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ok now seriously, have you submitted your work to the Poetry Society of America Awards? and to The Poetry Foundation? Yes? I feel better now. Not yet? What are you waiting for?? Mary Oliver and David Whyte would be so proud of you! ✨

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☺️🥰 thank you. You're too kind to me! 😌

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Can’t beat “ pearlescent moonlit breath”, a whole lotta yummy images. Thanks

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Thank you Weston, I like that line too! 🕊️

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Beautiful, Cynthia! There's so much care in this poem, even if (as you say) it poured out all at once. The subconscious has a way of making things, and sometimes we just have to tune in and let them flow. I also really like how you included the title in your reading. I think of titles as part of the poem, and it really adds to the experience to hear it too!

I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well lately, but I'm glad art can be part of your healing.

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Mike! Thanks! This all means so much, really. How special! ☺️☺️☺️

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I see your beautiful river of light and invite you to bathe in another river: https://open.substack.com/pub/mikesperiosu/p/river-of-rain?r=286g6m&utm_medium=ios

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Your poem is elegant in its eloquence. Thank you for sharing.

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Oh well, thank you ever so! 💙

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Worth waiting for, Cynthia—Thank you!

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Thank you, Paul! You are so kind and generous.

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So beautiful and soothing! Reading this poem felt like floating in a starry sky ✨

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Yay!! I looove that! 🤩🤩🤩 thank you. ✨

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Came across this now. How tender and beautiful. I love how you read it. 💙🦋

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Thank you! 💙💙💙

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Beautiful!

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Thanks so much! 💙💙💙

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This is so lovely and sensual and true, thank you for sharing 💙

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Thanks for reading. I appreciate the kind words. Thank you 🙏🏻🌀🙏🏻

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Cynthia 😮The imagery of this poem feels so ethereal, like slipping into a dream where light and water meld into something both cosmic and intimate. The way you blend sensations between fire, water, light, and silence, creates a beautiful sense of surrender to something vast. like a journey into the soul✨ Absolutely mesmerizing💙

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Oh goodness! 🥹🥹🥹 your description is so beautiful- wow- I’m so overwhelmed- thank you my wondrous mermaid sister.💫🧜🏻‍♀️💫

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Dreamy poetry 💙💙

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Thanks. 💙 I’m a dreamer.

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Beautiful, sensitive. Ethereal.........!

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Thanks Leon. 🌀

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This is gorgeous💜

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Thank you lovely friend! ♒️

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Oh I love everything about this piece, the depth of your poetry, your art, a beautiful river of light and Aquarius is my own sign so it feels extra resonant 🩵✨🩵✨

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Oh yay, Claire! 🌊🦋🌊 and thank you!!

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„and deeper still,

into the mystic blue,

into sapphire silken whispers“ Love this! 💛 So beautiful! ✨

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Thank you, my lovely flower friend. 🌺

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Ah your voice is so beautiful.. love this piece. I always love poems that just pours onto the paper. 🍁

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😍 thank you, sweet friend!

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