Tag Archives: poem

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 21, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , poem,   

Caress

Photo by Maheima Kapur on Unsplash

Transfigured
and transformed
like a star
that’s met its last
act of resistance,
and takes the
final curtain call.

We
move through the world
with hopes and desires,
fed by the
gravity of tomorrow.

Pulled into it,
we dance alongside
the wheel of time,
as it turns, and
witness a mirage
and a beauty,
which is one of a kind.

A simple caress
from the morrow,
beckons us
with a will borrowed
and called
forth upon its own sorrow.

And, then?

At destinies chance,
we glance back
and thank
the helping hand
guiding us,
just like all the rest.

#poetry, #beauty, #connection, #destiny, #humanity, #life, #love, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 20, 2021
Tags: , atop, , , , , , poem,   

Atop

Image credit; Sean Robertson @ Unsplash

sitting atop,
ponder the new,
while existence
comes into view

In response to the WDYS #82 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #atop, #contemplation, #existence, #introspection, #life, #love, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 19, 2021
Tags: , beyond time, , , , , poem, ,   

Beyond Time

Photo by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash

Love breathes life
into my being, as I stare
out the window of time,
and gaze back
at all of my past crimes.

They are detailed before
me front and center,
outlined
by the pane of censure.

Cracks in the glass of being,
splinter without a care,
radiating out like a spider’s
web of intoxicating pleasure.

And, just now?

I’m pulled back
from my reverie, and
breathe in deep, knowing
that the past, like the future,
only live in the mind’s shallow glass.

While, conversely,

full is the being
without mind,
always present,
and beyond time.

#poetry, #beyond-time, #consciousness, #contemplation, #introspection, #mind, #poem, #poems, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 18, 2021
Tags: , , , , , poem, , ,   

Haiku #25

Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash

tranquility is
the essence of being, as
we reflect back love

#poetry, #haiku, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #relfection, #tranquility

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 17, 2021
Tags: , glory, , , , poem, ,   

Glory

Photo by James Day on Unsplash

Mesmerizing is
the sun, radiating love
and breathing life
into my being.

I often stare up,
wanting to catch a glimpse
of that fiery ball
in all of its
glory.

#poetry, #glory, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #sun

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 3:00 pm on May 16, 2021
Tags: , , , , , poem, , , ,   

Tanka #12

Photo by Arun Clarke on Unsplash

lights shine in night sky,
an owl sings in the distance,
crickets echo, day
contemplating existence,
be still and take it all in

Photo by Sébastien Goldberg on Unsplash

#poetry, #existence, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #poems, #silence, #stillness, #tanka

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on May 15, 2021
Tags: , , , , , , , , poem, , rumination,   

Haiku #24

Photo by Matt Gross on Unsplash

Water, transfixed in
mind, ruminations abound
as life mirrors back.

#poetry, #contemplation, #earth, #haiku, #introspection, #life, #love, #mirror, #poem, #poems, #rumination, #water

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 12:00 pm on May 15, 2021
Tags: , , Community Gardening, , , , planting, poem,   

Community Gardening: Tomatoes, Zucchini, Squash, and a Haiku

Corvallis, Oregon

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted about the community garden. All is going well. Very well, in fact.

Last week, I planted four tomato plants, and a zucchini and squash plant; and the peas are growing delightfully.

Here are some recent pics.

The indoor starts are close. I am waiting one more week, just in case we get some rain; they are still small, so a large rain would be harmful.

Here is a pic of the indoor starts.

Corvallis, Oregon

Next?

Yep. Planting the indoor starts next week. After that? Watch and tend. Beautiful.

And, here’s a haiku I created recently as I was contemplating the garden.

watch them grow, one and
then another, roots unfold,
take hold, then? behold

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

#poetry, #community-garden, #community-gardening, #garden, #gardening, #haiku, #planting, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 15, 2021
Tags: , , , , forget, , , , poem,   

Forget

Photo by Manuel Meurisse on Unsplash

Sometimes
my emotions feel like a
spool of thread
wound tight, yet not too so,
more just right.

How, you ask, could I know?

Years spent
living in a body
with emotions bound
so tight,
I lived on the verge
of extinction
from the very bliss of
every little feeling distinction.

And now?

Just right,
is about the state
of things today. And,
I’m always curious
about what the next chapter
will lay

at my feet.

As I continue
to learn
more about my (our)
very existence
on a planet
so full of wonder
I often forget

what I’m dealing

with.

#poetry, #contemplation, #earth, #emotions, #forget, #introspection, #life, #nature, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 14, 2021
Tags: , fatherhood, , , , poem, , sons   

Bold

Photo by juan pablo rodriguez on Unsplash

Does language
ever really capture
the love we feel
completely?

Do stars
drop from the sky
and nestle us
with great surprise?

Pondering
these questions,
I think about the boys,
grown up so much now;
it’s hard to believe
as I still see their shadow
in my rear view.

On different paths,
are they,
yet learning more,
they are,
about themselves,
and, yes,
everyone else.

A miracle to behold,
is the gift
of being a father
to two young men
so bold.

They touch my heart
in so many ways,
at times,
it’s impossible to impart
the fullness
of this beautiful gift,
especially when we are apart.

Be that as it may,
for today, it’s enough
to know
that they live within,
and will stay there
forevermore.

#poetry, #fatherhood, #heart, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #sons