the paper moon
holds light up to the pain
while we strive to make gains
out of dust, knowing
weary travels
create a refrain within my heart
looking to you
I wonder
about the stories told to me as a boy
once
fresh from the cocoon
instability, and ability choose
to come along again soon
Photo by RosZie, Pixabay
my muse lives in the wind
and under my skin
bleeding ink over a transparent sky
thin
and rough
around the edges
where the ambit of life is known
and unknown, and
we practice returning the love we’re shown
Photo by ractapopulous, Pixabay
I am elated to report that Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow remains an Amazon #1 New Release in both the Poetry About Nature and Poetry About Love Categories. It’s an amazing experience to see my book on the top of these two lists!
The book is also doing very well in the top 100 Bestsellers of these two categories, currently at #4 in Poetry About Nature, and #19 in Poetry About Love. Amazing!
Here’s what that looks like.
I am also honored to share the first review of Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, by Tricia Sankey. I am honored and humbled by Tricia’s beautiful review. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this lovely review Tricia.
If you’ve not yet had the chance to check out Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow, you can do so here.
Have a lovely Friday, and coming weekend!
I am so excited to announce that Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow is now available in Paperback and Kindle Editions from Amazon!
As I write this, the book is already #1 New Release in the Poetry About Nature category at Amazon. What an honor!
Here are some of the Amazon links for various countries.
USA: Amazon.com
India: Amazon.in
Canada: Amazon.ca
Australia: Amazon.com.au
United Kingdom: Amazon.co.uk
Japan: Amazon.co.jp
Spain: Amazon.es
Italy: Amazon.it
France: Amazon.fr
Germany: Amazon.de
Brazil: Amazon.com.br
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.
My Dearest Friends,
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
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.
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.
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 so excited, and hope you are too!
love lives in the sky
a blanket of stars
much deeper than I can know
or, upon rely
and, while I’ll always try
I know, my love
once hidden, can now take flight
Photo by Matryx, Pixabay
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.
Thank you for always being here.
Have a wonderfully blessed week.
light cascades down in a sheen
a radiant star, and
these feelings
in between, you and me
and the love dripping from our lips
apart, for now
we keep dreaming
Photo by 8385, Pixabay
The Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow Special Zoom Event is only three hours away!
Here are the details.
The Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow Special Zoom Event is on Sunday, August 28 at 5pm BST/9am PT/12pm ET.
Topic: Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: A Special Event
Time: Aug 28, 2022 05:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82659112725?pwd=UE9YQ1FjNUpaTm9FNFBMNGNZcStvdz09
Meeting ID: 826 5911 2725
Passcode: 231356
Ingrid and I hope to see you there!
I sit down, relating to the beauty
found
upon the flowers in the nearby park
a connection deep
and stark
perfuse
with fragrances misting through the air
alighting
with the greatest of care
and devotion, making me grin
as elation comes up
and I witness the sun hiding in the shadowed backdrop
Photo by ractapopulous, Pixabay
flowers look through me
to you
telling tales of enchantments
rare, and at times
hard to scale
yet, I seek solace in the diamonds of your eyes
remembering, the sunshine
living in the stream of you and me
is proof
of the sacred and serene, our ultimate
truth
Photo by ractapopulous, Pixabay
Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow will be released one week from today! Paperback and Kindle versions will be available on Amazon. Exciting times!
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