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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 9:00 am on October 12, 2022
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Winter Blossoms, Published at MasticadoresIndia

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, Winter Blossoms, is now available at MasticadoresIndia. Thank you to Terveen Gill, and the team at MasticadoresIndia for their continued support, and for publishing this piece.

Winter Blossoms

I wake up
and walk along the lonely trail

made out of
crushed fragments of love

for sale

dwindling
in the night sky
these eyes…

I would be honored if you would go here, and read the rest of my poem. Thank you!

Photo by Joggie, 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.

#poetry, #desert, #growth, #healing, #heart, #life, #love, #masticadoresindia, #nature, #pain, #poem, #publication, #sandstone, #topography, #witness

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 12, 2022
Tags: , , apple, beyond time and space, , , daydream, euphoric, flwoers, fruitful, , , , , nature, , , , sunny days, thriving,   

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 19: Fruitful, by Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy

I find my way into your arms,
nip bits of cherry from cupped palms.
Red apple hearts, deliver charm,
entwined with a love that feels calm.
Fluorescent rains provide displays,
hydrating bodies crown to roots.
Endless arrays of sunny days,
of flowers blooming joyful fruits.

Euphoric bells, whispering chimes,
orchards of daydreams come alive.
Chills up my spine, journey through time,
travel past space so nature thrives.

Image by lumix2004 from Pixabay

Fruitful was inspired by the poem Apples Intoned. You can read more of Grace’s poetry at Grace of the Sun.

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, #apple, #beyond-time-and-space, #cherry, #connection, #daydream, #euphoric, #flwoers, #fruitful, #inspiration, #joy, #life, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #poem, #rain, #sunny-days, #thriving, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 9:00 am on October 11, 2022
Tags: , , , context, , , , , , , , nature, , , , , tired   

a chrysalis

I walk down the street
watching
the mist fall from the sky

a deluge, and
remembrance of another time

emotions

carry me forward, and
across the horizon
line

a butterfly

inspiration
wells in my chest
remembering my parents, and the kids
they once
were

inside of a particular context

working hard, tired
eyes

telling
stories about the challenges, and
joys

of life, like a chrysalis

they always tried, and gave out
every ounce

of the love they felt
in their hearts and minds

a chrysalis was inspired by the poem The Butterfly Poet, by Paula Light.

Photo by jplenio, 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, #butterfly, #chrysalis, #context, #emotions, #healing, #horizon, #inspiration, #joy, #life, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #pain, #poem, #reminiscence, #tired

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 11, 2022
Tags: , , boundry, buried, callous, , , , , nature, , , , pretend, , , solition, stay away, strain   

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 18: Stay Away, by Spriha Kant

You stay away from her.
She has buried her love for you inside the coffin
for you always pierced her psyche.
You stay away from her.

You stay away from her.
Stop straining your eyes in staring at her
for she will not reciprocate this.
Stop straining your brain in wondering
whether her love for you still illuminates
inside her.
Stop contemplating the distance of
light years between you and her
as you as callous as a white sun
and she as mellowing as the moon
could never be a solution
miscible
glistening with love and joy.
You stay away from her.

You stay away from her.
Stop pretending to burn in regret
like a plank of wood in a fire
for you didn’t even shiver once
while flaring your bellows on her
when she was with you.
You stay away from her.

You stay away from her.
Celebrate you are off the hook.
You stay away from her.

©Spriha Kant

Staw Away was inspired by the poem Love’s Trials. You can read more of Spriha’s poetry on Twitter 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, #boundry, #buried, #callous, #empowerment, #illumination, #life, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #pain, #poem, #pretend, #regret, #sadness, #solition, #stay-away, #strain

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 10, 2022
Tags: , , blind, , , , , , , , , , nature, , , , , trapped   

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 17: The Resurrection of Red, by Camellia

When was the last time
We turned the pages of our photo album?
Our memories changed colors,
Stripped of its blues, the red walked alone…
A haunting in lavender, the mountain shook
As our watery hearts created a world,
Trapped between latitudes and longitudes…
Emerald leaves, signed with secrets,
Flew in the wind…
I guess you were always like a quiet forest,
And I was the sun that shined through you,
Blinded by my own light…
Eyes closed, mind opened at last,
I surrender to your empty canopy…
Rise…

The Resurrection of Red was inspired by the poem Lavender Sheds. You can read more of Camellia’s poetry on Twitter 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, #blind, #colors, #forest, #haunting, #heart, #life, #love, #memories, #mind, #mountains, #nature, #naturespeaks, #poem, #sight, #sun, #trapped

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 10:40 pm on October 9, 2022
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Blood Sky, Published at Spillwords Press

I am excited to announce that my poem, Glowing Sunrise is now available at Spillwords Press. A big thank you to Dagmara K., and the whole team at Spillwords for publishing this piece, and for their continued support.

Blood Sky

I sit with my mind
realizing

the names and forms

dawning
like the sun, were given to me
as a child

conditioning for sale…

I would be honored if you would go here, and read the rest of my poem. Thank you!

Photo by LN_Photoart, 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, #awareness, #healing, #knowledge, #love, #mental-health-awareness-month, #mind, #names, #nature, #pain, #poem, #publication, #reality, #realization, #spillwords-press, #trauma, #understanding

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 9, 2022
Tags: , , celebrate, cosmic garden, , , goddess, heaven, , , milky way, , nature, , , , red rose, song, water lily   

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 16: Divine Flight, by Jaya Avendel

I curve toward the milky way

A bird on aliferous wing

Threads cut from cabaret stocking trace

Patterns onto my skin.

The silver bell chimes sharp and mournful

I celebrate the ascendance toward divine

Goddess of love opens the way to heaven

Her blood red rose and sunset eyes

Invite me in.

Cosmic garden blossoms from bone

Water lily rides the coattails of the moon

When I inhale, I taste the world.

It sings to me.

Divine Flight was inspired by the poem Cosmic Arts. You can read more of Jaya’s poetry at Nin Chronicles.

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, #celebrate, #cosmic-garden, #divine, #flight, #goddess, #heaven, #life, #love, #milky-way, #mourn, #nature, #naturespeaks, #patterns, #poem, #red-rose, #song, #water-lily

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 9:00 am on October 8, 2022
Tags: , , , , flower fields, , , , , nature, , 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 6:00 am on October 8, 2022
Tags: , choice, delicate, , endurance, , give and take, , , love to love stays, , nature, , , , stay, stray, , will   

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 15: Love to Love, Stays, by Dawn Minott

Love won’t leave when love asks for more of it
Love to love, stays
For
Love is a delicate yet strong dance
Of push and pull
A determined yet dual-minded commitment
Of will and endurance
A resolute giver yet receiver
Of affection and affirmation
An illogical yet survivalist twist
Of with and without
A choreographed yet tethered balance
Of give and take
A resolute yet discerning choice
Of stay not stray
Love won’t leave when love asks for more of it
Love to love, stays

@poetrybydeesign 

Love to Love, Stays was inspired by the poem Love’s Trial. You can read more of Dawn’s poetry at Dawn Minott Writes Poems & More.

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, #choice, #delicate, #duality, #endurance, #gift, #give-and-take, #life, #love, #love-to-love-stays, #mind, #nature, #naturespeaks, #poem, #poems, #stay, #stray, #strength, #will

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 7, 2022
Tags: , butterflies blue, , , , , , nature, , , , , , tides, waterfall soul   

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 14: Butterflies Blue, by Shruthi Senthilkumar

Sometimes I think of them
As I rest in the sky
Glistening with love and pain
The oceans in our eyes.

And sadness comes splashing in
An ache on an aquamarine wind
The chill of the past, the tides on the whole
The diverging gushes of a waterfall soul

Yet right where it settles in
Is a cauldron deep within
From which a sapphire’s light bursts through
With the remainder of love and butterflies blue.

But sometimes I think of them
As I rest in the sky
Glistening with love and pain
The oceans in our eyes.

Butterflies Blue was inspired by the poem Butterfly Love. You can read more of Shruthi’s poetry at Read Up.

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, #butterflies-blue, #eyes, #healing, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #ocean, #pain, #poem, #sadness, #sky, #tides, #waterfall-soul