(13 January 1947 / Southport)

poet Valerie Dohren
What do you think this poem is about?

Alone

A single rose with thorny stem
On mother nature`s tattered hem
Which no-one cares to steal away
So left to wither and decay

And just one tear-dropp on the hand
Brushed upon the dusty sand
To be consumed into the earth
As one which has no lasting worth

There stands alone a single tree
No leaf upon it you will see
Beneath it grows no bush or flower
Empty, barren, silent bower

A lonely candle burning bright
Extinguished rudely in the night
Leaving shadows set behind
The shuttered windows in the mind

To tread a path that leads nowhere
(None to love, none to care)
A battered old grandfather clock
Marking time - tick tock, tick tock

A single petal on the bloom
A single chair, an empty room
A place of silent solitude
A place with loneliness imbued

I see a monolith of stone
A vision of the one - alone
A single soul alone to cry
A single soul alone to die

Submitted: Monday, February 27, 2012
Edited: Monday, February 27, 2012

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  • Chandra Thiagarajan (3/11/2013 5:26:00 AM)

    A substantiate poem in its finesse is very touching! Simply BEAUTIFUL!

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  • Mary Forrester (3/4/2013 7:48:00 AM)

    Very moving Valerie can relate to everything you said.

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  • Owain Glyn (2/16/2013 8:24:00 AM)

    This is very moving.

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  • Patricia Grantham (2/4/2013 9:20:00 AM)

    Dear Valerie, I am very humble by this poem, Thank you, one of the best reads

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  • Cynthia Buhain-Baello (11/15/2012 9:09:00 PM)

    Excellent poetry and vivid images, loved reading this.

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  • Valsa George (10/31/2012 4:02:00 AM)

    This is absolutely lovely with several lonesome images, culminating in the final stanza containing an irrefutable truth! This poem, indeed is a sure testimony of your consummate poetic skills, Valerie! !

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  • Josh Dinkin (10/22/2012 11:14:00 PM)

    Wonderful imagery, and so very sad. i like this one a lot Valerie.

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  • Smoky Hoss (10/7/2012 1:54:00 PM)

    Another beautiful peice of pure poetry Valerie.

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  • Chris Blazo (10/7/2012 12:03:00 PM)

    Death can be sad or very exciting. Old subsides for new. A great write!

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  • Stevie Taite (10/7/2012 4:40:00 AM)

    I just love all your poems so far! I am enjoying them all so much! This one is another beauty, if a bit sad. X

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