Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on April 16, 2023
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Mosaic Sun

I communicate
and commune with the stars
a haven
and heaven sitting inside my heart —
relatable

yet, not at all

a disconnection
breeding restlessness
and contentment
are shadows speaking in tongues
leaving behind
a viscerally experienced mosaic
sun

Image by Moth, Pixabay

Twitter #vss365 prompt words used: communicate, relatable, disconnection, rest. Follow me on Twitter here, and Instagram here.

MasticadoresIndia/USA Publications

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.

Clothed Secrets, Published at MasticadoresIndia
Sensual Places, Published at MasticadoresUSA

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

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Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on July 3, 2022
Tags: .poetry ( 527 ), anger ( 2 ), anxiety ( 11 ), emotion ( 32 ), feelings ( 47 ), hope ( 76 ), Life ( 503 ), Love ( 505 ), nature ( 346 ), painted brush strokes, peace ( 17 ), poem ( 565 ), possibility ( 9 ), roe v. wade, tranquility

painted brush strokes

love lives in the shadows, and
the whispers of the wind, as

along a lost trail, I go
with pain the size of stones

in my heart, I
compose

possibilities, while people in places far away
eliminate the rights to choose and be free

Do you ever wonder about peace and tranquility?

I do too.

at the same time
I consider the anger in the breeze, and

the angst pervading this body, as
visceral sensations awaken the truth

within the painted brush strokes
of a love as deep as the sea

and this terrible sadness dwelling inside of me

Photo by Prawny, Pixabay

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Jeff Flesch 7:00 am on January 6, 2022
Tags: contem, introspection ( 160 ), Life ( 503 ), Love ( 505 ), masticadoresusa ( 30 ), nature ( 346 ), poem ( 565 ), Poems ( 278 ), publication ( 47 ), reflection ( 77 ), river ( 4 ), sun ( 20 ), tranquility

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

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Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 18, 2021
Tags: .poetry ( 527 ), Haiku ( 34 ), Life ( 503 ), Love ( 505 ), nature ( 346 ), poem ( 565 ), Poems ( 278 ), relfection ( 2 ), tranquility

Haiku #25

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

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Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on April 4, 2021
Tags: .poetry ( 527 ), balance ( 3 ), connection ( 124 ), contemplation ( 155 ), introspection ( 160 ), Life ( 503 ), Love ( 505 ), poem ( 565 ), Poems ( 278 ), sensibility, silence ( 16 ), stillness ( 7 ), tranquility, witness ( 3 )

Witness

Photo by 🇻🇪 Jose G. Ortega Castro 🇲🇽 on Unsplash

Journey with me, if you will, a trip
down an unknown street, and into an
unknown land filled with mystery and confusion,
it is a gift of life’s perfusion.

In one hand we can hold, if we are so bold,
this conundrum. A hidden balance, scales
moving back and forth in a dance that requires
special attention to see it’s worn out portension.

It’s like that often, and yet, most can only
hold the one view, a blow to soften.

The myriad of challenges and disappointments
that are part of the movement, seen and unseen,
just like in a dream. How do we then find our preen?

Practice makes the dance more noticeable
to the senses, yes, and also to the part of ourselves
that creates balance between
sensibility and our inner tranquility.

There is much that can be learned from within,
if we learn to quiet our mind, and sit in stillness,
thus becoming a silent witness.

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