Sonya Florentino
Sonya Florentino Poems
A SUDDEN TURN (original version)
a fish darts forward
...
Meet me by the river tonight
Just you and me under the pale moonlight
I promise you I won’t be afraid
of the dark
...
Give a child a stick
Watch her create magic, there!
in front of your eyes
...
I thought I saw a glimpse of her
As she zoomed around the bend
I swear I saw her wink and smile
But I could be mistaken
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The air is thick with silence
The emptiness deafens
My mouth gasps open
but echoes nothingness
...
The drawing came back
Like a second line of a poem
My throat grew tight, chills
ran down my spine
...
Why must it be like slivers, like crumbs
Why can't I hold anything in my hands
Why does it feel like accidents, like chance
Why must everything slip away like sand
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He touched her when he shouldn’t have
Made her feel so very bad
He touched her and made her keep
A dirty secret
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They still are leaves
They are brown leaves
Still hanging from a tree
...
Sometimes you strike the right chord
Sometimes you get the nuance
...
Because of you
I can find my way through the darkness
And know enough to follow the sound
That will lead me to a safer place
...
Behold me now
Before I vanish like a cloud
And fade into shadows of oblivion
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He was born
He lived
He suffered to write
He died
...
He chooses his words with a careful hand
He shifts them slowly from palm to palm
...
She wears her hair up high
like a dancer
Could she be one?
Her neck long and lovely
...
Sonya Florentino Biography
I write poems, I've also written a couple of songs, I write mainly as a form of therapy, in order to understand myself, and hopefully life. Writing poems came to me late (but never too late!) I hardly read poems before (found them intimidating) but I'm slowly learning to love reading and writing poems. My first love is music but poetry is becoming a close second... Note: I've put an exclamation point (!) in front of my personal favorites. You can start with those if you wish.. some of those titles are: A Gentleman Poet A Sudden Rain Ode To The Worm Like Onion Cradle Aerenfyrre Home)
The Best Poem Of Sonya Florentino
# # A Sudden Turn (With Haiku Version - My Very First!)
A SUDDEN TURN (original version)
a fish darts forward
as water lilies re-arrange in the water
centered, in the moment
til it once again flits by
or a bird swoops down as suddenly
from the sky
© 2009 Sonya Florentino
A SUDDEN TURN (Haiku version)
a fish darts forward
water lilies re-arrange
space in the water
moment unbroken
til fish again flits by, or
bird swoops down from high
© 2009 Sonya Florentino
Sonya Florentino Comments
Florentino...probably not Irish. However probably a person that is a truly expressive and really good writer. I so much enjoyed you body of work.
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9/18/2026 12:49:24 PM # rel_20260910T140628Z_5ffb431
Sonya is one of the most amazing writers I've ever met across time. She holds her own; past, present and future. She writes timelessly, about subtle things that one might never notice, if not for her busy pen. You should attempt to read everything she has written here; because you won't find this much brilliance and honesty available in very many places today. And once you start to read her, you can never stop again; that is the spell and the special magic of Sonya. If reading the poems of anybody could make you a better writer yourself; it would have to be these poems of Sonya as much as anyone's; she can hold her own no matter the era or subject matter. As a human being she is that rare honest sort, that what you see is just what you get, and she never fails to amaze with deep insight, both as a writer and as a friend. But don't take my word on all this; much better to find out for yourself. (smile)