I am an alienated fragment
adrift and alone.
A tormented existence—enclosed
in mercy’s sins, I pray
the anomie will release me from
this.
©Jeff Flesch
#1 Amazon bestselling poet – 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
I am a presence bound illusion. Sorrow’s silence and frailty’s promise. Colorful revelations are nested in morbid fascination—pain. Love’s drama, nocturnal and natural. I am a performance of unity. Whimsical forms are meaning imbued names— destiny. A surreal experience and home to the ultimate reality.
©Jeff Flesch
#1 Amazon bestselling poet – 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
I am on a quest for happiness. Pain,
the contours of skin—you
remind me solace returns anew.
The center, a locus of control unmade, fragile and fraught. I
step into a wish, protection’s umbrella—
cleansing. Humanity’s sins, I struggle
to be me again.
©Jeff Flesch
#1 Amazon bestselling poet – 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
I am meaning, subject in object. The background to the silently chaotic. Mystery’s presence of the boundlessly episodic.
©Jeff Flesch
#1 Amazon bestselling poet – Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow.[goodreads +1]
Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women
Jan/Feb 2022 Author of the Month, Spillwords Press
I am a sky tinged in shadows. The absence of color, a cloud’s pain— gentle tears with whitewashed edges. A horizon’s bleakness and a feelings abyss. It is the sorrow of love, my final wish.
©Jeff Flesch
#1 Amazon bestselling poet – Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow.[goodreads +1]
Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women
Jan/Feb 2022 Author of the Month, Spillwords Press
I am a pain wayfarer. A choice of love and the companionship of isolation. Alienated and alone, I seek solace in the gift of peace and the sanctuary built upon my dreams.
©Jeff Flesch
#1 Amazon bestselling poet – Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow.[goodreads +1]
Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women
Jan/Feb 2022 Author of the Month, Spillwords Press
There is truth in the wind —
recognizing
the pain, and the uncomfortableness of a past
faint, and dim
yet lit brighter than any star
within
an atrocity of revelations –
understanding
this life
a way-station
and non-dual exercise
playing out in a duality of heart
and mind
Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: truth, atrocity, faint, star. Follow me on Twitter here, and Instagram here.
I am doing well, and having a grand time with my new work role, and community responsibilities. Though this is true, I miss all of you and love when I have the time to come by your sites to read you and to see you.
Lately, in addition to my new work role and community responsibilities, I’ve sent out poetry to some new publications. Though I have no new pubs yet, there will be in the future, and I will update all of you as that occurs.
Lastly, here are a few pics from a recent hike. It’s so beautiful this time of year.
Sending you all of my love.
Jeff
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
I learned from you
and the sumptuous sky
about lessons in pain
and in love
at times
there is no dignity
in a world devoid of feeling
and of knowing
yet, the world continues to spin
on the gravity of your gaze
and on the wellness held at bay
in a spinning top of purple haze
Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: sumptuous. Follow me on Twitter here, and Instagram here.
I am always honored to have my poetry at MasticadoresIndia and MasticadoresUSA. It is a blessing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Terveen, and Barbara for always supporting my work; and, thank you to each of you for continuing to read, like, and comment on my poems on these two exceptional online magazines.
Here are my two newest pieces.
I would be honored if you would read them when you have a moment, thank you!
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
I yearn
for charcoal-colored skies
where faith
and pain live together
conjoined
by tender loving hands entwined —
a paradox
and
a well of human possibility
bequeathed
to you, and me
underneath
the shade of the beautiful birch tree
Image by Image by freeillustrated
Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: charcoal. Follow me on Twitter here, and Instagram here.
I am always honored to have my poetry at MasticadoresIndia and MasticadoresUSA. It is a blessing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Terveen, and Barbara for always supporting my work; and, thank you to each of you for continuing to read, like, and comment on my poems on these two exceptional online magazines.
Here are my two newest pieces.
I would be honored if you would read them when you have a moment, thank you!
I am excited about my weekend away, and about seeing all of you over the next week.
Sending you love and blessings for a lovely weekend.
Jeff
I’ve hiked
up and over mountains of love
and of pain
wandering
through fields of metaphors
and valleys of symbolism
exploring within
while watching
minimal expectations
arise again
a balance
of body and mind
and of the love manifesting
in between
your shadow and mine
©JeffFlesch.com
Image by MenielDM, Pixabay
Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: hike, explore, minimal, balance. Follow me on Twitter here, and on Instagram here.
I wrote two poems with the word prompts from Twitter this week. Here is the second one.
Shadow’s Sown
I explore the depths
of the wind
and the space that lives in between
this moment and the next
a balance of learning
and of unlearning
arises again
when
minimal expectations
are drawn together
like a bow
representing
the shadow of words
left behind to sow
We are at that time of year in the Pacific Northwest when the hiking trails begin to dry out, and hiking becomes something that I will take part in each week. For those of you who’ve followed me for years, you know how much I love to be out in the forest and at the coast, two of my favorite places, regardless of where I am living and or visiting.
Here are some pics from my first short hike of the season.
For those of you celebrating Easter, Happy Easter, for those celebrating Ramadan, Ramadan Mubarak, and for all of you, may your day, and week be peaceful, and full of love.
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
Shadowlight Words 