Jeff Flesch 12:01 pm on March 5, 2026
Tags: awareness ( 25 ), faith ( 6 ), freedom ( 5 ), Inspiration ( 25 ), ocean

Breathe

#awareness, #faith, #freedom, #inspiration, #ocean

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 19, 2022
Tags: .poetry ( 531 ), 30 Poems in 30 Days ( 30 ), anxiety ( 11 ), bliss ( 4 ), calm ( 10 ), dancing skies, determination ( 9 ), existence ( 18 ), heart ( 180 ), Life ( 507 ), Love ( 509 ), nature ( 350 ), naturespeaks ( 42 ), ocean, poem ( 568 ), quest, salty breeze, soul ( 9 ), tacky sand

dancing skies

hearth, and home

the ocean
where I steady my heart

realizing
the salty breeze, and tacky sand
create

hope

in dancing skies

an intangible, yet soul-driven quest
to live

at the cliff’s edge

where anxiety is present
and, you

dwell

in calm
persistence, making
up

the very center of my existence

dancing skies was inspired by the poem By the Ocean by Daphny.

Photo by AndreyС, Pixabay

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

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Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 13, 2022
Tags: .poetry ( 531 ), 30 Poems in 30 Days ( 30 ), blooms ( 2 ), blue flame, burn, desire ( 8 ), Life ( 507 ), longing ( 3 ), Love ( 509 ), nature ( 350 ), naturespeaks ( 42 ), ocean, orange sky, poem ( 568 ), shyness, skin, sky ( 17 ), texture, tide ( 6 ), tunes

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 20: Orange Sky, by Cassa Bassa

tonight the moon is blue
hung high over the ocean tide
murmuring love tunes
to stir up the calm water
within me

this blue flame
licking my already burning skin
reminds me of the orange Sky
we lay under

the texture of your shyness
the layers of my wanting
peeling off the first blooms
of our love
and eternal desire

Orange Sky was inspired by the poem Blue Moon. You can read more of Cassa’s poetry at Flicker of Thoughts.

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, #blooms, #blue-flame, #burn, #desire, #life, #longing, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #ocean, #orange-sky, #poem, #shyness, #skin, #sky, #texture, #tide, #tunes

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 7, 2022
Tags: .poetry ( 531 ), butterflies blue, eyes ( 4 ), healing ( 97 ), Life ( 507 ), light ( 53 ), Love ( 509 ), nature ( 350 ), ocean, pain ( 118 ), poem ( 568 ), sadness ( 2 ), sky ( 17 ), 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

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Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 1, 2022
Tags: .poetry ( 531 ), 30 Poems in 30 Days ( 30 ), calm ( 10 ), connection ( 125 ), heart ( 180 ), Life ( 507 ), Love ( 509 ), nature ( 350 ), naturespeaks ( 42 ), ocean, poem ( 568 ), romance ( 22 ), shore ( 3 ), storm ( 3 )

#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 8: By the Ocean, by Daphny

As the sun rose
we were still by the shore,
just us; you and I

the tide passing through us

no dusk nor dawn
neither the oceans roar
could make us leave

as we got lost in each other’s embrace

the ocean starts to calm
even the sun shined through the storms
as a new chapter of us unfold

when the sun raised by the ocean.

Photo by kordi_vahle, Pixabay

By the Ocean was inspired by the poem Ocean and Sand. You can read more of Daphny’s poetry at The Introvert Writer.

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, #calm, #connection, #heart, #life, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #ocean, #poem, #romance, #shore, #storm

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 25, 2022
Tags: .poetry ( 531 ), 30poemsin30days ( 3 ), butterflies ( 2 ), cling, connection ( 125 ), happy endings, heart ( 180 ), Life ( 507 ), Love ( 509 ), nature ( 350 ), naturespeaks ( 42 ), ocean, poem ( 568 ), scent ( 2 ), something stuck, trees ( 11 )

#NatureSpeaks: 30 Poems in 30 Days – Day 2: Something Stuck, by Tricia Sankey

I fall from white skies
and curse cold air

it’s snowing

I feel the heat
as you rise

with eyes
ice-bright

(you make no sound)

does it captivate God to watch
us both spin around?

I splash into waves
but your warm aroma

still clings

I climb up tall trees
and sit with butterflies

(they surround)

we weave our own
happy endings

still, your scent
never leaves

Something Stuck was inspired by the poem, Butterfly Love. You can read more of Tricia Sankey’s poetry at https://milspouseprose.com or www.triciasankey.com.

Image Credit: Cindy Scott at www.ArtStudio444.com

Bloomsbury Radio Interview This Morning

A quick reminder that my interview with Victoria Onofrei of Bloomsbury Radio is this morning

The interview airs today at 6 pm BST, and 10 am PT USA.

You can access Bloomsbury Radio here.

I would be honored if you would tune in, thank you!

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, #30poemsin30days, #butterflies, #cling, #connection, #happy-endings, #heart, #life, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #ocean, #poem, #scent, #something-stuck, #trees

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on June 14, 2022
Tags: .poetry ( 531 ), dreams ( 38 ), grief ( 8 ), healing ( 97 ), hope ( 77 ), instrospection ( 4 ), Life ( 507 ), Love ( 509 ), nature ( 350 ), ocean, pain ( 118 ), poem ( 568 ), trauma ( 18 )

apple seeds, Published at MasticadoresUSA

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, apple seeds, 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.

apple seeds

I miss the flavor of you
at dawn

coming to me in dreams that fill my mind
with worried images

and times, fatigued

learning more from apple seeds…

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

Photo byДмитрий Хрусталев-Григорьев onUnsplash

#poetry, #dreams, #grief, #healing, #hope, #instrospection, #life, #love, #nature, #ocean, #pain, #poem, #trauma

Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on November 28, 2021
Tags: beauty ( 39 ), emotions ( 87 ), feeling ( 17 ), healing ( 97 ), heart ( 180 ), Life ( 507 ), Loss ( 22 ), Love ( 509 ), nature ( 350 ), ocean, open ( 2 ), pain ( 118 ), poem ( 568 ), sea ( 18 )

I call to the wind

in times of great distress, I call to the wind,
a friend, and constant companion when times are
grim

less known than before, part of the paradoxical
nature of love and loss,
shown

as part of a life lived

in its myriad fabrics and textures, feeling them with zeal,
I reel, and find a home in all
that’s real…

no hiding, now exposed, raw, vulnerable, and ready
to let go

of the pain, and sorrow, and simply sit in the magnificence
of love in all its shapes, and sizes,
bestowed…

I am at the Oregon coast this weekend, and it is beautiful. The above pic and poem were inspired by my time here, which I always treasure. Growing up by the ocean was a gift, and now living relatively close to the ocean once again fills my heart. Wishing you all a beautifully blessed Sunday, and coming week.

#beauty, #emotions, #feeling, #healing, #heart, #life, #loss, #love, #nature, #ocean, #open, #pain, #poem, #sea

Jeff Flesch 9:00 pm on September 15, 2021
Tags: .poetry ( 531 ), contemplation ( 155 ), introspection ( 160 ), Life ( 507 ), Love ( 509 ), meaning ( 3 ), nature ( 350 ), ocean, Poems ( 279 ), presence ( 39 )

I Breathe in the Ocean, Published at MasticadoresIndia

I am so pleased to announce that my poem, I Breathe in the Ocean, is now available at MasticadoresIndia. Another big thank you to Terveen Gill, and the team at MasticadoresIndia for their support, and for publishing this piece.

I Breathe in the Ocean
is it
so difficult
to grasp
the meaning
of a life
lived upon the…

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

Photo by Dylan Sauerwein on Unsplash

#poetry, #contemplation, #introspection, #life, #love, #meaning, #nature, #ocean, #poems, #presence