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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on June 11, 2023
Tags: , , , , , , home, , , , mountain, nonduality, , prized possession, relazation, , , streets, ,   

Prized Possession

I find you in memories
crowded in the mind, and in the mist
in between

the rain —
bittersweet

am I
and in awe of a promise to keep
to you, and to me

a prized possession —
love

blossoming
underneath the mountains hearth
our home
among the chaos
and the calm of the shadowed streets

Image by TheFourthLink, Pixabay

Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: crowd, bittersweet, prize. Follow me on Twitter here, and Instagram here.

Jeff Flesch

#1 Amazon Bestselling Author of Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow

Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women

Jan/Feb 2022 Author of the Month, Spillwords Press

#poetry, #calm, #chaos, #dark, #duality, #heart, #home, #life, #light, #love, #mountain, #nonduality, #poem, #prized-possession, #relazation, #shade, #shadow, #streets, #truth

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 9:00 am on October 8, 2022
Tags: , , , , flower fields, home, , , , , , paradoxical serenade, ,   

paradoxical serenade

I walk through flower fields
feeling of
home

where we once met

long ago

the cattail tops, and butterflies
float in air

transfixed, and
in awe

I compare
the blood running through veins

and the nature
of name

this

a paradoxical serenade

paradoxical serenade was inspired by the poem My Blood, by Eunice Aformanor.

Photo by ArtTower, Pixabay

Submissions are still open for the Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: 30 Poems in 30 Days Collaboration. The submission details are located here.

Jeff Flesch

Author, #1 Amazon New Release Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow

Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women

Author of the Month, Jan/Feb 2022, Spillwords Press

#awareness, #consciousness, #emotion, #feelings, #flower-fields, #home, #illusion, #life, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #paradoxical-serenade, #reality, #self

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 9:00 am on October 6, 2022
Tags: , , , , food, , , , home, , , loves fragrance, , , share,   

loves fragrance

I sit on the steps of my home
a blessing
renowned and re-known

to me, this gentle feeling
comes
with its own scents, a mystery

and
a reminiscence of being
in touch

with you
and the conversation created

from
the depths of your heart

always leaving this gift
you impart

the fragrance of love

wafting through the air, like
lemons and limes, and
the other citrus

you loved to share
with those

you worked so hard to prepare

love’s fragrance was inspired by the poem Winter Sunshine and You, by Sadje.

Photo by ArtTower, Pixabay

Submissions are still open for the Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: 30 Poems in 30 Days Collaboration. The submission details are located here.

Jeff Flesch

Author, #1 Amazon New Release Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow

Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women

Author of the Month, Jan/Feb 2022, Spillwords Press

#poetry, #connection, #conversation, #family, #food, #friends, #gift, #heart, #home, #life, #love, #loves-fragrance, #naturespeaks, #poem, #share, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 6, 2022
Tags: , , age, , distance, flame, flint and feathers, , , heavy, home, , , , , , , red kites, , stone, weight   

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 13: Flint and Feathers, by Lisa Walker

My home is a valley of flint and feathers.
My understanding of life
smooth-polished over the ages.
The spark in my heart ignited to flame
and left to glow as gentle embers.
I look to the sky to see red kites circle
high above. Flashes of bronzed russet
swooping by, carrying life on the edge of a straight-arrowed tail.
As I weigh the cool, heavy certainty of stone,
with its sharp edge, in now-ageing hands;
breezed against the lofty soft-flow-freedom of feathers,
I think of you and the dream we once cradled.
The distance vast between us.
The beginning that never breathed.

Flint and Feathers was inspired by the poem Birds and Stone. You can read more of Lisa’s poetry at Lisa Writes Poems. Lisa also has a debut poetry book coming out, which you can learn more about here.

Submissions are still open for the Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: 30 Poems in 30 Days Collaboration. The submission details are located here.

Jeff Flesch

Author, #1 Amazon New Release Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow

Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women

Author of the Month, Jan/Feb 2022, Spillwords Press

#poetry, #30-poems-in-30-days, #age, #colors, #distance, #flame, #flint-and-feathers, #freedom, #heart, #heavy, #home, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #poem, #red-kites, #spark, #stone, #weight

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on August 21, 2022
Tags: , , , home, , , , , , , summertime blossom, ,   

summertime blossom

look to the sky, my love
and let the sun

arise
a flower blossoming in the summertime

for it is in you, I always confide
a whisper, and a prayer

in the meantime

take me halfway home
to you

in my heart and mind

Photo by 3569616, Pixabay

#poetry, #confidence, #heart, #home, #life, #love, #mind, #nature, #poem, #summer, #summertime-blossom, #sunflower, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on July 10, 2022
Tags: , , , , , home, , , , , , ,   

deep down

pain and trauma dwell within trees
just like they do

in you and me, a casual
acquaintance

made from the threads of the breeze

Can you see that we’ve always been, and will always be
part of the same stream?

then, why, I wonder, do we treat nature
differently

estranged and placated
we push away connections

deemed unnecessary

only they are, in fact
a comisc part

of a grand narrative, the seen and unseen
and everything

deep down

we believe ourselves to be

Photo by Layers, Pixabay

#care, #compassion, #connection, #consciousness, #earth, #home, #hope, #humanity, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #resilience

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 18, 2022
Tags: , , , home, , , , , painted hills, , , ,   

guide unknown

painted hills and magenta skies
call to me

to see
all that I once believed

as lollipops arise in your eyes
a special place in my heart

they do reside

inside
the love that goes out with the tide

and mingles with the salt and stone
a guide unknown

to those that know, a place called home

Photo by jennyfriedrichs, Pixabay

#poetry, #guide, #heart, #home, #known, #life, #love, #nature, #painted-hills, #poem, #sea, #tide, #unknown

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on March 1, 2022
Tags: , , , home, , , , , , , , ,   

smoke and mirrors

wrath is misplaced, as are watching metaphors
dissipate

into smoke and mirrors, telegraphing you from
afar, trees become
me

as I stare into oblivion, violence becoming, nay,
let’s stray, and instead
shelter

peace and love, along the hills we keep running

tips touching, lingering effects take shape, and
into our hearts
stars, and
galaxies

we place, with zeal and frenzy, calling you home,
nested in a heart-shaped
abode

named after you and me, love’s alcove

Photo by Prettysleepy, Pixabay

#poetry, #healing, #heart, #home, #illusion, #life, #love, #nature, #pain, #peace, #poem, #reality, #romance

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on December 12, 2021
Tags: , , forgiveness, , , home, hopeandhealing, , , , , painandsuffering, ,   

the shadow of forgiveness…

flowers hang in the air, while, I, into the abyss
stare

at the memories, folded, with great care, lifting
them up in reverence
to the shadow
of

forgiveness, I
wander

along the road, searching for my home, knowing
little, feeling
a trifle
more
than

is simple, as the record spins, and the turntable
grins

at me, in retrospect, a life’s been given, shall I strive
in the midst
of
a
heartbreak – it
looms…
yet

I move forward, carrying more, understanding less,
as the love in my heart,
forevermore,
blooms…

Photo by Briam-Cute, Pixabay

#poetry, #contemplation, #forgiveness, #heart, #heartbreak, #home, #hopeandhealing, #introspection, #life, #love, #nature, #painandsuffering, #poem, #reflection

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on July 15, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , home, , , , , , , , , ,   

a heart filled to the brim

Photo by todd kent on Unsplash

heart
beating fast,
faster,
and then faster,
slowing down
not an option,
nor is the feeling
in my gut, protracted,
and put back
together again,
without much in the way
of a knowing,
as our beautiful sun
keeps glowing

without protection,
breeze blows me
one way,
and then another,
reeling…

and,
then,
I’m feeling,

light and heavy
all at the same
time,
is this a paradox
in healing, or
is there
something else here,
and I’m just not sensitive
enough
to know it’s presence
within my heart’s beating?

breathing,
a memory,
a hint of something
in store,
stirs me from the floor,
and all at once,
I feel for

everyone,
and everything
we’ve called our home
since time’s
memory came
into
my very core

notice not coming,
and,
deep down,
the shift
in awareness
creates contemplation
once more

a sigh,
a smile, and,
the revelation
creates continuity
in being,

breathing
the awareness in,
I take all of life within,
and seal this day
with a silent prayer,
and a heart
filled to the brim

#poetry, #anxiety, #awareness, #contemplation, #emotions, #feeling, #heart, #home, #introspection, #life, #love, #memory, #paradox, #poem, #poems, #prayer, #resilience, #time