In Solitude

Loner’s Mind Pad

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I inhabit my chocolate-y silent
World,
Folded with a whiff of vanilla,
I hear the lollipops sizzle,
My ice-cream tasting
like salt.

In the book Journal of Solitude, the poet May Sarton once wrote that “Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.” Poetry’s relationship to solitude is paradoxical: while many poets savor the isolation needed to write their best work, the finished product will ideally create connection, or even community.

Thank you Pierre Trudel Jenny Justice Tapan Avasthi Heidi Franklin and American Haiku for publishing my poem

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