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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 4:00 pm on December 11, 2023
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A Shadow, and A Prayer

Tangled weeds thread hope
and despair
through the nub of desire

a sensuous screenplay
evoking memories of you

softened by time
by the wind
and by the telepathy
between two souls destined to begin
again

one moment
mirrors the next
as time becomes irrelevant —
existing

are two
made of one
a shadow, and a prayer

calling down the hopes of another sun

Image aalmeidah, Pixabay

Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: sensuous, screenplay, nub. Follow me on Twitter here, and Instagram here.

Updates

It was great to drop in on a few of your sites recently and read your amazing poetry and other creative works.

This past year, I’ve been super busy, both personally and professionally.

Personally, I’ve taken to traveling and am actually currently typing this blog post in London while my life partner reads upstairs in the hotel we are staying in. It’s been a wild year, full of love, light, and discomfort too, as I’ve been asked to grow more and to grow in new ways, yet all of it has been amazing.

Professionally, I and the newly expanded team are doing well. We are currently creating the next academic year’s work, which requires a lot of strategic thinking and planning.

Though I’ve not been writing much at all, I am planning to begin to write more each week and to also visit the blogosphere as my schedule allows.

I hope you have all been well.

I am sending you all of my love and blessings.

Jeff

Jeff Flesch

#1 Amazon best-selling 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

#poetry, #beginagain, #despair, #hope, #illusion, #life, #memory, #nature, #prayer, #reality, #shadow, #souls, #sun, #time

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 7, 2023
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Amber Gold

I rise like the sun
mornings amid amber gold

a wince, and a nod
untie the ties that bind —
rebooting

time
and those in, and out of rhyme —
dancing

to tunes known
and unknown

a home
boycotting
the status quo

are jewels of existence
dwelling within those that grow

Image Darkmoon_Art, Pixabay

Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: charcoal. Follow me on Twitter here, and Instagram here.

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

#poetry, #amber-gold, #change, #cosmic, #dancing, #disruptive, #existence, #flow, #growth, #justice, #life, #love, #nature, #no-time, #poem, #resilience, #sun, #time, #universe

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 10:00 am on October 16, 2022
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sun rising

I learned about love
when young
and

impressionable

a life, nobody knows but
me

listening to the wind
I

allowed feelings to
arise within

just as they should be
eyes

always watching, growth come
up and
in

a sun rising, at the horizons end

Photo by 8385, Pixabay

Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: nobody, eyes. Follow me on Twitter 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, #arising, #contemplation, #feelings, #growth, #introspection, #learning, #life, #listen, #love, #nature, #poem, #resilience, #rising, #sun, #young

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on October 10, 2022
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#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 6:00 am on October 2, 2022
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#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 9: The Origin of Love, by Cassa Bassa

I sit in the quiet underneath the white oak
watch the rain rolling from my left
edging the sun towards my right
Isn’t that what grief does to us
chipping away the simple things we enjoy
I remain sitting under the tangled arms
unshaken, unmoved, undisturbed
Here is my sanctuary and centre of gravity
where we once hid from the world’s chaos
and found each other locked gaze in awe

Photo by GDJ / 12898, Pixabay

The Origin of Love was inspired by the poem Butterfly Love. 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, #calm, #chaos, #grief, #life, #love, #nature, #naturespeaks, #poem, #poems, #rain, #resolve, #sanctuary, #slience, #solitude, #sun, #the-origin-of-love, #white-oak

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on September 27, 2022
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#NatureSpeaks: 30 #Poems in 30 Days – Day 4: Winter Sunshine and You, by Sadje

It’s the winter sunshine
Pale and just warm enough
The tangy smell of citrus fruit
Warms my nostrils with anticipation
Lime and lemons
Oranges and kinoes
The perfect accompaniments
To the afternoon sun in winters
Sitting partly in shade, a little in the sun
I enjoy our futile debates on theology and politics
The memories stay forever in my mind
Winter sun, citrus and your invigorating company.

Photo by Victoria_rt, Pixabay

Winter Sunshine and You was inspired by the poem, Lemon and Limes. You can read more of Sadje’s poetry at Keep it Alive.

In the event you missed my interview with Victoria Onofrei of Bloomsbury Radio, you can tune in this week at 7 am, and 2 pm PT (USA) to catch the rebroadcast.

You can access Bloomsbury Radio 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, #citurs, #companionship, #connection, #conversation, #fruit, #heart, #huamnity, #life, #love, #mind, #poem, #sun, #warmth, #winter-sunshine

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on August 25, 2022
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sunshine enchantment

flowers look through me
to you

telling tales of enchantments
rare, and at times

hard to scale
yet, I seek solace in the diamonds of your eyes

remembering, the sunshine

living in the stream of you and me
is proof

of the sacred and serene, our ultimate
truth

Photo by ractapopulous, Pixabay

Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow will be released one week from today! Paperback and Kindle versions will be available on Amazon. Exciting times!

#poetry, #connection, #enchantment, #eyes, #flowers, #heart, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #poem, #sacred, #serene, #solace, #stream, #sun, #sunshine-enchantment

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on January 8, 2022
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the resonance won…

I fell through the mirror once, and on the other side,
was you, hands clasped, and folded
neatly, you did always keep me
completely,
and
as

flowers fell from the sky, you gently made your way forward,
took my hand in yours, and then, the
question of my existence
spread…

arising in mind, the answer flooding my heart, as love
blossomed like the sun, retiring me to your
awaiting arms

the resonance, now,
won…

Photo by akirEVarga, Pixabay

#poetry, #connection, #existence, #flowers, #heart, #life, #love, #mind, #mirror, #nature, #poem, #resonance, #sun

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 7:00 am on January 6, 2022
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our love, airborne…, Published at MasticadoresUSA

I am excited to announce that I have been asked to be a regular contributor to MasticadoresUSA. I now have the great honor of being a regular contributor to both MasticadoresIndia and MasticadoresUSA. It is a dream come true. You can read more about all of the MasticadoresUSA monthly contributors here.

I would like to thank Gabriela Marie Milton, and the entire time at MasticadoresUSA, for thinking of me and inviting me to be a regular monthly contributor.

Here is the first of my January poetry submissions.

our love, airborne…

the sun rising in the morn, reminding me of times,
forlorn, dust-laden hands, breathing in all I can,
while looking to the stones in the
riverbend

wafting this way and that…

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

Photo by Kanenori, Pixabay

#contem, #introspection, #life, #love, #masticadoresusa, #nature, #poem, #poems, #publication, #reflection, #river, #sun, #tranquility

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on January 4, 2022
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an afternoon under the sun…

I walked through the door once, and into a different land
entirely, sky full of blood, torn in two, it was
a wonder
to feel
the
loss at the center of the vacuum…

thoughts racing, with a heart rendering love, an afterglow
cast,
inside my
chest breathing
fast, and then,
in from the gloom

came you, sure-footed, with a love the size of the moon,
dispelling the shadows in heart and mind,
you did always remind me

of the aliveness
living inside of moments
won

as great clarity did come, and you and I settled in
for an
afternoon
under the sun…

Photo by Couleur, Pixabay

#poetry, #aliveness, #clarity, #connection, #darkness, #experience, #feelings, #heart, #life, #light, #love, #nature, #poem, #shadow, #sun