I am overwhelmed with gratitude for each of you, and for everyone in my life that has supported me getting here today. I appreciate each of you more than words can convey.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your love and support.
It’s been an amazing month, filled with anticipation, anxiety, and a ton of excitement! Engaging with all of you this month was as it always is, filled with amazing support, kindness, generosity, and love.
I am filled with a ton of emotion as I type these words. Elation and excitement about tomorrow’s release of Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, gratitude for each of you, and a deep and profound appreciation for our community.
I want to thank Ingrid Wilson, of Experiments in Fiction. Ingrid is an amazingly talented writer, editor, and publisher; without you, Ingrid, I would not be here today. Thank you.
I also want to thank each of the reviewers for the time they put into their advanced reviews. These reviews touched my heart, and I am eternally grateful to each of you. Thank you, Cindy, Terveen, Gabriela, and Jaya. Your reviews mean the world to me.
I am honored to be here, to share my heart and mind with you, and to continue to do so each and every day.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for always being here, and for being the most amazing friends.
With all my love and blessings.
Jeff
Recap
As we are now less than 24 hours away from the release of Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, I wanted to take a moment, and recap the readings and the reviews we’ve listened to, and read this month, and provide the link to the recent Zoom event recording. Here we go.
Readings
As you all know reading poetry is new to me, and, while this is true, I had a wonderful time creating these poetry readings. So much fun, in fact, I will create more of these poetry readings in the future. Here are this months readings from Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow.
As I’ve mentioned each of these reviews touched my heart. I cannot thank each of these wonderfully talented writes and friends enough for taking the time to read and review Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow. If you missed these beautiful reviews, they are linked below.
The Special Zoom Event this past Sunday was a blast. Thank you to everyone that was able to make it. I enjoyed seeing each of you, and participating in the lively discussion you created. So much fun! If you were unable to attend, the recording is below.
Release Day, Tomorrow!
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow will be available tomorrow, September 1, and will be available on Amazon in both Paperback and Kindle editions.
I am pleased to announce that my poem, your eyes, is now available at MasticadoresUSA. Thank you to Gabriela Marie Milton, and the team at MasticadoresUSA for their continued support and for publishing this piece.
your eyes
nature is full of wonder, all of its aspects take me
under, into a world seen and unseen like the breeze
on a cold and windy day in the midst of a calm sea
I resign, and stay…
I would be honored if you would go here, and read the rest of my poem. Thank you!
Welcome to the final poetry reading for Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow. I’ve enjoyed doing these readings and will do more in the future. It’s a lot of fun, and all of your lovely feedback has been wonderful, thank you.
Here is Mango Trees.
This concludes the poetry readings this month for Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow. We are now only 3 days away from the release, and I am getting more excited by the day.
The Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow Special Zoom Event is tomorrow!
Ingrid and I are super excited to engage with all of you at this special event, where I will read a couple of poems from Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, we will talk about taking a book project from concept through to publication, and also conduct a Q&A session about my book.
The Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow Special Zoom Event is on Sunday, August 28 at 5pm BST/9am PT/12pm ET.
You can access the event using the details below. Guest numbers will be limited to 100, so attendees will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis:
Topic: Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Special Event
I am so pleased to announce that my poem, Musical Heart, is now available atMasticadoresIndia. Thank you to Terveen Gill, and the team at MasticadoresIndia for their continued support, and for publishing this piece.
Musical Heart
morning tranquility broken and crumbled, my part
of ashes spread all over the flower garden and within the nest of my heart
made out of sticks and stones…
I would be honored if youwould go here, and read the rest of my poem. Thank you!
I’m also excited to share that my official printed proof of Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow arrived this week. Feeling grateful, and super excited about the release on September 1!
Shadowlight Words 