ALEX ANDY PHUONG - POEMS

Alex Andy Phuong earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University—Los Angeles in 2015.  He was a former Statement Magazine editor who writes passionately and daily.  Emma Stone inspired Alex to submit writing actively to publications after hearing the Oscar-nominated song, “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from the “Best Picture” nominee La La Land (2016).  He now writes hoping to inspire the ones who dare to pursue their dreams.

Galaxy
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Space adventure
Venture into
A vortex
Swirling like a
Tornado
Or
Tsunami
Tidal wave
Wave hands and
Extend
But cautiously
To help everything
Within the galaxy


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Get Through It

Inevitable
Unavoidable
Positivity Coexists
With Negativity
Binary Opposition
Nevertheless,
Getting through it
Takes courage
Idealistic beliefs
Might be unrealistic
But Acceptance
Of Reality
Is Perhaps
The Greatest Action
A Person Can Do
In Real Life
Travel Through
The Ocean of Time

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I Set Myself Free

Prisoner of the past no more
Love truly is an open door
Loving myself, but not done in vain
I do not have to feel restrained
It is impossible to change the past
But this very moment is not the last
I do what I do because I do
I do not have to worry about you
I apologize if that sounded rude
But please do not intrude
And invade my mind with impure thoughts
Just because I think and you do not
I do not get paid to think
But at least I use my brain
Choose to help the ones who cannot
Have the ability to help themselves
Because some people deserve love
And the wicked truly is atrocious
Working hard is not being pretentious
Because I choose to assist
And I willingly resist
Hurtful comments intended to shoot me down
I am circling the sun because I soar
And I love goodness forevermore
If you will not help me
Then I shall set myself free
And do away with agony
Because there really is nothing wrong with me!


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Victorious
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All hail Queen Victoria!
Long live the queen!
The longest reigning monarch
Art and culture made during this time
Stands the test of time
History and literature blending to
Create a bygone era
Victorian lit is full of wit!


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Wavelength

Oceanic sea
More powerful than thee
Human mortality
Yet even as waves
Ebb and flow
Scientific scientists know
About how wavelengths
Travel literally and figuratively
Much like the deep blue ocean
So that all and all upon the Earth
Can move by and by
All beneath the same blue sky

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