude becomes to the persona do intimate
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Mar 27, 2019 @ 16:58:33
Oh YES! That is EXACTLY the feeling! Perfection, Toni.
Mar 27, 2019 @ 17:05:25
Nice. I like your picture and the personification of solitude. It is indeed a great lover.
Mar 27, 2019 @ 17:20:56
Oh Toni, I love those last two lines. Totally gorgeous! I love this!
Mar 27, 2019 @ 18:08:29
Solitude–the best of lovers!
Mar 27, 2019 @ 18:47:53
Captured to peferection, Toni, the last two lines in particular got to me . . 🙂
Mar 27, 2019 @ 20:55:03
the scrabbling, the scurrying, rustling in the woods, as life unfolds, in the silence for it all – the companion of solitude becomes indeed, like a comforting and intimate love affair and treasured lover –
so well expressed, those last two lines really clinched it Toni 🙂
and thanks so much for deciding to begin a new prompt – how delightful 🙂
Mar 27, 2019 @ 21:11:55
I feel as if I was there Absolutely love “I hug the solitude to me
like I would a lover.”
Mar 28, 2019 @ 04:14:22
Short and delightful! A walk out in the woods is one of my favourite, for a dose of solitude.
Mar 28, 2019 @ 05:03:14
I love doing that myself, but better than that is to sit down quietly in the forest and and witness everything return to normal and come alive again.
Mar 28, 2019 @ 06:03:14
I like the image of hugging solitude like a lover.
Mar 28, 2019 @ 06:40:51
Lovely. There is something magical about it.
Mar 28, 2019 @ 07:58:45
That is beautiful. The internal contrast of solitude as a lover is excellent.
Thanks to you I am now reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North, trying to get to the nub of the haibun. Thought you might like to know…thank you for the inspiration.
Mar 28, 2019 @ 09:47:53
Oh Sarah! I am so very glad to hear this. I am sure you have already noticed the difference. There are several different translations out there but to be honest, they are all good. Enjoy it. It is truly a seminal work. I wish more people would read it.
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Mar 28, 2019 @ 09:29:10
This is really beautiful, Toni. I enjoyed doing the promt but I messed up and only wrote four lines. I’ll have to pay better attention next time. 🙂
Mar 28, 2019 @ 09:44:16
It was a lovely poem. Better 4 than 40!
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Mar 28, 2019 @ 09:35:04
I’m enchanted by the 4th line. I can see the speaker’s face glowing with delight, embraced solitude has such a warming effect on the soul. Also, I can totally relate. 🙂
Mar 28, 2019 @ 14:04:35
This is Bliss…
Pretty lines, …such kinds of solitude is huggable undoubtedly!!
Mar 28, 2019 @ 14:24:17
From panchali…
Mar 28, 2019 @ 14:28:16
I can picture you striding through the woods, hugging that solitude to you like a favourite jumper, and then climbing a tree to play your violin!
Mar 28, 2019 @ 16:28:35
Or hugging it close like a cat or a puppy!
Mar 28, 2019 @ 17:13:31
😻
Mar 28, 2019 @ 21:35:06
BTW the woods in the photo are the woods in which I walk on our property.
Mar 29, 2019 @ 02:09:59
My kind of woods!
Mar 29, 2019 @ 11:21:11
I periodically walk through and clear out deadfall, stacking it in various places to provide nesting material and places for small creatures to hide. It is fun and satisfying.
Mar 28, 2019 @ 18:37:14
This is the kind of solitude I adore!
Mar 29, 2019 @ 00:24:50
A worthy lover! A nd to be unafraid there is a gift.
May 14, 2019 @ 07:12:37
Nature lover😊