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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 23, 2021
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the love of one another

I drop to my knees,
and give thanks
for the silence
in-between

this moment
and that, as common
as past circumstance

notwithstanding

I dream of you
in the blue,
and look forward
to our next meeting, stay in tune

would you?

lead me
from this dream,
into another phase
of the magical stream

flowing this way, and that,
I consider all the options,
weighing down
the rocks and trees,
and choose to sit silently

breathing in and out,
respiration,
just like the flower
sends love to the bee,
I think about
the ways in which
you touch my being, and
make the twirls go around and under

the love of one another

Photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash

#poetry, #contemplation, #humanconnection, #introspection, #life, #love, #meditation, #nature, #poems, #presence

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 21, 2021
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every single ounce of youโ€ฆ

knock, knock,
knock,
goes the paradox,
as we watch
the summer end, and
heads towards
another equinoxโ€ฆ

love
left behind
in the summer rain,
smells of you,
while I deliberately
take respite out of view, and

caress
a fallen star
with all the love
in my heart, and
prepare to bid you adieuโ€ฆ

dreams
whispered
toward the mountains,
while I bound over
the trail less trodden, and

reminisce
with the flowers
of longer days,
and lingering scents
which remind me
of whatโ€™s trueโ€ฆ

dreaming again,
who comes into view,
as my heart swells
with the effervescence
of the new,
and I prepare
to cherish
every single ounce
of youโ€ฆ

Photo by Rafael Macedo on Unsplash

Word Weaving โ€“ A Word Craft Journal of Syllabic Verse

Iโ€™m excited to announce that one of my haikuโ€™s was accepted into the first edition of Word Weaving โ€“ A Word Craft Journal of Syllabic Verse.

You can read more about the journal at the Word Weaving blog. The print book will be out on October 1, and the Kindle version is already available for preorder! You can order the Kindle version here.

#poetry, #autumn, #contemplation, #emtions, #heart, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #reminiscence, #summer

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 19, 2021
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heart-centered relatedness

sun sets, afire with
an afterglow
of the morrow, as sorrow
wells in my chest, lest we forget
the many scars
imbedded in the net

of my beingnessโ€ฆ

one step forward,
looking out
over the vastness
of this planets loveliness,
I digress, and ponder
the reality from within
my own knowingness, as

love spreads out
from the seas,
and through the air,
traveling
from here to there,
making its way
into the hearts
of all
that live inside
of this planetโ€™s
heart-centered relatedness

In response to the WDYS #99 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

Image credit; Kenrick Mills @Unsplash

#poetry, #heart, #life, #love, #nature, #planet, #poem, #relatedness, #wdys

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 18, 2021
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of a love so pristine

Photo by Nurullah ู†ูˆุฑุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠ on Unsplash

rock
splinters wood,
and you tried
as hard
as you could

in each instance

a different
set of circumstances,
presented, just as
the flower
reminds me
of the love in forever

we daydream,
and cast our nets
into the stream,
consciousness, in-between

you and me

far as it seems,
it is here,
and now, just
as it was
intended to be

a dream?

maybe, yet
does it really matter
to the flower, or
the streamโ€ฆ

they continue
to flower, and
continue to stream
regardless
of what comes up
on their inner screen

how serene, and

contemplative
is this dream
we call
a reality
of all
that weโ€™ve gleaned

of a love so pristine

#poetry, #consciousness, #contemplation, #dream, #emotions, #flower, #introspection, #life, #love, #poem, #reality, #stream

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 9:00 pm on September 15, 2021
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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 theโ€ฆ

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

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 14, 2021
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of a love from before

the day
the secret came,
the rain
was full of cane

sugary sweet,
just like
the imagery
you create

visual astounding,
as my heart
continues pounding,
looking after
the effects
of the love that came

calling, is resounding

to you, me,
and the timeless
freedom we grasp,
when with each other, we seem

full
of a wonder
beckoning us forward,
mirroring the beauty seen
in natureโ€™s preponderance, a dance

in-between, just soโ€ฆ

as we
begin again,
and learn more,
the shore,
like a diamond,
reminding us, of
the connectedness
of the love at our coreโ€ฆ

freedom
feels like
water pouring
through my fingers,
gently escaping
the limitations

of a love
from before,
as we transcend
what was,
in favor of
what is to become,
in the future, heretofore
nevermore, only
ever forevermoreโ€ฆ

Photo by Steve Halama on Unsplash

#poetry, #connection, #emotions, #forevermore, #future, #introspection, #life, #love, #mirror, #poem, #rain, #reminiscence, #shore

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 12, 2021
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two vines, dancing forevermore

I watch,
listen,
and learn more,
as the forest
comes alive, and

the
vibrancy
emanating off
the floor,
speaks to me
in a language
never heard beforeโ€ฆ

light
dancing
with darkness,
as shadows
glow, and speak
of transcendence

leaves fall,
while I sprawl,
and continue
to listen
to two hearts,
intertwined now,
just like two vines,
dancing forevermore

Photo by David Bruyndonckx on Unsplash

#poetry, #aliveness, #communication, #dark, #emotion, #forest, #heart, #language, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #poem, #shadow, #vibration

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 3:00 pm on September 11, 2021
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the you, I see, in meโ€ฆ


multicolored
feathers,
reminiscent of
multifaceted
pressures, and

as time passes, we
learn more,
and discover,
the nature
of our belief
in each other, just

as the trees
talk to us
about love lost, wayward

for a time,
now found,
a mirror image
of me, I see,
holding fast
and forever free, in

the
love felt

between
the me,
I see
in you,
and
the you,
I see, in meโ€ฆ

In response to the WDYS #98 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

Photo by Jonah Pettrichย @Unsplash

#poetry, #belief, #life, #love, #lovefound, #mirror, #nature, #poem, #reflection, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 11, 2021
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a gift from the seas

troubled times,
filled with ties, tethered,
reminding me
of the weather,
when we
were once together

chosen
to take on
the pleasure,
while you listened
from far away, forever

distant,
hard to grasp, as
we watch
the grown grass

take its time,
reaching

towards the skylineโ€ฆ

will it
make it,
hard to define

the
unimaginable, yet
we find solace
in the curvatures
of the worldโ€™s futures

as they
come to fruition,
we pause,
breathe, reflect,
and protect
the actions presence, our
current sentence

as, I

ask
for your hand
again,
while weโ€™re reminded
of the sun,
behind the trees,
hiding from you and me,
yet always present,
like a gift from the seas

Photo by Ernesto Leon on Unsplash

#poetry, #connection, #emotion, #gifts, #life, #love, #nature, #poem, #presence, #reflection, #sea, #sun

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 9, 2021
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a love so thick

Photo by Filipe Almeida on Unsplash

the rising sun
reminds me,
of the
collective setting,
as we
cast our nets

lest we
forget,
the love
we never metโ€ฆ

reflecting upon
the dream,
Iโ€™m reminded
of you,
as roots belong to trees,
you, and me,
are one behind the breeze

of a love

filled
with such fervor,
itโ€™s hard to
remember
the temperature
in the room
the day we met
between
the covers, spent

blanketed

in a love
so thick,
it fills the room
with a life of its own

and,
we swoon

recognizing
the futility
of trying
to capture
its essence
in purity

instead,
we simply
agree

to
just be

with
each other,
like weโ€™ll
never have
another night
to spend together,
forever lovingโ€ฆ

#poetry, #emotion, #life, #love, #nature, #passion, #poem, #reminiscence, #shared, #together