In the spirit of my poet friend, Robert Okaji, at O at the Edges , I am going to repost 1 of my most visited poems from 2020 everyday this week leading up to the New Year. After all, this is the time of year we spend regenerating, hibernating and reflecting; and man o’ man, did we go through a lot this past year!
Rivers of the Earth
My veins are
The rivers of the earth
Surging violently into
The ocean of my life.
©️Jay Mora-Shihadeh
Photo by Emre Kuzu from Pexels
#micropoem #river #life #ocean
In the spirit of my poet friend, Robert Okaji, at O at the Edges , I am going to repost 1 of my most visited poems from 2020 everyday this week leading up to the New Year. After all, this is the time of year we spend regenerating, hibernating and reflecting; and man o’ man, did we go through a lot this past year!
That Day
When the light of day sits
pensive and dull
you begin to mourn the flowers
that yesterday sang
brilliant hues of red
and violet
and the spray of ocean waters
burned salt into your eyes
and you cried
not because you mourned the day
but because the sky was seamless blue
and the day held you suspended
in warm light
high and giddy from the smell
of the sun
you melt into the air
and fly away with the seagulls.
Art and Poetry © Jay Mora-Shihadeh
#Poetry #Freeverse #Beach
In the spirit of my poet friend, Robert Okaji, at O at the Edges , I am going to repost 1 of my most visited poems from 2020 everyday this week leading up to the New Year. After all, this is the time of year we spend regenerating, hibernating and reflecting; and man o’ man, did we go through a lot this past year!
Here is #1
The Gift
I give you this gift
please don’t try to
make money from it
I give you this gift
because, it is everybody’s
It is truth, it is beauty
You will see the beauty
only if you keep it
not sell it.
I give you this gift
because it’s not mine
to keep, to hide, to hold,
The truth is –
It bleeds out
It permeates
It emulsifies
I captured this beauty
momentarily
proceeding to gaze
upon its grace
purity displayed
I held it in place,
Truth is-
I give you this gift
because you are
beauty,
A gift given
placed
right here
beauty shared
not taken.
©Jay Mora-Shihadeh
Photo by Rakicevic Nenad from Pexels
#Poetry #Universe #shortverse #freeverse
