[She] says Remember, you’re writing these poems for god.
I’m about to ask her what type of poems god likes
when the wind picks up, sending a flood of small, round leaves down the street. Got it, I say.
— Chessy Normile, from “There Was a Forest of Pines I Loved for Years,” The American Poetry Review (vo. 49, no. 6, November/December 2020)
Notes: Poem Source – Memory’s Landscape. Photo: DK, Cove Island Park, Nov 12, 2020, 6:45 a.m.
Live & Learn 
And therein lies the answer
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Right there.
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Oh my. Her words. Your photo.
I have a friend who says her purpose in life is to let other’s know they take God’s breath away.
You did that.
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Awww. Thank you Louise.
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Smiling…
If there is a God, this God sure speaks to us in the one language we understand best.
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100% agree with That.
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“Ask and ye shall receive!” Anymore questions? 🙂
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Bam. Full stop.
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The trees and leaves remind me of the cover of one our elementary school readers. Nice.
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Thank you Anneli.
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Words of Wisdom!! … “Chessy Normile, from “There Was a Forest of Pines I Loved for Years,” The American Poetry Review (vo. 49, no. 6, November/December 2020).”
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I don’t know why Sophia’s albums Hidden Waters, Sacred Ground and Emergence arise to mind after reading this. But they do.
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Never heard Sophia. Off to check her out on Apple Music.
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Try search on Sophia “Journey Into Love” (album, 1986). Song is “Heal Me with Your Love,” “Feel Me,” “In the Temple of My Heart,” “I Open My Heart to You.” This last song was the one that leapt to mind. I am weeping listening to the beauty of these songs, once again. Thanks for the psychic prompt 😉 lmk what you think 😉
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Beautiful. So surprised I haven’t come across her work before. Thank you for sharing Bella. She’s now on my Playlist.
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Peace of mind when you need it! 🙏
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‘Perfect’, i peck.
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Pecking pretty well. Hope you are healing…
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It’s a slog…
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Well, as long as it is a forward moving slog, all good.
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